Sometimes, just when you think you know a story by heart, a new narrative shows up to make you reconsider all you thought you knew. Case in point? Two new hot, local books from Nimbus Publishing are ready to prove you blissfully wrong. Painted Worlds: The Art of Maud Lewis–A Critical Perspective by Dr. Laurie […]
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46 events and festivals to liven up your fall
PAUL GREENBERG The best-selling American author, who penned the 2014 effort on seafood sustainability Four Fish, comes to Halifax to talk about the future of our oceans and our fish-eating habits. Marion McCain Building, Dalhousie University, 6135 University Avenue, Thu Sep 14, 7-9pm PRISMATIC ARTS FESTIVAL This multi-genre festival—which includes theatre, dance and musical performances, […]
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Amy jones, writer
I’ve received some really great gifts over the years, but the one that stands out in my memory as the most exciting was (and I’m exposing myself as a huge geek here) the Apple IIe my parents bought for me and my sister when I was in sixth grade. Up until then I had been […]
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Ryan Turner tests What We’re Made Of
If you ever meet Ryan Turner, watch out for his little tan notebook. The Moleskin pad has a spine barely half the width of your pinky, but it holds the secrets to many of Turner’s characters—and one of them might be a piece of you. “Once in a while, someone will say something that I […]
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Best Book
“Made of wet boots and rain and shiny black ravens on chimney smoke lanes,” sang Tom Waits in his song “November.” We recommend you dig out Waits’s Black Rider album to spin while you dig into Steve Vernon’s book—published by Nimbus—on the darker corners of our seaside town, the restless spirits that stalk our old […]
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By the book: literary news round-up
It’s been a quiet summer, literary-wise, but book season is upon us, heavier than last weekend’s lame hurricane. Next Thursday, September 3, is Shandi Mitchell‘s book launch at Pier 21 (6:30pm, reading at 7pm) for Under This Unbroken Sky. This is the first novel for the film producer-director (Baba’s House), which has attracted Canadian, American […]