#79 Fall 2015

January 6, 2016 January 12, 2016

True NL crime recounted, from the heinous to the bizarre

by Kerri Cull

Murder on the Rock: True Crime in Newfoundland and Labrador
by Robert C. Parsons
$19.95, paperback, 278 pp.
Flanker Press, August 2015

November 21, 2015 November 19, 2015

Immerse yourself in a literary mix-tape

by Chris Benjamin

The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Short Fiction
Edited by Larry Mathews
$19.95, paperback, 224 pp.
Breakwater Books, June 2015

November 20, 2015 November 19, 2015

The art of collecting and creating with sea glass

by Margaret Patricia Eaton

A Sea Glass Journey: Ebb and Flow
by Teri Hall, with photography by Jane Milton and Carly Boertien
$24.95, hardcover, 100 pp.
Nimbus Publishing, July 2015

November 13, 2015 November 13, 2015

Brave (and cuddly) warriors

by Lisa Doucet

The Princess and the Pony
by Kate Beaton
$19.99, paperback, 40 pp.
Arthur A. Levine Books, July 2015

October 31, 2015 November 17, 2015

My dear Alice

by Clare Christie and Carol Wills

My dear Alice: War letters 1937-1950
by Clare Christie and Carol Wills
$27.95, Paperback, 276 pp.
New World Publishing, October 2015

October 30, 2015 October 16, 2015

This fiction is fat free

by Sharon Bala

Newfoundland author Sharon Bala on why you need to read a short story, right now.

October 27, 2015 November 17, 2015

Crewe is back with her trademark wit

by Colleen Kitts-Goguen

Amazing Grace
by Lesley Crewe
$19.95, paperback, 288 pp.
Vagrant Press, September 2015

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This week's #FeatureFriday we are bringing you Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press Sean McCann and Andrea Aragon's sensational memoir in our Time to Meet collection.

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The winner of the third annual Pottersfield Press Prize for Creative Nonfiction is... ...

Winners Announced for the Third Annual Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction | Atlantic Books Today

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Pottersfield Press is again looking for submissions from writers who can provide a manuscript of 30,000 to 150,000 words

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It's a great time to read a local book. When you #ReadAtlantic you are supporting the creators, producers, and providers who take books from writing to retailing. Sample, borrow, and buy in our Time to... collections. Check out featured titles from our Time to Discover collection!

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Our colleagues at The Antigonish Review are celebrating 50 years! Here's a piece our Sam Fraser wrote, pre COVID-19, The Enduring Power of the Eclectic: The Antigonish Review at 50. Post epidemic celebrations will surely be epic. ...

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