B Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / bootlegging / Canada / Canadian history / Historical / Nova Scotia / Widowed Heroine / women's rights / Womens-Fiction7 Comments
Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Against her wishes, ... more >
Publishing NewsAmerican history / Black History Month / Canadian history / depression / George R.R. Martin / HBO / literary adaptation / security / surveillance10 Comments
Game of Thrones Author Warns HBO Show May Kill Off Book Characters – So HBO is diverging from the George R.R. Martin source material and has plans to kill off several characters in the highly successful Game of Thrones series. The announcement serves as a good reminder that film adaptations ... more >