Jo Treggiari, Blood Will Out launch w/Split screening Wednesday, July 18, 6pm Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road free Ari Sullivan wakes up at the bottom of an abandoned cistern, concussed and confused with only her wits and tenacity to guide her—how did she get there and how will she possibly escape? That’s the […]
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Deeply homesick for a woman’s voice
The first time Sue Goyette read The Odyssey was in high school. She liked the logic of the myth and how things could be solved creatively in unexpected ways. Then, after experiencing her own personal epic, she returned to the poem, curious about its scope and things had shifted. “I was hungry for another narrative,” […]
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How to steal Christmas from a Who near you
Christmas is coming, it just can’t be stopped With trappings and trippings and Christmas tree stuff. From Black Friday to Eve, shopping stores in a frenzy Blasting one type of music for two months too many. They want whosists and whatsits, phoneXs and trumpets. Going into Who-debt as tall as Mount Crumpit. Proclaiming that only […]
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Binge-worthy beach reads
Fiction Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson (Knopf Canada) The acclaimed author of Monkey Beach returns after a too-long fiction hiatus with the first in a trilogy of trickster novels. Jared Martin is Haisla and Heiltsuk, a struggling Indigenous teen who can only rely on himself. Complicating this gritty coming-of-age tale is a grandmother […]
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Taryn & Justin
Three years after Taryn Adams and Justin Dando started dating, Taryn came home to a candlelit apartment strewn with rose petals and Justin dressed to the nines on one knee. Classically romantic, the couple went into wedding planning with a more casual vision in mind. “We didn’t want the glitz and glam of the weddings […]
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Carol & Neketo
The first time Carol Sam was introduced to Neketo Ferguson, she gasped. “It was attraction at first sight for me,” she remembers. Despite that, and living miles apart with Neketo in the Bahamas, the two settled into a close friendship for years before it finally grew into more. After a year of dating, Neketo had […]
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Reason and rhyme: meet Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate
The first time you hear Rebecca Thomas perform her spoken word poetry, something will happen to you. Your mind will calm as the tide of her voice takes over, the conviction of her words buoying you up until she reaches the ultimate, perfectly crafted finale and her perspective crashes down, challenging you in one hand […]
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The scoop on The Loop
It’s been nearly a year and a half since the scaffolding of doom on Barrington Street went up above three local businesses—The Loop (1547 Barrington Street), Ciboulette (1541 Barrington) and Chives Canadian Bisto (1537 Barrington)—in November 2014 to catch pieces of the decaying building after one piece in particular went through a driver’s windshield. The […]
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5 apps to help you be the best you
Between Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, the latest annoying game you’re playing and your Facebook updates—it’s a wonder if you have any time left over to spring clean your life. That’s where these apps come in, proving self-improvement doesn’t have to be boring or hard. Hit download and you’re half way to a better you. Mint […]
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Not all gyms
When January rolls around and the sugar cookies you were popping like vitamins over the holiday break begin to weigh on you, your first instinct might be to join a gym, because owning a membership is almost as good as going. But not all gyms are created equal, so don’t waste your time at a […]
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The art of no
This year (and every year) you should carve out time to do what excites you, moves you and makes you happy. Too often we get so bogged down in expectations and obligations that we forget to stop and reconsider what we’re saying yes to and why. Nova Scotians are always praised for being friendly, going […]