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Eastword, July-August 2007imPRESSed!: The newest titles by WFNS members Atlantic Canada is increasingly recognized as a hotbed for literary talent. This collection of 15 stories is a dazzling showcase of those gifted Atlantic Canadian writers on the cusp of their literary careers. These are some of the freshest and most exciting writers honing their craft on the East Coast: Brent White, Janet Parker Vaughan, Lee D. Thompson, Darcey Rhyno, Elizabeth Peirce, Sarah Mian, Nina Lassam, Amy Jones, Joanne Jefferson, Joey Comeau, Rhian Calcott, Michelle Butler Hallett, Erna Buffie, Judy Bowman and Russell Barton. Sandra McIntyre is the managing editor at Nimbus Publishing/Vagrant Press. Previously the owner of Frog Hollow Books in Halifax, Mary Jo Anderson writes articles and book reviews for The Globe and Mail and The Chronicle Herald.
Stuck in a private school for kids who have repeatedly flunked out elsewhere, Carson knows he's got nowhere lower to sink. Then he meets someone who is even less optimistic. Christine struggles to get by, living in a trailer by herself, abandoned by her parents, so desperate that she has become almost immune to the pain and loneliness. Once focused on someone other than himself, he beings to notice the world around him and realize that there is beauty as well as hopelessness, love as well as hate. Together the teenagers struggle to work out how they are going to live in an imperfect world. Lesley Choyce is the author of 85 books for children, teens, and adults. His recent novel, Cold Clear Morning, is currently being developed as a feature-length movie. Lesley lives in Lawrencetown.
In the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, thousands of young men from various countries were recruited to build and operate a complex radar system across the Arctic Circle from Alaska across Canada to Greenland. The Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line was spawned from American fear that Soviet bomber aircraft might penetrate Canadian Arctic airspace and drop nuclear weapons on American cities and military bases. This book tells the stories of those DEW Liners who worked in the hostile, remote climate of the North. Frances Jewel Dickson, born in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, worked for the federal government, writing human resources policy for the Speaker of the House of Commons. She now lives in East LaHave, Nova Scotia.
Pris entre l'éblouissement du froid ou de la chaleur, entre le silence et le fracas, entre l'amour et la violence, les êtres se cherchent et veulent déchiffrer le sens de leur démarche. Il semble que la poésie soit la seule chose qui transcende l'éphémère, la seule trace qui reste des tourments du monde. Martine L. Jacquot est une auteure très prolifique: romans, poésie, nouvelles, essais et articles de journaux et de magazines. Ses écrits l'amènent régulièrement à participer à des événements littéraires dans différents coins du monde. Elle vit en Nouvelle-Écosse, dans la Vallée de l'Annapolis. This is the fourth book in the Torrie series. When Wren, a lame peddler girl, meets Torrie, oldest of the Old Things of the Wild Forest, adventure follows. The mysterious minstrel Rookfeather is looking for a hero to rescue Prince Liasis, who vanished. Together they track a goblin band into the Wild Forest to the lair of a sorcerer. Prince Liasis is having his own difficulties. One of his goblin-guards decides he's her best friend and what friend can refuse to help steal back a treasure from the goblin lord. The prince's escape runs smack into Wren and Torrie's rescue. And what's a snake-prince supposed to do with 27 knights who've been turned into toads? K.V. Johansen lives in Sackville, NB. She's written several books for children and young adults, as well as the non-fiction book Quests and Kingdoms: And Adult's Guide to Children's Fantasy Literature.
Famed Canadian industrialist K. C. Irving has always been considered the most important figure of the Irving family business empire - an empire of such dominance in its region that only America's Morgans or Rockefellers merit a valid comparison. K.C. was the pivot man in a relentless relay of work now spanning more than 14 decades. The book explores the modern family business, the powerful players behind its continuing success, and the myths that are spread about the wealthy empire. Harvey Sawler began his career as a writer and journalist with newspapers in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. Journalism led to a 30-year career in public relations, marketing and tourism. He is a regular contributor to Progress and Saltscapes magazines and is the author of five books, including The Beer Bandit Caper and On the Road with Dutch Mason. Harvey exists today in a virtual office - highways, airports, and hotels - but is partially rooted in Halifax.
At the Hummingbird Animal Shelter, Mrs. Cosy and her co-workers find homes for stray animals. Their latest newcomer, a stripy little cat, won't cooperate. Mrs. Cosy might smile at his antics, but who wants to adopt a troublemaker that howls, hides under couches, and climbs the drapes? Sure enough, but the end of the day, the little cat is the only animal left without a new owner. But all is not lost. Sometimes cats like to choose for themselves. That stripy cat has already found someone to adopt. Who could it be? Norene Smiley is an author, artist and filmmaker in Halifax. This is her first picture book. Tara Anderson is a cover artist and children's illustrator who lives on a 200-acre farm outside of Tweed, Ontario.
Marie Jubert, a widow in the French Fortress of Louisbourg, is horrified to see the schooner Donna Rae put into port. The schooner, in which Marie is a secret investor, has been seized for smuggling, putting her business ventures and her ability to support her two children at risk. On board the ship is Matthew Cartier, an English Protestant, who is taken to the Fortress Louisbourg as a prisoner. Marie gets close to Matthew, hoping to discover if he knows her secret and will turn her in. In the process, the two are drawn to one another and Marie is torn when her feelings for this stranger conflict with her desire to keep her children out of jeopardy. Author and screenwriter Lynn M. Turner has published eight novels. She's also sold numerous film and television scripts, and worked in television production. She lives in the Annapolis Valley.
Richard Zurawski's Book of Maritime Weather is filled with fascinating weather facts, myths, climatological oddities, science, folklore, and observations of the diverse and often frustrating topic of weather in Canada's Maritime Provinces. Zurawski brings the reader up to date on the modern science of forecasting, but also includes historical perspectives on weather before people made the study of it into a science. Richard Zurawski is a meteorologist, documentary filmmaker, and television and radio personality who has called Halifax his home for almost two decades. He is the host, creator and producer of the TV series Wonder Why?, The Adventures of the After Math Crew and the Wise Weather Whys. Richard is currently heard predicting the fickle Maritime weather on Rogers Radio in Halifax, Moncton and Saint John. |
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The
Vagrant Revue of New Fiction
The
End of the World as We Know It
The
DEW Line Years: Voices from the Coldest Cold War
Twenty-First
Century Irvings
The
Stripy Cat
Richard
Zurawski's Book of Maritime Weather