The region’s richest literary prize has made careers and given the gift of time to write
by : Marilyn Smulders
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Steinfeld’s poems make us question the absurdity of our efforts to make meaning, and at the same time, are a testament to the imperative to keep trying
These gentle poems touch on many subjects including carpentry, eggs, Italian songs, trees and other green things; they ponder the mystery of death and dichotomy as matter-of-factly as a pretty bunch of flowers might nod to the setting sun
“I was in this flux in my life, and…reading Michael Winter’s book, about this guy going through all the same stuff, really resonated with me”
The book is a remarkable artefact designed to make photographs come to life in our hands
The first-prize winner will receive a contract for the publication of the winning book along with a $1,500 advance on 10-percent royalties for all sales
Huebert experiments with how the loudest part of our interiority–the part that sounds like words and voice–is a crust on the yawning and often disturbing bog of memory
“We Harbor No Evil Design” is among the distinguished works emerging to commemorate the Halifax Disaster’s centenary year
Giving either interpretation the weight of finality might bring the story crashing down upon itself
New Brunswicker’s travel memoir explores family, food and culture
Lynn Coady, Alistair MacLeod, Sarah Faber, Kate Beaton, Linden MacIntyre, Frank Macdonald, Tom Ryan, Rebecca Silver Slayter, Johanna Skibsrud, Oisin Curran and Susan Paddon. Just to name a few.
Journalist and author Joan Baxter on the “corporate capture of democracies,” environmental devastation and Nova Scotia’s provincialism
