Atlantic Book Awards Festival May 11-19 atlanticbookawards.ca The eighth annual Atlantic Book Awards Festival draws attention to Atlantic Canadian writing, which can be “overwhelmed by the huge amount of books coming out of Ontario and Quebec,” says Heather MacKenzie, president of the Atlantic Book Awards Society. “The wealth of talent that’s coming out of this […]
Erin Wunker
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Five local must-reads
King Baby by Kate Beaton (Scholastic) The second children’s book from acclaimed Cape Breton cartoonist Kate Beaton is narrated by an egg-shaped baby who relegates demands with an overlord’s authority and facial expressions equally diabolical and cute. Featuring high repeat readability, this colourful, snappy tale will resonate with anyone who is, loves or has been […]