First-time author and full-time geek Robin Sloan’s fast-paced new novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, is comfortably nestled between the Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, a cramped and curious bookstore in San Francisco and a secret society in New York. On his website, Sloan claims “I wrote this book because it’s the one I wanted to […]
Whitney Moran
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Heaven on Earthworm
“God lives underground/in a dark and dirty hole.” So begins “Merry Christmas Jim,” the addictive and ironically upbeat first track on The Tom Fun Orchestra’s much-anticipated sophomore album, Earthworm Heart (available November 13). A follow-up to 2008’s East Coast Music Award-winning You Will Land With a Thud, the band’s first album in almost five years […]
Posted inFood + Drink
Trick or wheat
Fall is my favourite time of year for many reasons: the crisp, autumn air, the urge—without the necessity—to hibernate, pumpkin-flavoured everything and beer. As far as I’m concerned, the encroaching darkness of this spooky season should be reflected in your pint glass as well. You may well know that Halifax is blessed with a bevy […]
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Wolfville’s wine magic
It’s a sunny, late-summer Sunday morning. The sky is as clear as a glass of L’Acadie Blanc, and I’m on my way to Wolfville to hop on a double-decker bus that will cart me through Nova Scotia wine country: the Wolfville Magic Winery Bus tour. Part of the Nova Scotia Fall Wines Festival, the Ambassatours […]