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A Decade of Ochre Fest

Posted on July 4, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Books, Entertainment, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Beloved local arts festival institution Ochre Fest celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022, boasting a stacked lineup of artists and authors
A decade of influencing the local arts community serves as the backdrop for the 10th annual Ochre Fest, which will emulate from the Ochre House Retreat in Ochre Pit

Tags: anniversary, artists, Authors, Breakwater Books, Carolina East, food and drink, George Murray, Gerard Collins, Megan Gail Coles, musicians, Ochre Fest, Ochre Pit Cove, Olivia Robinson, wine, Zay Nova

WRITING WORLD | Bernardine Stapleton’s Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands

Posted on October 19, 2021
By Krystyn Decker
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Bernardine Ann Teráz Stapleton’s latest book Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands is an exceptionally well-written novel about embracing the journey of self-discovery, set in a world of mythological and folkloric beings
If ever there was a place that embraced all aspects of the supernatural, mythology, and folklore, Newfoundland and

Tags: Authors, Bernardine Stapleton, fiction, LGBTQ, local, Newfoundland and Labrador

transVersing: From the Stage to the Page

Posted on April 17, 2019
By Wendy Rose
on Arts & Culture, Books, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Theatre, Web Exclusives

From acclaimed stage production to groundbreaking anthology, transVersing is one of the first trans-authored traditionally published books in Newfoundland history.

Described as “Shakespeare meets slam poetry and the fiddle meets soapbox rant” by its publishing company Breakwater Books, transVersing is possibly the first trans-authored, traditionally published book to come

Tags: Activism, Authors, Social Justice, transVersing

Cops in Kabul

Posted on November 14, 2018
By Wendy Rose
on Books, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Retired RCMP Superintendent William C. Malone recalls his year in Afghanistan in his 2018 tell-all book

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

Tags: Afghanistan, Authors, Kabul, William C. Malone