I Am Herod is a very funny book with an underlying pathos and sweetness.
by : Heather Carruthers
# 90 Winter 2019
A very accessible account that humanizes this particular piece of Canadian history.
Award-winning New Brunswick author Valerie Sherrard has once again succeeded in creating an earnest and appealing protagonist in this new offering for early readers.
Treggiari’s latest teen thriller weaves multiple storylines together into a single propulsive narrative.
This book tells an empowering story for young women, athletes or otherwise.
For readers 8 – 12.
Home means different things to different people while still being a concept that resonates in some way with everyone
Teetotallers aside, most of us enjoy the occasional drink. Alcohol, though not healthy in excess, tends to loosen us up, relieve the day’s stresses and make us a tad less inhibited.
“You should write a book!” How often have you said or heard that?
Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone seems to know a master storyteller, especially on the East Coast. But spinning a yarn is more akin to threading a needle, compared to the long, dedicated work of weaving an intricate tapestry that is an actual book. Getting published is another mystery to navigate and daunting enough that most don’t dare even try.
Linden MacIntrye shared with ABT’s editor his thoughts on Atlantic Canada’s storytelling, and writing about home.
Writers transforming hardship into humour.
The Atlantic Region is well known for telling stories in various art forms. Today, one of the outputs of that creative culture is an explosion of books and authors, with more titles being published in the region than ever before. Atlantic publishers explore the whys and hows behind the creative inspirations unique to the East Coast.
