Books & Publications

Created by: Lindsay Ruck Artist: James Bentley This fascinating, full-colour illustrated book features over 50 amazing Black people from Nova Scoti...

Kent Monkman's art has been described as "stupendous" (New York Times), "sure to alarm and educate" (The Observer), and beating "Western history pa...

Traditional teachings about the moon cycles and their relation to the natural history of Mi’kma’ki on Canada’s East Coast "In their debut book, Cat...

Maud Lewis Colours is a perfect first introduction to colours through the joy-filled art of Nova Scotia’s most famous folk painter, Maud Lewis. Eve...

In Raven: Get a Grip, Pat Thomas shares her wonder about ravens and celebrates the "perhaps.." inside nuggets of personal truths. Raven: Get a Grip...

A powerful reimagination of what it was like to live in Africville in the 1960s through the eyes of a young girl. Winner of the Lillian Shepherd Me...

In August 1833, American artist and adventurer John James Audubon came ashore near Pictou, Nova Scotia, on his way home from three months exploring...

During the American Revolution (1775-1783), the British government offered freedom to slaves who would desert their rebel masters as a way of ruini...

How She Read is a collection of genre-blurring poems about the representation of Black women, their hearts, minds and bodies, across the Canadian c...

Tom Thomson stands as the most important artist in Canadian history. A forerunner of the Group of Seven, Thomson crated paintings that shaped the w...