From acclaimed stage production to groundbreaking anthology, transVersing is one of the first trans-authored traditionally published books in Newfoundland history.
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Described as “Shakespeare meets slam poetry and the fiddle meets soapbosquirex rant” by its publishing company Breakwater Books, transVersing is possibly the first trans-authored, traditionally published book to come
Author Megan Gail Coles releases Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club
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Local author Megan Gail Coles launched her most recent work, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club at Eastern Edge on February 7.
Coles sat down with The Herald just one day before
Local non-profit community service centre The Gathering Place is adding another service to their growing list of available resources and amenities
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The Gathering Place’s dental clinic will be taking its first patients in early December, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in early November, to mark the completion of this new
Andrew Miller will hopefully represent NL on WorldSkills Team Canada at next year’s WorldSkills International Competition
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Local College of the North Atlantic student Andrew Miller may be heading off to Russia next year to compete on the WorldSkills Team Canada.
Miller, a 21-year-old student currently studying Video Game Art
The sixth annual Spirit Song Festival will be held in the capital city on November 17, 2018.
“We started doing Spirit Song to provide a venue for people to learn and experience Indigenous culture in a way that most people feel comfortable with, which is the arts,” Chris Sheppard said.
The life of WWII soldier and POW Joseph Kearney is honoured in a new and painstakingly researched work.
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For authors Frank Galgay and Donna Adams, their latest project has been a long time coming.
A culmination of years of research, Joseph Kearney and the Hunt for Rommel is now available
Retired RCMP Superintendent William C. Malone recalls his year in Afghanistan in his 2018 tell-all book
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In his 2018 book Cops in Kabul: A Newfoundland Peacekeeper in Afghanistan, retired RCMP Superintendent William C. Malone gives a thrilling personal account of his time in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he was stationed
Many little girls look up to their grandfathers, viewing them as heroes. For Catherine Soplet, a Newfoundlander now living in Ottawa, her grandfather really is a hero
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Soplet is the granddaughter of Thomas Ricketts, a private in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War 1.
Where were you when you heard the news that Ron Hynes was gone?
Beloved Newfoundland musician Ron Hynes passed away on November 19, 2015, after a lengthy battle with throat cancer. The Man of a Thousand Songs will never be forgotten in his home province, as his legacy lives on
My best Halloween costume was not even my own. I didn’t make it, and I didn’t wear it, but it has gone down in my personal history books as my favourite Halloween memory – and I wasn’t even there to enjoy it.
This bizarre tale begins at the La Guardia
The 17th annual Pumpkinfest was held at Lester’s Farm on Sunday, October 13, inspiring local families to visit the farm for some kid-friendly fun.
With games, prizes, contests – a kids and adult pie eating contest, two worm digging contests, a costume contest, and a 19+ hot pepper eating contest
Dale Jarvis is the go-to guy for Newfoundland and Labrador folklore. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer for the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador is also a storyteller, tour guide, entrepreneur and more.
Haunted Hike Returns
He has appeared on the paranormal television show Creepy Canada, detailing stories of