SLOCUM NOVEL "SOUL VOYAGE" SETS SAIL

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Port Williams, Nova Scotia - "Soul Voyage," an award-winning novel by Nova Scotia author Cameron Royce Jess, is set to sail into the hearts and minds of readers everywhere.

Newly-released nation-wide in Canada, the novel is based on the life of Joshua Slocum, born on Nova Scotia's North Mountain, who achieved sailing immortality as the first person to sail around the world alone (1895-1898). Jess takes us into the very soul of the man many believe to be the greatest sailor of all time.

What the moon landing was to the 20th century, so was Slocum's incredible round the world journey to many who inhabited the 19th century. Most quite simply believed that it could not be done.

"I am thrilled and delighted that Inscape is publishing this novel," says Chris Alders, Publisher of Inscape Publications. "Cameron's writing is rooted in the belief that we human beings are capable of demonstrating personal growth despite great obstacles and 'Soul Voyage' very much reflects this perspective."

The partnership between Inscape Publications and Jess renews a collaborative relationship which produced the highly-successful 2003 novel "Bearer of the Chosen Seed," a story based on actual events which occurred in Western Europe, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec in 1756, one year after the main portion of the Deportation of the Acadians.

Jess's "Soul Voyage" captured the 1995 H.R. "Bill" Percy Award " - which is part of the annually-staged Atlantic Writing Contest. One of the judges remarked, "What a lovely, lyrical story! I resented having to put it down and looked forward with pleasure to being able to pick it up again."

Another was moved to comment, "This writing is transparent and seemingly effortless, drawing the reader through the words and into the story. Using dialogue----for which the writer has a keen ear and a deft touch--interspersed with bright, uncluttered narrative prose, the story bubbles along, unfolding at just the right pace and with a satisfying amount of detail."

Cameron Royce Jess lives with his wife Linda in Hall's Harbour, a fishing village on Nova Scotia's beautiful Bay of Fundy shore. They have a son, Holden, and a daughter, Gaea. His debut novel, the afore-mentioned "Bearer of the Chosen Seed," also captured an Atlantic Writing Contest award. He has lectured extensively on Joshua Slocum, an interest developed during the two years he and Linda spent cruising the Caribbean on their 35' sloop, Rozinante.

Upon graduation from university Cameron joined the Canadian Foreign Service, serving as a diplomat in Australia during the height of the Cold War. He was also instrumental in forging a ground-breaking cross-cultural training program for Canadian International Development Agency personnel. He later immersed himself in social housing, aiding many of Nova Scotia's rural poor to acquire their own homes.

Inscape Publications is a publishing house whose objective is to showcase outstanding Nova Scotian authors to the world's readers.

For more information, please contact Inscape Communications Officer Paul Fitzgerald at 902-222-7423 (email at paul@inscapepublications.com) or Publisher Chris Alders at 902-678-5849 (email at chrisalders@inscapepublications.com)