An excerpt from the Foreword of Whispers of Mermaids and Wonderful Things: Children’s Poetry and Verse from Atlantic Canada
by : Dr Ross Hunt
Excerpts
Newfoundland offered a true escape hatch to political freedom from the Iron Curtain.
My double visage suits my double tongue—
“Redemption Song” is one of the greatest hymns composed by humanity. And it was born in Nova Scotia.
Nearsighted, the moose swam toward us.
Halfway across it saw us, blinked, and turned around.
Philly was visibly relieved to see Maggie arrive alone.
If this generation is failing, it is because along the way somebody failed
us. Did you ever stop and think maybe we don’t need to be talked about,
but talked with?
The Tin Triangle
by Linda Abbott
$19.95, paperback
Flanker Press, 2016
In the process of researching these photographs, time became meaningless. The whole span of a community’s history over a century and a half was spread beneath my gaze.
From a Good Home: A St. John’s Family Saga
by Trudi Johnson
Flanker Press, April 2016
Samuel Holland: His Work and Legacy on Prince Edward Island
by Earle Lockerby and Douglas Sobey
$37.95, paperback, 300 pp.
Island Studies Press, 2015
The Blind Man’s Eyes
by Rita Joe
$17.95, paperback, 140 pp.
Breton Books, 2015
