UPDATE: Nimbus has issued the following statement about Tillmann’s book: “In August 2017, Nimbus signed a contract with Mr. Tillmann after receiving a manuscript submission from him, which he had written in prison while serving a nearly eight-year sentence for over forty charges, including fraud, theft, possession of property obtained by crime, possession of a […]
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Hiring white men in Toronto to tell our stories: A part of our heritage
Heritage Minutes: If you lived in Canada in the ’90s and had a TV, you’re probably familiar with them. Closing with the tagline “a part of our heritage,” the Minutes’ subjects include the invention of basketball, the origin of the word ‘Canada,’ the Halifax Explosion, the Underground Railroad and many more. Historica Canada began to […]
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The Matter of Scaachi Koul
An evening with Scaachi Koul Sunday, October 29, 7pm Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $20 “It was funny and sad.” That’s how Scaachi Koul’s mother reacted after reading Koul’s book, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter. Although short, it’s an accurate review. In this […]
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Review: A Bird on Every Tree, Carol Bruneau
Carol Bruneau’s collection of short stories A Bird on Every Tree gloriously explores the complex relationship people have with the place they call home. Through the lens of teenage angst, many of us see ourselves having a great big-city life and never returning home. However, tragedy, heartbreak or failure sometimes has us return to the […]
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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 […]
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Christy Ann Conlin makes a spirited return with The Memento
“It’s hard to believe this author is just beginning,” wrote Michelle Berry in her four-star review of Heave, the debut novel by Christy Ann Conlin, in the Globe and Mail. “I can’t wait to see what she accomplishes next.” Publish date: January 26, 2002. Fourteen years, a move from the north end to the Annapolis […]
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Found: Lost Documents, Halifax’s newest poetry publication
While trying to encourage local writer and musician Daniel Long (The Cannisters) to publish his poetry, Bijoux Wilcox (Faw Haja) noticed it might be easier for her and her buddies, namely Dylan Jewers and Grant Mitchell, who also all write poetry, to just do it themselves. “It became apparent that if we all contributed a few things, it […]
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My summer: Harriet Lye, editor, publisher
A recent graduate of the University of King’s College in English Lit, Lye spent part of her studies in English studying in Paris at the American University. While in Paris she worked for the bookstore Shakespeare and Company, and worked on a cahier series, published through The Centre for Writers and Translators. “Having the experience […]