D’ESCOUSSE: Isle Madame author and memoirist Marjorie Simmins is excited to be teaching on home turf for a change.
“I usually teach my memoir workshops at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash, or Halifax, or Vancouver,” says Simmins, who was raised on...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Congratulations to Strait regional school board (SRSB) Math Mentors Jennifer Dwyer and Amanda MacDougall who have now added published authors to their professional credentials!
The two books, Hockey Homework written by Dwyer and Money Jar written by MacDougall,...
The Trews bassist Jack Syperek wrote the song Highway of Heroes, inspired by the 2006 death of Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first Canadian female soldier killed in Afghanistan.
The inspiration behind Highway...
HALIFAX: Book lovers in the Strait area can look forward to an evening of storytelling to ring in the holiday season.
Several local authors will take part in a “Cape Breton Christmas Reading and Book Sale Party” on November 25...
INVERNESS: An up-and-coming filmmaker unearths some of the rich history of coal mining in his hometown with a full-length documentary.
Liam MacDonald recently spoke to The Reporter about The Broken Ground: The Story of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local author gave fans a taste of his latest work last week.
Duncan MacMaster offered a reading of his book, A Mint Condition Corpse, at the Port Hawkesbury Library on December 7.
A Mint Condition Corpse is a...
MABOU: Inverness County artist Kate Beaton was named the winner of Canada Reads 2023.
The 39-year-old Beaton’s graphic memoir Ducks took the CBC’s annual national literary competition on March 30.
“I...
ARICHAT: The former Anglican church here has been converted to a performance space and now has a new moniker.
Friends of St. John’s Arichat Society board chair Anne Leavitt said one of the top priorities of the group last winter...
HALIFAX: Leona Burkey laughs heartily when asked about the genesis of her career as a singer-songwriter, describing it as a “slow burn.”
That fire was ignited in L’Ardoise, where she grew up.
PORT HAWKESBURY: The McGuire’s will take the stage at the Evergreen Seniors Club in Port Hawkesbury on Friday Oct. 15.
Southern country gospel music artists Todd and Penny McGuire from New Brunswick have been...