“Old Rusty Metal Things”
Today I’m delighted to share a poem by my friend Sandra Barry, entitled “Old Rusty Metal Things.” Sandra is a …
Tag Archives: Nova Scotia
“The writing of sponge-cakes”
“I’m that person who finds the purchase of a sponge-cake to be delightful.” I’m quoting Shawna Lemay, whose novel Everything …
The Last Phone Booth
When I read about the “world’s smallest Austen museum” in a red telephone box in Steventon, Hampshire, in a recent …
Reading Close to Home
It’s a pleasure to introduce this guest post by my friend Naomi MacKinnon, whom I met online several years ago …
Places I Want to Remember
As the year ends, I can’t help but look back, and I’ve gathered a few of my favourite photos from …
Summer
Here are some of the pictures I took this summer in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. On …
L.M. Montgomery’s Halifax: A Literary Soirée, June 18th
L.M. Montgomery lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when she was a student at Dalhousie University in 1895-96 and then when …
“Going in for realities” in L.M. Montgomery’s The Blue Castle
“Valancy was in the midst of realities after a lifetime of unrealities,” writes L.M. Montgomery in her 1926 novel The …
Jane Austen’s Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen: Q & A with Sheila Johnson Kindred
Sheila Johnson Kindred’s biography of Fanny Palmer Austen was published earlier this month by McGill-Queen’s University Press, and she kindly …
Blog Series Celebrating 200 Years of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
I’m organizing a blog series in honour of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Persuasion and I need help with a …
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