Writing on Fire Anthology by Young Nova Scotia Writers
byThere is a new generation in our midst, with strong voices and things to say
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The People Who Stay Book Launch
byIt is the story of Sylvia Pride, who reluctantly returns to rural Newfoundland for her cousin’s wedding after an extended stint in the big city.
Being an Artist
byI turned my back on writing, but it always ate at my conscience and slowly, poem by poem, story by story, crept back into my life.
Kerry-Lee Powell launches Willem de Kooning’s Paintbrush
by“Fractured, figurative but it’s smashed,” Powell says. “It’s not always linear. There is a lot of violence and trauma.”
What we don’t know about Nova Scotia fills book
by“Nothing against lighthouses, but Nova Scotia is about more than lighthouses and boats.”
A book launch like no other
byBeth Powning’s A Measure of Light inspires recreation of 17th Century Puritan New England in Sussex, N.B. For six months members of SLICE (Sussex Literary Initiative and Cultural Events) were dedicated to exceeding the fantastic event they organized to launch Beth Powning’s 2010 best-selling novel, The Sea Captain’s Wife. And on Friday they did just that by converting the Royal Canadian Legion into the mid-17th Century…