<p>”…giant storytelling talent unleashed.” —Jon Tattrie, <i>Atlantic Books Today</i> <br/>
The daughter of an alcoholic desperate to be loved. <br/>
A father reliving a failed dream though his teenaged son. <br/>
A struggling immigrant surprised to discover that money does not buy happiness. <br/>
A creative boy struggling to please his dead father. <br/>
An eco-warrior defying her entire town for what she believes is right. <br/>
A father unable to reconcile the assault of his daughter with the world he raised her to believe in. <br/>
A gay pastor in self-imposed exile from church and family. <br/>
A stranger in a Santa suit dispensing fatherly advice. <br/>
A granddaughter who must end the life of the woman who raised her. <br/>
A survivor of a small-town drug addict determined to save her cousin from terrifying dreams. <br/>
An anxiety sufferer who finds refuge in sadomasochism. <br/>
A university student looking for love in all the wrong animal liberation schemes. <br/></p>
<p>In sharp, insightful prose, <i>Boy With a Problem</i> taps into the heart of our deeply human fear of failing to truly connect with others. The fissures that erupt between us, how quickly they widen from cracks to chasms—this is the thread running through these wise, raw, and tender stories.</p>
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Chasing Paradise
<p>In May, 2001, Chris Benjamin hitchhiked across Canada and volunteered on organic farms in British Columbia. He was in search of a good home, love and community, and perhaps a […]
Drive-by Saviours
<p>Chris Benjamin masterfully, magically weaves together the seemingly disconnected worlds of Mark, a failed social-worker-turned-unhappy-grant-writer coming to the end of an even unhappier relationship, and Bumi, an Indonesian illegal immigrant on the run from his past and the ocd that dogs his present. Their chance encounter on a Toronto subway launches them on a complicated friendship that allows both men to finally confront the demons in their pasts and to find the hope in their futures. – Stephen Kimber, author of Reparations</p>
Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada
<p><i>Eco-Innovators</i> profiles some of the region’s most innovative and forward-thinking leaders in sustainability. These entrepreneurs and educators, activists and agitators, farmers and fishers have all made measurable contributions both in their respective fields of interest and in motivating others to make change.</p>
<p>In the book, we meet Kim Thompson, a strawbale builder and consultant, who has recently brought her building experience to a renovation of an older house in downtown Halifax. Then there’s Edwin Theriault, who bought a bale of clothing back in 1971 and launched Frenchy’s, a chain of seventy-six used-clothing stores that has become an East Coast institution. Edwin doesn’t consider himself an environmentalist at all, but over the years his business has kept countless tonnes of material out of landfills. Also profiled are Speerville Flour Mill and Olivier Soaps in New Brunswick, Sean Gallagher of Local Source in Halifax, David and Edith Ling of Fair Acre Farm on PEI, and Jim Meaney of Cansolair solar heat air exchangers in Newfoundland, among many others.</p>
<p>With ten chapters on matters like reducing consumption, greening the home, sustainable eating, dressing, transportation, and vacationing, the book is an important look into the lives of Atlantic Canadians committed to creating viable green options in our region.</p>
Indian School Road
In <i>Indian School Road</i>, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Benjamin integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930-1967) and beyond. Exposing the raw wounds of Truth and Reconciliation as well as the struggle for an inclusive Mi’kmaw education system, Indian School Road is a comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the school that uneducated hundreds of Aboriginal children.
Chasing Paradise
<p>In May, 2001, Chris Benjamin hitchhiked across Canada and volunteered on organic farms in British Columbia. He was in search of a good home, love and community, and perhaps a […]
Drive-by Saviours
<p>Chris Benjamin masterfully, magically weaves together the seemingly disconnected worlds of Mark, a failed social-worker-turned-unhappy-grant-writer coming to the end of an even unhappier relationship, and Bumi, an Indonesian illegal immigrant on the run from his past and the ocd that dogs his present. Their chance encounter on a Toronto subway launches them on a complicated friendship that allows both men to finally confront the demons in their pasts and to find the hope in their futures. – Stephen Kimber, author of Reparations</p>
High Water Mark
<p>High Water Mark is an anthology of short fiction from some of the finest writers of Atlantic Canada over the last forty years. Included are writers from various communities throughout […]
Indian School Road
In <i>Indian School Road</i>, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Benjamin integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930-1967) and beyond. Exposing the raw wounds of Truth and Reconciliation as well as the struggle for an inclusive Mi’kmaw education system, Indian School Road is a comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the school that uneducated hundreds of Aboriginal children.
Nova Scotia Love Stories
<p><i>In Nova Scotia Love Stories</i>, Lesley Choyce has assembled some of the province’s most beloved authors who explore through fact and fiction the myriad ways in which a love story exists. These writers with a strong emotional connection to this shaped-by-the-sea province demonstrate the many guises and moods of love: for the young, the aged and all points in between. There is love that is healing, heart-throbbing joyful, but also love that is disillusioned, unusual, possibly misguided, but always life-changing. The stories are heartwarming, touching, funny, and profound. This collection will convince any reader that love thrives and abides here on the wave-swept shores of Nova Scotia.</p> <p>A young girl experiences profound attraction to the enigmatic but charismatic Manuel Jenkins in Budge Wilson’s tale; a child tells of having two mothers in Bruce Graham’s short story; and Marjorie Simmins and Silver Donald Cameron each describe how they met and fell in love, bridging their lives from opposite coasts of Canada. Maureen Hull’s Miranda finds herself in a relationship with a rather unlikely partner; Jim Lotz and Lindsay Ruck tell of real-life love stories: deep, long-standing commitment between two kindred souls, through a lifetime of shared adventures.</p> <p>There are other jewels here from Jon Tattrie, Steven Laffoley, Sheldon Currie, Harold Horwood, Carol Bruneau, Michael Ungar, William Kowalski, Don Aker, Chris Benjamin, and Lesley Choyce. Collectively, these writers explore many facets of this most human emotion.</p>
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#ReadAtlantic #VOICES African-Canadian Author Video Series
Video interviews with prominent African-Canadian authors
Video interviews with prominent African-Canadian authors
#ReadAtlantic #VOICES African-Canadian Author Video Series
Video interviews with prominent African-Canadian authors From mid-September until the end of October 2020, Atlantic Books Today was proud to work with the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute to co-host and […]
Video interviews with prominent African-Canadian authors From mid-September until the end of October 2020, Atlantic Books Today was proud to work with the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute to co-host and […]
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This list of the ‘most popular’ posts (as evidenced by readers’ clicks) showcases the wide variety of content found here at AtlanticBooksToday.ca.
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This list of the ‘most popular’ posts (as evidenced by readers’ clicks) showcases the wide variety of content found here at AtlanticBooksToday.ca.
This list of the ‘most popular’ posts (as evidenced by readers’ clicks) showcases the wide variety of content found here at AtlanticBooksToday.ca.
A Brief Excerpt From Chris Benjamin’s Boy With A Problem
Pro: Allan is stealthy like a le Carré character. That’s hot. Mom affects him too though. He’s quieter about it, sure, but he grinds his teeth and shortens his syllables, blunting the […]
Pro: Allan is stealthy like a le Carré character. That’s hot. Mom affects him too though. He’s quieter about it, sure, but he grinds his teeth and shortens his syllables, blunting the […]
An Audio Q&A With Children’s Book Illustrator Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith on the collaborative creation between writer, illustrator and editor
Sydney Smith on the collaborative creation between writer, illustrator and editor
An Interview with Ingrid Waldron, Author of There’s Something in the Water, on Fighting Environmental Racism, and Winning
An interview with Ingrid Waldron
An interview with Ingrid Waldron
Atlantic Books Today on the Book Me! Podcast
the new spring issue of Atlantic Books Today
the new spring issue of Atlantic Books Today
Atlantic Canadians claim GG shortlist spots
Crummey, Choyce and poet LeBlanc make this year’s shortlist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards The Canada Council for the Arts announced the 2014 shortlist for the Governor General’s Literary […]
Crummey, Choyce and poet LeBlanc make this year’s shortlist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards The Canada Council for the Arts announced the 2014 shortlist for the Governor General’s Literary […]
Atlantic ebook collection launches
The Nova Scotia Provincial Library, Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage, Halifax Public Libraries and Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association welcome the public to attend the official launch of the Atlantic Canadian eBook Collection in Dartmouth
The Nova Scotia Provincial Library, Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage, Halifax Public Libraries and Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association welcome the public to attend the official launch of the Atlantic Canadian eBook Collection in Dartmouth
Audio Clip: Chris Benjamin on Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians by Lindsay Ruck
Amazing profiles of prominent Black Atlantic Canadians
Amazing profiles of prominent Black Atlantic Canadians