Noah Richler on Political Branding, Provincialism and White Male Candidates
by“As voters we are behaving more and more like our neighbours to the South, with their presidential system, and we vote for one leader or the other.”
Columns
Why We Need Criticism
bySurely fiction writers owe more to our hardworking fellow writers than silence, a Facebook like or ephemeral blog posts and blurbs.
Teaching Children About the Mi’kmaq
by“I think it is clear that there is not a whole lot of relevant cultural information in the school systems.”
Origin Stories: Gilbert Sewell
byFor Sewell, stories are a way to share information, to pass on messages, to report on what is happening in the world now and explore the things that have happened in the past, so that we can apply those lessons to our present and our future.
Origin Stories: Gloria Ann Wesley
byAlthough Gloria Ann Wesley fell into publishing almost by accident, there’s no arguing the fact that it was meant to be. This esteemed poet and author is recognized as the first published Black Nova Scotian poet
Origin Stories: Christy Ann Conlin
by“…for all the travels I’ve done, the most exotic place in the world to me still was the mountain and the valley where I came from.”
Don Connolly’s Favourites
byThese choices come from someone who reads limited nonfiction and is a thoroughly deconsecrated Catholic.