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Laura Burke

Laura Burke

Laura Burke is a poet, playwright, actor, drama therapist, researcher, mental health advocate and public speaker. She lives in Halifax with a community of good friends and 5 urban chickens.

#82 Winter 2016, Features, Fiction, Young Readers March 13, 2017 April 4, 2017

Wonder, Magic and Mental Illness

Queen of the Crows reveals the experience of a young person’s world shaped by mental illness – a topic so rarely depicted with such empathy and compassion.

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Features, Web exclusives May 17, 2016 July 15, 2016

Suffering in Story

Bringing us inside the complexity and the experience of mental illness, Meghan Hubley and Anna Quon are remarkable advocates for mental health.

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what we're doing to stay afloat
Poetry, Reviews March 24, 2016 March 24, 2016

A masterful examination of survival in crisp, poetic precision

Karin Cope achieves a rare balance between sacredness and irreverence; each poem is at once quietly affecting and playfully persistent.

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