Who We Are by Murray Sinclair I was drawn to the book partially by Sinclair’s approach of using a traditional teaching to structure his story. It was very readable, an oral style. Very much like listening to an Elder. I was fascinated by his thinking about the process, his reasoning for the decisions the Truth […]
A radio documentary about the decades-old leases allowing forestry companies to clear-cut on Crown land in Nova Scotia.
Sadly, Halifax Magazine shut down its website of archived articles. Some issues are still available at Issuu.com. Below are screenshots of one article I was most proud of, a collaboration with Shubenacadie Residential School survivor Bernadette Eisenhower to tell her story. It is a hard story, a true story, and it is told by someone […]
Before resuming life’s usual chaos, allow me to tell you a little about a dozen books that were my favourite reads of the year (in the order I read them): 1. The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de WaalGreat depth of research spinning together politics, art, and family history in a very personal narrative. […]
Art by Geordan Moore
“Chris Benjamin’s mode of writing is raw, unvarnished, heartrending dirty realism. His characters are tormented youngsters left to navigate the fallout from family tragedy on their own while struggling to locate a moral compass to guide them through the emotional minefield of adolescence. The Art of Forgiveness is heady stuff, a careening ride without guardrails through chaotic […]
“…original in tone – droll, serious, and loving, of the world, and its wacky and wonderful people – and expansive in subject matter.”
Tony Earnes of NFReads.com kindly invited me to participate in an author interview, something of a Proust questionnaire, rapid fire. Fun questions and I hope you enjoy the answers.
The wonderful Bethany Gibson recently honoured me with an invitation to contribute something literary to her online art project, The Scales Project, “a conversation between artists … a call-and-response, a provocation, and a forum for connection and communication through art about the climate crisis and ecological collapse.” Going through the posts from other artists, I […]
