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A Poem a Week: “The Weeping Tense”
Excerpt from You May Not Take the Sad and Angry Consolations
On World Down Syndrome Day, Dreaming of a Better Life
My brother Bill would be 65 this year. Retirement age. I like to imagine he’d have mixed feelings about leaving his job, whatever that job...
The Big Spring Book Preview
With a new season comes a new roster of books to add to your shelf! From a coming-of-age story set during the Vietnam War to...
The Amelia Earhart of the Open Road
Excerpt from Aloha Wanderwell In 1922, a 15-year-old girl, fed up with life in a French convent school, answered an ad for a travelling secretary. Tall,...
It Was Dark There All the Time
Virtual Launch
Thank you to everyone who participated in the launch of It Was Dark There All the Time: Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada....
February is Black History Month
We are marking Black History Month by highlighting a collection of books by Black writers and about Black history, including poetry collections by celebrated writers...
Out of the Blue
For twenty years, Jan Wong had been one of the Globe and Mail's best-known reporters. Then one day she turned in a story that set off...
Alexa McDonough
1944-2022 “Alexa led, not only by blazing her own trail as a female politician, but also by her ongoing efforts to encourage others — women,...
Hike NS Winter Guided Walk Series 2022
Hike Nova Scotia — a non-profit organization that encourages and promotes a growing hiking culture throughout the province — and 18 host organizations are offering the...