The Reader

It’s Marathon Monday!

Today 30,000 eager marathoners will make their way to Hopkinton with the goal of running 26.2 miles to a famous…

10 years ago

The Buzz About Bees Onscreen

Bees have always been fascinating to me, with their interesting social colonies, their ability to keep our agricultural systems going…

10 years ago

Urban Homesteading for All

In the few years, Halifax Public Libraries has received a series of new books documenting the urban homesteading movement. With…

10 years ago

Garden Planning By the Book

Another spring, another year of garden planning.Last year we rebuilt our vegetable garden from the ground up, complete with 10…

10 years ago

Cookbook Club – Food52

Have you ever read through a new cookbook and wanted to try every single recipe - but not actually have…

10 years ago

Staff Pick – The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey

I have only read one other book by Peter Carey - Jack Maggs (M), a variation of Charles Dickens' Great…

10 years ago

Runners on Running

Five recent running related titles to inspire and inform your inner marathoner:Runners on Running : the best nonfiction of distance…

10 years ago

Atlantic Book Awards – Part 2 2016 nominees

“to promote and acknowledge excellence in Atlantic Canadian writing and book publishing through an annual awards ceremony and related events.”…

10 years ago

Atlantic Book Awards – Part 1 2016 nominees

“to promote and acknowledge excellence in Atlantic Canadian writing and book publishing through an annual awards ceremony and related events.”Alistair…

10 years ago

From Another Land – new novels in translation

All In by Simona Ahrnstedt"In the cutthroat world of Sweden's financial elite, no one knows that better than corporate raider…

10 years ago