Maritime Memoirs: Heather Fegan and Martin Bauman

Two Halifax/Dartmouth based authors writing about Crohn's Disease, depression, trips to the medical clinic, and a trip across Canada. Gutsy: living my best life with Crohn's Disease & ulcerative colitis by Heather Fegan (Nimbus Publishing) Gutsy was a double-nominee at this year's Nova Scotia Book Awards. Until reading this book, I had no idea how … Continue reading Maritime Memoirs: Heather Fegan and Martin Bauman

Fauna by Alissa York

Fauna is a book I had not heard of until it became this year's pick for the One Book Nova Scotia campaign.  If it hadn't been chosen, I might never have read it, and I'm glad that I did. Fauna was written by Alissa York, who is also the author of Effigy and Mercy, as … Continue reading Fauna by Alissa York

Canada Reads 2014 Top 10

Today I was going to announce my first book for my CanLit Project, but then I noticed that The Canada Reads Top 10 list came out. Go to http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/about/index.html to find out more about Canada Reads, including all the entries for this year and past years. For now, here is the Top 10 list: Anil's Ghost … Continue reading Canada Reads 2014 Top 10