Books & Publications

Kent Monkman (b. 1965) is Canada's most important and influential contemporary artist. His epic diptych commission for the Metropolitan Museum of A...

Just as Hand Drawn Halifax was "a love letter to the city", Fitzgerald's new book takes readers on informal road trips along one of the most renown...

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

A Gaspereau Field Guide to Canadian Artists: No. 4 When John Greer (b. 1944) started teaching sculpture at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Desig...

Nine-year-old Mayann Francis and her family are travelling from their home in Cape Breton to New York City by train. Everything is exciting to youn...

I’m finding my talkAnd it may take some time,But I’m learning to speakIn a language that’s mine. A response to Rita Joe’s iconic poem “I Lost My Ta...

In Before the Parade, journalist and activist Rebecca Rose brings her queer femme, feminist perspective to this compelling, and necessary, history ...

In the age of big box stores and mass production, there are still artists and crafts people who make beautiful things by hand. Colourful quilts, ho...

British Artillery officer Alexander Cavalié Mercer is most famous in history circles for his detailed account of his experiences leading up to and ...

One is Ne’wt, for one bear. Two is Ta’pu, for two women making offerings. Counting from one to ten in English and Mi’kmaw, baby is introduced to bo...

by Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia 150 Nova Scotia Buildings that Saw Canada’s Confederation of 1867 From pioneer houses to elegant neo-Classical ch...

Celebrate Canada’s creative excellence with recipes created by Canada’s premiere chefs. Inspired by paintings and artifacts from our nation’s museu...

When Mayann Francis was named Nova Scotia’s first Black lieutenant-governor, she wondered if the community would accept her. Francis was born just ...

From black cats to iconic snowscapes, Maud Lewis paints our waking dreams.One of Canada's most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis was famous in her l...

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

Available for the first time in paperback, the award-winning The City Speaks in Drums follows two boys from North End Halifax as they explore their...

A Gaspereau Field Guide to Canadian Artists: No. 1After studying Fine Art at Mount Allison University, Mary Pratt (1935–2018) settled in Newfoundla...

A Gaspereau Field Guide to Canadian Artists: No. 3While serving as a Canadian war artist in Europe during the Second World War, Alex Colville (1920...

A Gaspereau Field Guide to Canadian Artists: No. 2Painter and conceptual artist Gerald Ferguson (1937–2009) played a central role in transforming H...