The day Hannah Moscovitch wins the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, Halifax’s most decorated playwright is sipping milky coffee, untying and retying her half-up messy bun while soft light diffuses around her. It’s a serene Wednesday afternoon in her north end home, no champagne popping in sight. “I feel like I paid in pain […]
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Butter Honey Pig Bread author Francesca Ekwuyasi gets the last Afterword
Francesca Ekwuyasi at Afterwords Literary Festival Sunday, October 3, noon, livestream, $5 Tickets at afterwordsliteraryfestival.com Francesca Ekwuyasi’s debut novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread, doesn’t just sound like the most delicious word salad you’ve ever read. It’s also a pulse-taking study of today’s Halifax, from the quiet trudge of gentrification in the city’s north end to […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 21
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 20
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 19
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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Walking through Francesca Ekwuyasi’s Halifax
To read Francesca Ekwuyasi describe Halifax is to be immediately nostalgic for our little city by the sea—even while we’re still inside its limits. Catching someone’s eye on the ferry to Dartmouth; Getting lost in the options available at World Tea House; Feeling part of the thrum of a crowd at Halifax Central Library: As […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 18
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 17
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 16
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 15
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 14
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]