Books & Publications

Working from twenty years’ experience as a rug hooker, studio owner, and teacher, Deanne Fitzpatrick shares her sources of inspiration, work habits...

With over two decades of experience as a rug-hooker, studio-owner, and teacher, celebrated fabric artist Deanne Fitzpatrick introduces readers to t...

Celebrated textile artist Deanne Fitzpatrick learned early that traditional rug-hooking is so much more than just making mats for old houses. This ...

A “body movement multi-sensory inventive language poem” intended for children ages 2 to 5, Singily Skipping Along is playful and imaginative, askin...

A brilliant novel reimagining the life of internationally renowned folk artist Maud Lewis by an award-winning author. But I had known since forever...

A Gaspereau Field Guide to Canadian Artists: No. 5 More than any other Canadian artist, Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis (1901–70) is defined as...

The fiddle-free side of Nova Scotia history More than the stereotypes of lobsters and fiddles, Canada’s “ocean playground” of Nova Scotia boasts a ...

Indigenous artist and writer, Michelle Sylliboy blends her modern poetry, photography, and Mi’kmaq (L’nuk) ​hieroglyphic poetry in this unprecedent...

"When you revisit a place that matters to you for the first time in a long time it is a rich, spiritual experience, but if you then revisit such a ...

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...