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# 85 Winter 2017, Editions, Features November 20, 2017 November 21, 2017

Editor’s Picks: New Books for Winter ’17/18

by Chris Benjamin

18 of the season’s most enticing new releases

History, Non-fiction, Reviews May 18, 2017 May 26, 2017

Escape Hatch a Meticulous History of a Boondoggle with Benefits

by Peter Moreira

Bassler is a meticulous historian and he does nothing to gloss over the problems that occurred at the 17 companies that were founded by German industrialists.

News April 12, 2017 April 13, 2017

March 2017 Top 5 Reads from Atlantic Canada

by Katie Short

Check out the top 5 best-selling books at Chapters-Indigo in each Atlantic province.

Excerpts, History, Non-fiction March 20, 2017 April 4, 2017

Here Was Freedom

by Gerhard Bassler

Newfoundland offered a true escape hatch to political freedom from the Iron Curtain.

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The countdown continues! Our #3 most-read article on ABT online for the year was this great list of 2019 feminist reads, featuring new books from @AcornPress @PottersPress @fernpub @NightwoodEd
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It's Throwback Thursday! We're counting down your favourite posts on ABT online for 2019, and #2 is Agnes Ayres' recipe for meatloaf, excerpted from Agnes Ayre's Notebook: Recipes from old St. John's (Boulder Books) #tbt ...

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Try Agnes's own recipe, which more than holds up to the test of time!

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The countdown continues! Our #3 most-read article on ABT online for the year was this great list of 2019 Feminist Books.

Featuring books released this year from The Acorn Press, Pottersfield Press, Fernwood Publishing, Roseway Publishing, Nightwood Editions #ReadAtlantic ...

2019 Feminist Books for International Women's Day | Atlantic Books Today

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International Women's Day Celebrates women's rights, something we couldn't have without the kind of feminist analysis found in these Atlantic Canadian books

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Just arrived in time for the Christmas season. Two fresh Flanker titles... ...

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To continue our countdown of the most-read ABT articles of the year: At #4, How We Are Getting (Relatively) Poorer ... & How To Reclaim Democracy & Our Institutions From The Ultra Rich, by Christine Saulnier.

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& How To Reclaim Democracy & Our Institutions From The Ultra Rich

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We took a look at the most-read articles, interviews, and features on atlanticbookstoday.ca for 2019. #5 was ABT editor Chris Benjamin's interview with UNB Department of English writer in residence Phil Hall: "I Try to be Musically Honest." #ReadAtlantic ...

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Governor-General Award-nominated poet Phil Hall is the University of New Brunswick’s current Writer-in-Residence, until May of this year. He is located in the English Department in Fredericton. His work includes conducting readings around the province with Acadian poet Rose Deprés, mentoring stud...

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