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Video Interview with Quarantine Author Dr Ian Cameron

by Chris Benjamin

Quarantine: What is Old is New – Halifax and the Lawlor’s Island Quarantine Station: 1866-1938 has taken on new significance during COVID-19 times

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Check out what books flew off the shelves in June!
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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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Check out which books flew off the shelves in June!
Here are the Indigo, Chapters and Coles top 5 local bestsellers in each Atlantic Province.
Maybe you have one of these on your bookshelf right now!
Chapters Halifax Chapters Dartmouth Chapters St. John's Chapters Moncton Indigo Charlottetownn Indigospirit Sunnyside Malll Indigospirit Mayflower Malll Coles Halifax Shopping Centre
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Check out which local books were flying off the shelves in June

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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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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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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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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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