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3 February 1936 – 13 August 2021

This week, we learned that Kent Thompson — novelist, editor, cyclist, master of the short-short story — had died. Kent was a writer whose curiosity appeared to know no bounds. When he lived in Fredericton, where he taught at the University of New Brunswick, he often arrived at our offices with an idea upon which to expound, a tale of his latest adventure, or a work of fiction to digest. When he left Fredericton for the wilds of Annapolis Royal, we saw him all too rarely. 

The following tribute, written by his son David, captures much of the wit, enthusiasm, and intellect of this talented writer who made us laugh aloud and gasp with giddy excitement.  

The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is a feminist organization working to eliminate sexual assault and abuse. They raise awareness, support those who have experienced sexualized violence, hold sexual perpetrators accountable, and influence social and systemic change.

Since fleeing Syria during the country’s civil war, living as refugees in Lebanon, coming to Canada, and rebuilding their chocolate factory, a lot has happened in the lives of the Hadhad family — some truly magnificent things.

In the mid-70s, Thaddeus Holownia travelled across North America in an homage to the work of photography pioneer Henry Fox Talbot. The resulting work, capturing cars and their owners, is now available in this beautiful edition.