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Columns, First Person, Web exclusives May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020

Reading of Alison DeLory’s Making It Home

by Chris Benjamin

It puts things into perspective. Could a single line say any more about humanity than that?

#84 Fall 2017, Editions, Features, Nonfiction November 1, 2017 November 1, 2017

Save the Humans

by Erica Butler

Heartbreaking stories of staggering greed and its catastrophic environmental impact

#84 Fall 2017, Editions, Reviews, Young Readers Reviews October 20, 2017 October 19, 2017

Life Lessons from an Elk Who Disguises Herself as a Boy

by Lisa Doucet

A lively romp across Alberta

Memoir, Reviews June 26, 2017 June 26, 2017

Into the Fire Gives a Rare Glimpse Into the Minds of Working First Responders

by Janice Landry

Three intertwined perspectives, and photos, of one of Canada’s largest disasters

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Did you know that you can request a Cabin Six Pack from your library? Six NL books on themes such as "On the Water", "NL Biography" and "WWI", plus many more. They live at the A.C. Hunter but are available provincially through inter library loans. https://tinyurl.com/y9l6jbff

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Winners Announced for the Third Annual @PottersPress Prize for Creative Nonfiction: https://atlanticbookstoday.ca/winners-announced-for-the-third-annual-pottersfield-prize-for-creative-nonfiction/ via @abtmagazine

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Did you know you can buy or borrow Almost Feral by @justbegemma, winner of this year's @APMATweet award on the all new http://atlanticbooks.ca? And check out some of the other @AtlBookAwards winners too, like EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street and Crow! #ReadAtlantic

Information Morning@infomorning·

How can this be? Eileen McInnes heads into her final half hour before retiring as director of Information Morning after THIRTY years. She’s brought an incredible amount of wise storytelling and guidance to the show in those decades. We’ll miss you Eileen!

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#ReadAtlantic at Halifax Public Libraries! ❤️

To see local books available at other Atlantic libraries, head to atlanticbooks.ca and use the “locate me” button. ...

Time to #ReadAtlantic - Halifax Public Libraries

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Time to #ReadAtlantic by HfxPL_Adults - a staff-created list : It's always a great time to read local. Here are some of our favourites.

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Atlantic Books Today

3 days ago

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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Order this and many other like it on atlanticbooks.ca
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3 days ago

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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Atlantic Books Today

3 days ago

Have you seen the Indigo, Chapters and Coles #ReadAtlantic collection? You can find and shop your local reads at: chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/read-atlantic/

Chapters Halifax Chapters Dartmouth Chapters St. John's Chapters Moncton Indigo Charlottetown Indigospirit Sunnyside Mall Indigospirit Mayflower Mall Coles Halifax Shopping Centre ...

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5 days ago

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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