Attending Redmond College with Anne Shirley
“It was not exhilarating to be surrounded by crowds of strangers, most of whom had a rather alien appearance, as …
Category Archives: Canadian Writers
Let’s Bookmark Nova Scotia’s Literary Landmarks
“All of us are better when we’re loved.” The powerful last line of Alistair MacLeod’s International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-winning …
Tell, by Frances Itani
The Halifax Giller Light Bash is happening tonight at the Atlantica Hotel at 8pm, and I’m delighted to be one …
Milk Fever – a review
“My head and heart informed me that mothering wasn’t contrary to learning, yet instead part of it. I can write …
“Tar and blood and needles of glass”
Ninety-six years ago today, at 9:05 a.m., the French cargo and munitions ship Mont Blanc collided with the Norwegian supply …
3 or 4 Families in an Italian Village
Remembering a happy childhood can bring sadness, says the narrator of Connie Guzzo-McParland’s debut novel The Girls of Piazza d’Amore, …
The Unfinished Child – a review
“This was the child she’d said she couldn’t wait to meet, but now their meeting was all wrong. It was …
L.M. Montgomery, Edith Wharton, and Education
Last summer, during a long visit to Prince Edward Island, I read the first volume of L.M. Montgomery’s Selected Journals …
Glass Voices
The Halifax Explosion was ninety-three years ago today, which makes me think again about Carol Bruneau’s novel Glass Voices. You …
The Golden Mean
My review of Annabel Lyon’s novel The Golden Mean is published today in the November issue of Open Letters Monthly. …
Sarah Emsley 