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Tag: nonfiction

Rebecca Rose Traces a History of Halifax’s Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Communities

July 2, 2020 by : Evelyn C. White

Filed Under: Features, History, Web exclusives Tagged With: Gay, Halifax, history, Lesbian and Bisexual Communities, Nimbus Publishing, nonfiction, Nova Scotia, Rebecca Rose, Social Movements

Readers Digest Excerpts Lesley Buxton’s Masterful Weaving of a Heart-wrenching Personal Story

February 28, 2019 by : Lesley Choyce

Filed Under: News, Web exclusives Tagged With: A Mother's Memoir, Grief, Halifax, Illness, Joan Baxter, Lesley Buxton, literary prize, Loss, memoir, non-fiction, nonfiction, Nova Scotia, One Strong Girl, Pottersfield Press, Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction, Surviving the UNimaginable, The Mill

Grab Your Hammer It’s the Speech Police

December 18, 2017 by : Edward Riche

Filed Under: # 85 Winter 2017, Editions, Excerpts, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bag of Hammers, Breakwater Books, Ed Riche, Edward Riche, essay, Excerpt, First Person, humour, Made in Canada, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, nonfiction, Opinion, politics, Rare Birds, Satire, The Great Eastern, Today I Learned It Was You

Not Your Grandfather’s East Coast Music

August 21, 2017 by : Ken Kelley

Filed Under: #83 Spring 2017, Columns, Editions, First Person Tagged With: A Distorted Revolution, Amelia Curran, Breakwater Books, Eric's Trip, Folk, Indie Rock, Jason Murray, music, Music Biography, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nimbus Publishing, nonfiction, Relics and Tunes: The Songs of Amelia Curran

Into the Fire Gives a Rare Glimpse Into the Minds of Working First Responders

June 26, 2017 by : Janice Landry

Filed Under: Memoir, Reviews Tagged With: Alberta, disaster, fire, Graham Hurley, Into the Fire: The Fight to Save Fort McMurray, Jerron Hawley, McClelland & Stewart, memoir, nonfiction, Nova Scotia, photography, Steve Sackett

Editor’s Picks: History

May 2, 2017 by : Chris Benjamin

Filed Under: #82 Winter 2016, Features, History, Lists Tagged With: A. J. Shawyer, Acorn Press, Blain Henshaw, C. A. Sharpe, Christian Fink-Jensen, D Scott MacDonald, Delmore "Buddy" Daye Learning Institute, Edward Roberts, Fernwood Publishing, Flanker Press, Geoff Peddle, Goose Lane Editions, Greg Marquis, history, ISER Books, Island Studies Press, John Cousins, Melody Fitzpatrick, Nimbus Publishing, nonfiction, Pottersfield Press, Randolph Eustace-Walden, Robert C Parsons, Ronald Rees, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Vic Runtz

Approaching the Precipice of Climate Change

April 22, 2017 by : Katie Short

Filed Under: Columns, Q&A Tagged With: About Canada, About Canada: The Environment, climate change, Earth Day, environment, Fernwood Publishing, Linda Pannozzo, nonfiction, Q&A, web exclusives

Editor’s picks: New books

April 11, 2017 by : Chris Benjamin

Filed Under: #82 Winter 2016, Features, Fiction Tagged With: Acorn Press, Aimee Wall, Annette Verschuren, Anvil Press, Breakwater Books, Chad Pelley, Dale McIsaac, Daniel Poliquin, Danny Gillis, Elaine McCluskey, fiction, Goose Lane Editions, Harper Collins, House of Anansi Press, House of Anasi, Invisible Publishing, Jessica Sheppard, Killick Press, Lesley Crewe, MacIntyre Purcell Publishing, Michael Crummey, Michelle Winters, Mike Parker, Nimbus Publishing, nonfiction, Paul Rowe, Poetry, Pottersfield Press, Riel Nason, Robert Chafe, short stories, Susan White

Bob Cole is Hockey’s Lead Voice

April 4, 2017 by : Robert Ashe

Filed Under: #82 Winter 2016, Memoir, Non-fiction, Reviews Tagged With: Autobiography, Bob Cole, hockey, nonfiction, Now I'm Catching On: My Life On and Off The Air, review, Robert Ashe, Stephen Brunt, Viking, Viking Canada

Men of the Deeps is a Musical History of Coal Mining and Cape Breton

March 2, 2017 by : Stephanie Domet

Filed Under: History, Non-fiction, People, Reviews Tagged With: Cape Breton University Press, Folk music, history, John C. O'Donnell, music, nonfiction, The Men of the Deeps: A Journey With North America's Only Coal Miners Chorus

Books Celebrating African Heritage

February 27, 2017 by : Katie Ingram

Filed Under: Features, Fiction, History, Nonfiction, Poetry, Web exclusives Tagged With: African Heritage, African Heritage Month, fiction, Gaspereau Press, Gloria Ann Wesley, history, Lindsay Ruck, nonfiction, Poetry, Pottersfield Press, Roseway Publishing, Sylvia Hamilton

Halifax Poor House Fire: A History and Critique of Societal Supports

February 21, 2017 by : Johanna Bertin

Filed Under: History, Non-fiction, Reviews Tagged With: A Victorian Tragedy, history, nonfiction, Nova Scotia, Pottersfield Press, Steven Laffoley, The Halifax Poor House Fire

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