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Novelist and critic Nathan Whitlock writes on Joel Thomas Hynes ' Down to the Dirt on his blog: On Monday, I taped an episode of CBC Ra...

Publishers dabble in digital tales JAMES BRADSHAW From Thursday's Globe and Mail May 22, 2008 at 3:54 AM EDT ...

Quill & Quire recently mentioned the screening of Down to the Dirt at the Cannes festival. The film is an adaptation of Joel Thomas Hyn...

Mavis Gallant Remembers the Revolution Keith Spicer, Citizen Special Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Appraising her white asparagus with l...

from today.mun.ca By Janet Harron From April 8 to 11, Michael Crummey went where no writer-in-residence has gone before. Thanks to the initi...

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from the St. John's Comedy Festival website : From June 18 to 22, twelve of Canada's top comedians will crack ribs in the City of C...

Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Don McKay will give a free reading at the Rolston Recital Hall in Banff, Alberta as part of the Banff Cen...

Writers' Alliance Announces the Shortlist for the 2007 Heritage and History Award (May 13, 2008 – St. John’s, NL) In partnership with t...

Authors Michael Crummey and Bernice Morgan have a habit of setting their stories in the past. They were brought together by CBC Radio at Me...

May 11 - 17 Word of the Week over at REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: gawmoge ************************* Each week Rattling B...

Writer and actor Andy Jones will be appearing at the Reid Theatre for the CACUSS Convention (Canadian association of College and University...

Rattling Books author Susan Rendell 's Independent interviews Michelle Butler Hallett, one of the nominees for the Newfoundland and Labr...

Songs for the Songs of Birds by Don McKay A selection of poems selected and read by Don McKay. Poems selected by the Author on the theme...

Here's a blast from the not-so-distant past--a 2005 article from Quill & Quire on Rattling Books writers Michael Crummey and Lisa...

Legendary Newfoundland folk-rock group, Figgy Duff, will perform at this year's Writers at Woody Point Festival. See the Western Star a...

Joel Thomas Hynes was awarded the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Artist of the Year Award at a ceremony this past Saturday evening....

May 4 – 10 Word of the Week over at REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: cross-handed The word of the week is released each Sun...

Rattling Books has been reading the work of Newfoundland based author Lisa Moore for some time. Thanks to the Internet and it's fairy-...

Cross-culture celebration Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council adds international spice to annual awards show ...

Local film is in the Cannes 'Down to the Dirt' headed to world's biggest international film festival ...

Agnes Walsh was raised in Placentia, on the west side of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. She now divides her time between St. John...

Just came across this piece (from Arc) by Scottish poet Tom Pow on the poetry of Don McKay : In “Fridge Nocturne”, a short poem near the be...

What's on the go in T.O.? Michael Winter, that's what. The acclaimed author of The Architects Are Here will be giving a free readi...

Newfoundland poet Mary Dalton is currently a faculty member for the Banff Centre for the Arts' Writing Studio 2008 . To read her bio on ...

New word of the week over at REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: glavaun ************************* Each week Rattling Books br...

Another Newfoundland resident, George Murray, has been given the nod in this year's Atlantic Book Awards. The Rush to Here , Murray'...

As you'll have read earlier this week, Fred Armstrong's first novel, Happiness of Fish , has been nominated for the Margaret and Joh...

As indicated in yesterday's post, Newfoundland author Bernice Morgan has been nominated for the prestigious Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic F...

The shortlisted authors for the Atlantic Book Awards, administered by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, have been announced. Fred ...