Being broken down on a dock or lost in the fog or just sitting by the sea are all perfectly delicious traditional recipes for poems.
by : Chris Benjamin
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“Poetry’s best use is to bear witness, to take roots in the body, to protest. Poems can protect, some heal, and others teach.”
Here are 5 books of poetry for you to enjoy in the peace and quiet as the sun slowly creeps its way back into our Atlantic Canadian sky.
Author Janice Landry on themes of remembrance, regret, and repercussions in her latest book
Chad Pelley tips his hat to acclaimed Atlantic authors.
Newfoundland author Sharon Bala on why you need to read a short story, right now.
New Brunswick author Marq de Villiers on why water woes aren’t just a Third World problem
A new Nova Scotian bookstore owner explains what drove two authors and an illustrator to dive into the book business
If we value our culture, if we value reading and thought, if we want communities in which ideas are debated and discussed, then we need to take seriously the reading material and the culture that we create for the generation that follows
How long before our best and brightest authors, film professionals and musicians, and perhaps worse, those we have yet to discover, head west?
Publisher and writer Errol Sharpe didn’t know he wanted to write a book until he’d already finished half the research for his first one
A salad and dessert combo that guarantee summer barbecue success.
