Lunenburg Literary Festival Will Take Place In-Person
byEvents begin on Thursday, September 24, with a kid’s event by young-adult author and Governor General’s Literary Award Finalist Jo Treggiari.
Chris Benjamin
Editor’s Message
byWhen our experiences have become so geographically limited, books can safely traverse any land, space or timescape.
The 10 Best Atlantic Canadian Books Since Atlantic Canada’s 100 Greatest Books
byTen years ago, I had the strange privilege of co-authoring Atlantic Canada’s 100 Greatest Books. Great Atlantic Canadian books just keep coming. So, 10 years later, I’m again pondering the East Coast’s best books.
Danila Botha launches Too Much On the Inside at The Company House in Halifax
byCelebrate the launch of Danila Botha’s Too Much On the Inside (Quattro Fiction), a novel exploring the depths of human connection as the lives of four people in their twenties converge with the impossible task of escaping their pasts in Brazil, Israel, South Africa and Nova Scotia. Botha reads Sunday August 23rd at 2pm at the Company House with Lisa de Nikolits and Chris Benjamin.
Writers Federation of Nova Scotia offers course series for beginner writers
byThe “First Words” course series is intended to be introductory and thus a welcoming space for beginner writers. The course runs over nine weeks and features three different instructors, each taking a three-week block that covers a different aspect of fiction writing. Beginning, Middle, and End April 29, May 6 & 13 Chris Benjamin The three-act structure goes at least as far back as Aristotle, who…
Writers Federation of Nova Scotia offers course series for beginner writers
byThe “First Words” course series is intended to be introductory and thus a welcoming space for beginner writers. The course runs over nine weeks and features three different instructors, each taking a three-week block that covers a different aspect of fiction writing. Beginning, Middle, and End April 29, May 6 & 13 Chris Benjamin The three-act structure goes at least as far back as Aristotle, who…
Newfoundland poet Mark Callanan
byIn the mid nineties Mark Callanan could have been a portrait of proto-teen, banging awkwardly at a guitar trying to make up songs. You know, working on his music. It didn’t take him long to realize it was the words he cared most about