Chris Benjamin, Author at Atlantic Books Today

Chris Benjamin

Chris Benjamin is the managing editor of Atlantic Books Today. He is also the author of three award-winning, critically-acclaimed books: Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School; Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada and Drive-by Saviours; as well as several short stories in anthologies and journals.

#82 Winter 2016, Features, Fiction April 11, 2017 April 12, 2017

Editor’s picks: New books

All the books we plan to read at least twice.

News March 1, 2017 March 1, 2017

New London: The Lost Dream Has Been Selected PEI Publication of the Year

Congratulations to historian and author John Cousins

History, Non-fiction, Reviews February 5, 2017 February 17, 2017

Exposing the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children

As a social worker and educator, and as a person with relatives and friends who are former residents, Wanda Lauren Taylor is well positioned to write The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children: The Hurt, the Hope, and the Healing.

Fiction, Reviews February 4, 2017 February 17, 2017

A map of Halifax in the 1950s by George Elliott Clarke

The Motorcyclist is a novel of Halifax in the Jim Crow era and shows the clearest of colour lines as itmaps the city and its late 1950s landmarks. Yet, the issues Carl and the women he loves and hurts remain as current as asphalt.

Features, Lists, Web exclusives December 29, 2016 April 4, 2017

10 Most Popular Posts of 2016

This list of the ‘most popular’ posts (as evidenced by readers’ clicks) showcases the wide variety of content found here at AtlanticBooksToday.ca.

Features, Uncategorized, Web exclusives December 22, 2016 January 31, 2017

Best Gift Books – Our Staff Picks:

Best Gift Books – Our Staff Picks: We’re having trouble resisting a good old-fashioned book-buying spree. But this time with loved ones in mind.

Columns October 7, 2016 October 7, 2016

Don Connolly’s Favourites

These choices come from someone who reads limited nonfiction and is a thoroughly deconsecrated Catholic.

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