A thoughtful, sensitive depiction of one boy’s struggle to come to terms with the truth about his family
by : Lisa Doucet
by : Lisa Doucet
A thoughtful, sensitive depiction of one boy’s struggle to come to terms with the truth about his family
by : Maria Recchia
Working toward an encyclopedia of Newfoundland knowledge, Pam Hall recognizes the collaborative nature of understanding
by : Clarissa Hurley
In Uncertain Weights and Measures, Tatiana is a compelling protagonist, incisive in her analysis of the world around her, determined, even as a girl, to escape the conventional domestic dependency of the women she sees around her
by : Cindy Brown
Andy Flanagan shares the story of how Second World War prison guards regularly inspected Andrew “Ando” Flanagan’s diary and blacked out sections, ripped them out or beat him for what he wrote
by : Evelyn C. White
In absorbing passages that evoke the seduction and subterfuge found in spy thrillers, McKeon chronicles her encounters with female leaders of men’s rights groups
“It’s as if we began performing this idea of Newfoundland culture just at the time we were no longer living it firsthand”
by : US Dhuga
Bala is ahead by a century in the cricket score of politically powerful contemporary fiction
by : Joan Baxter
Treading respectfully in foreign lands is good for your health
by : Margaret Conrad
Women’s studies, diaries and letters offer fresh perspectives on herstory
by : Karin Cope
Darryl Whetter’s Search Box Bed ponders exciting new sexualities emerging in and from the new media landscape; what then might our new poetries become?
by : Edward Riche
An adapted introduction (on the importance of satire) to Edward Riche’s new essay collection, Bag of Hammers
by : Barry Cahill
100 years after the event, in our rush to glorify Canada’s participation in the First World War, we too easily forget that had it not been for the war the Halifax Disaster would not have occurred
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