Born and raised in Jamaica, Xaiver has considered Newfoundland and Labrador home for over a decade. These islands are quite different, but Xaiver feels that living in Jamaica prepared him for life on the Rock. Minus the snow, sleet and lack of sun – the people are equally warm and friendly.

His fiction has been published in The Malahat Review, Riddle Fence, and the anthologies Us, Now and Hard Ticket (Fall 2022) by Breakwater Books; Release Any Words Stuck Inside You III by Applebeard E. His second play, “One Name,” is currently being workshopped for production by Halifax Theatre for Young People. Xaiver’s non-fiction work concerns the lives of enslaved and freed Black people in early Newfoundland settlements, which can be found in the CBC podcast series “Unearthed,” which he also narrates. His first children’s picture book, “A Single Dreadlock,” is scheduled for release in Fall 2024 by Groundwood Books.