[…] two decades of living in and reporting from Africa for the BBC World Service and Associated Press. Her most recent book, A Serious Pair of Shoes, won the Evelyn Richardson Award.
[…] has previously published one volume of prose and poetry, The North Shore of Home (Acorn Press, 2002) and two collections of poetry, Crowbush and Other Poems (Ragweed, 1990) and Dip […]
[…] He has contributed writing to numerous art publications, including Funkaesthetics (Justine M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto); A Modern World (Yale University Press); and Oh, Canada! (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art).
[…] tirelessly in archives, he spent countless hours combing through municipal and steel company records, collecting press clippings and other relevant papers as well as memorabilia, interviewing community members about their […]
[…] story more depth and dimension. Astrid’s first children’s book was the award-winning The Scallop
Christmas published by Islandport Press in 2009. She lives, paints, and teaches in western
Massachusetts.
[…] ears of ripening corn. All summer long the young farmer and his wife are hard- pressed to protect their growing crops. But autumn comes at last, and the family is […]
[…] finest writers who just happen to call Atlantic Canada their home. The book celebrates Pottersfield Press wriers in our 25th year. The array of talent includes non-fiction by Farley Mowat, […]
[…] all himself, when he became addicted to narcotics in his 30s. His story hit local press when he was found guilty of professional misconduct related to his addiction, including over-prescribing […]
[…] Famhair agus dàin Ghàidhlig eile (Giant and other Gaelic poems) was published in 2008 (CBU Press). Since then he has been invited to numerous literary festivals internationally and, in 2011, […]