East Coast Literary Awards celebrate authors
bySaturday was an evening of surprises when the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia presented the 2015 East Coast Literary Awards
Reeling Roosters and Dancing Ducks Celtic Mouth Music
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia announces East Coast Literary Awards short list
byAwards celebrate a diversity of regional voices in non-fiction, poetry and fiction The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia released the short list for the 2015 East Coast Literary Awards this morning. These three awards celebrate and promote excellence in writing from Atlantic Canada. The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, valued at $25,000, is one of Canada’s largest literary prizes. It was established by Raddall himself and…
Two CBU Press books to be launched at Scottish Mod next month
byTwo new books from Cape Breton University Press will see their first light in Scotland next month, part of the Highland Homecoming and Royal National Mod (Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail), Inverness, October 10-18. Cape Breton and Nova Scotia have close ties with the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, in no small part due to thousands of Gaelic-speaking migrant Scots. Bolstering its list of Celtic- and Gaelic-centred titles,…