SSP is proud to announce that we are now representing the artist Wayne Boucher’s book Beyond the Surface, featured in the Art category and architect Don Lohnes’ books Architect and So You Want To Build a House featured in the Architecture section.
Read moreWe Are Nova Scotia is a photo journey of people from around the province of Nova Scotia, showcased through the lens of renowned photographer Anne Launcelott.
This book features 100 portraits of people from around the Province of Nova Scotia. It is an attempt to show Nova Scotians in their real contexts – an honest portrayal of who this province really is.
Read moreThe East Coast Music Book of Fame – Top 50 has officially hit retail shelves
“There are a lot of stories in here that people do not know.” Bob Mersereau This book is a curated collection of 50 of the most prominent musicians, singers, and songwriters from the east coast of Canada who have made it on to a bigger stage. Replete with revealing and humorous anecdotes and...
Read more2nd edition of A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses of Nova Scotia
Brenda J. Thompson’s 2nd edition of A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses of Nova Scotia sheds new light on the dark history of these institutions and the people who found themselves in them. The title of this book comes from beliefs expressed by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), an English philosopher and...
Read moreDon Pentz’s Images of the Keji Country
Don Pentz’s Images of the Keji Country illuminates the pristine beauty of Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park and pays homage to the Mi’kmaq’s sacred ground. Just released is Donald R. Pentz’s latest book, Images of the Keji Country. The book’s collection of gorgeous watercolours and...
Read moreFINDING FORTUNE: The untold story of Rose Fortune
A daughter of runaway slaves, a Black Loyalist, the first Black police officer and a serial entrepreneur, Rose Fortune’s story is now widely available in a newly- released biography, Finding Fortune, by author Brenda J Thompson. In a follow-up to her bestseller, A Wholesome Horror, and...
Read moreA journey through golf to enlightenment
HALIFAX, NS – Soon to be released this month, PGA Pro Ed Hanczaryk’s first book titled The Guru in Your Golf Swing is a story that everyone can be inspired by – whether they play golf or not. A story set high in the Himalayan mountains, surrounded by breathtaking views and the serene...
Read moreNova Scotian Author Launches “Remembrance Road”, A Powerful Book Of Images Showcasing The Haunting Legacy Of War
HALIFAX, NS – As she launches her book, Remembrance Road: A Canadian photographer’s journey through European battlefields in early November, Justine MacDonald acknowledges that her experience growing up in a military family very likely inspired her quest to create a collection of...
Read moreVolunteer Effort Narrates The Tales and Legends of Some of Nova Scotia’s Oldest Buildings
HALIFAX, NS – That oft repeated phrase, “If these walls could talk, they would tell you a story” certainly reflects the passages within Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia’s latest book, Witnesses to a New Nation: 150 Nova Scotia buildings that saw Canada’s Confederation of 1867. The book, which was...
Read moreFairy Dells & Rustic Bowers Tells Of The Romance And Celebrity Associated With Truro’s Victoria Park
HALIFAX, NS – The writing and publishing of Fairy Dells & Rustic Bowers wasn’t a predetermined fate. It took author Joe Ballard stumbling upon a news article from the early 20th century to realize the magic and folklore associated with Truro Nova Scotia’s Victoria Park, a site he...
Read moreDigby Pines Chef Dale Nichols Pairs With Artist Lynda Shalagan To Create A Visual Delicacy
HALIFAX, NS – Should we use it as a cookbook or a decorative coffee book? That will be the dilemma for those who take home Chef Dale Nichols and artist Lynda Shalagan’s new book, From Palette to Palate – Culinary Artworks from the Digby Pines Kitchen. “Those who are...
Read moreThompson’s, “A Wholesome Horror”, Pulls Back Curtain On Province’s Treatment Of Nova Scotians Living In Poverty
HALIFAX, NS – Brenda Thompson is known in many advocacy circles as a local legend. A single mother on social assistance in her early twenties back in the 80s, she was the David to then Minister of Social Services Edmund Morris’ Goliath – taking the Minister to court and ultimately resulting in...
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