From Song Arises Verse: Notes on Pandemic Haibun D.A. Lockhart It is the best part of us that turns towards song when healing is sought.

It’s the Company by Stella Harvey “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Seneca Typically we take a breath, maybe two. That laidback

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Black Water by David A. Robertson Review by Nicola Bentley David A Robertson is well known for crafting award-winning young adult literature and graphic novels

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Can you hear me in the darkness? When did you last listen to the radio? I listened last night, as I drove from southern Ontario

By Mary MacDonald Anyone who lives in the mountains knows we are known for otherworldly beauty and inhospitable weather. Hekla is one of Iceland’s most

By Genni Gunn A couple of years ago, I went to visit friends in Fossombrone in Le Marche, Italy, to chase down a story about

Wade Davis shines a light on our power to heal A curious blend of travel memoir, history, ethnobotany text book and environmentalist’s primer, Wade Davis’s

by Rosemary Keevil Connecting with other writers through mentoring: When the teacher is ready the student will appear. I have been a journalist for decades

Note to Self:  Don’t launch a book amidst a global pandemic by Janie Brown March 5, 2020 was UK Publication Day (Canongate). We drank champagne

The Difference by Marina Endicott Review by Farha Guerrero One of the many pleasures of reading is that it allows us to journey to unknown