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A Feast of Green
We’re coming up to St Patrick’s Day, which by tradition brings Sheila’s Brush; a snowstorm that follows on the heels of the saint’s day, one hopefully the last of the…
We’re coming up to St Patrick’s Day, which by tradition brings Sheila’s Brush; a snowstorm that follows on the heels of the saint’s day, one hopefully the last of the…
The suffragette-inspired celebration dates back to 1909, although marking it on this date came about in 1917. IWD is a national holiday in many countries, and has generally picked up…
In his early review of the epistolary novel that would later win the 1983 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, a New York book critic declared The Color Purple a work of…
We’ve often heard that none less than the Pope, or a pope, or the Bishop, or a bishop, decreed that seals were fish – not meat – opening a food…
Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’ve been fascinated by language all my life. I grew up in St John’s, attended Bishop Spencer College and did my BA…
Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m a PhD student at Memorial where I’m working on a thesis in contemporary Irish literature. I live downtown St John’s and…
Is there a difference between, or even a line between, fiction and biography? LM. It’s a really good question and five years ago, ten years ago, I would have said…