As of this Friday, July 31, 2020, it will be mandatory in Nova Scotia to wear a non-medical mask in indoor public spaces. To remind us all to wear our masks and to respond to the connection between the climate crisis and viruses, we have “posed” and “masked” John Graham-Pole in our developing bee and […]
The dangers of art have long had the attention of philosophers and politicians. These engravings by Thomas Landseer in John Shaw’s ‘Plates of distorted spines’ (1824) highlight the dangers of writing and playing the harp. By its very name, HARP the People’s Press enthusiastically takes up this double risk. […]
In 1939, Augusta Savage was commissioned to create a sculpture for the New York World’s Fair. Titled The Harp, the work was strongly influenced by James Weldon Johnson’s 1900 song, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The sculpture depicted a group of twelve stylized black singers in graduated heights that symbolized the strings of the harp. […]
SINGING TO THE DARKNESS by Patricia Vickers, PhD Join Us for the Feast Hall Book Launch Early in May 2020, HARP the People’s Press announced the release of Singing to the Darkness: meditations and monologues, a visual inquiry into trauma and resilience by Patricia June Vickers, PhD of Haida Gwaii. In ordinary times, the publisher […]
Singing to the Darkness: What’s in a Title? Every author ponders their title. Does it capture the essential message of the book? Will it attract readers? Already we are discovering that Patricia Vickers’ choice – Singing to the Darkness – is a perfect fit for her stated purpose: May these writings be an encouragement to […]
‘Tristan and Isolde’ by Edmund Blair Leighton (1902) Posted by Dorothy Lander Legend tells of Isolde who fell in love with Tristan, the nephew of her husband the King of Cornwall. At their deaths the king ordered the lovers be buried far apart but an ivy shoot grew from each grave and eventually entwined in […]
Travels with a Low-Carbon Couple In the summer of 2019, John and I stopped mowing the field around our solar tracker, to allow the whole space to develop into a bee and butterfly garden. More dandelions than grass, anyway, so it did not qualify as lawn by most standards. In no time, dandelions (taraxacum officinale), […]
http://gccans.ca/community-history/upper-big-tracadie/upper-big-tracadie-history/upper-big-tracadie-womens-work/ Marjorie Desmond in the photo is strolling her charges strolling along the Guysborough waterfront. She is featured on p. 131 of The People’s Photo Album: A Pictorial Genealogy of the Antigonish Movement alongside her dear friend Pat Skinner, who joined the Extension Department at StFX in 1974. John (Nova) Chisholm, supporter and benefactor of […]
Another lovely review of Blood Work from retired English teacher Zane DeNoncourt – “Just finished Blood Work. What a read! Excellent! Thank you. Can’t say enough marvelous words about this book! How do I love this book??? Let me count the ways. It is well crafted. Deceptively well crafted! I love the teen dialogues! Very […]
Erin Richard’s memoir of her cancer journey, Turning a Big Negative into a Bigger Positive, published by HARP The People’s Press, was launched at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre on Dec. 12, 2019. Since the launch, Erin’s memoir has been moving up daily on the Amazon bestseller lists, ranking #9 in the Healing category and […]
