Mayor Suzanne Lohnes-Croft: 'I want Mahone Bay to be a place where people belong' - Halifax Examiner Former MLA for Lunenburg talks about how a tragedy affected her first term on town council.

Mayor Suzanne Lohnes-Croft is the next mayor in my series of interviews with #NovaScotia mayors.

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Three Books — Transactions with Beauty I cannot tell you how taken I am by Theresa Kishkan ’s The Art of Looking Back . I have read an advanced galley, but you can pre-order online or at your favourite indie. Honest, vulnerable, in...

“… one small thing we can do in this world is talk about the books we love, that we’re reading, that we want to read.”
– Shawna Lemay

Winding Up the Week #464 This week I seek out books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Shakespeare Week and…

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Happy Mother's Day 💐 and here are some beautiful spring flowers on the Overton Jane Austen Trails 😍
Walking from Overton to Jane Austen's birthplace and home for 25 years at Steventon.
For detailed directions see overtonjaneaustentrails.org

#mothersday #janeausten #walking #hampshire #daffodils

Please keep writing letters to help save Prescott House Museum & books, arts, culture, tourism, and heritage in Nova Scotia There is still time to raise our voices to help protect arts, culture, tourism, and heritage in Nova Scotia. The budget vote hasn’t happened yet, though it is likely to happen soon. Email addresses…

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I really appreciate your support, Paula. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend. ❤️

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Thank you!!

Please help protect Nova Scotia’s books, arts and culture, and heritage If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Nova Scotia or dreamed of making a trip to our beautiful province, I hope you will consider writing a letter to our Premier to ask him to protect Nova Scotia’s boo…

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Thank you so much for sharing this, Paula!

Thank you, Paula.

Thank you so much, Paula!

Oh, lovely! I enjoyed talking with Christina on CBC about the book and the Austen family connections with Halifax.

Thank you so much! That's wonderful to hear. I'm delighted to know you enjoyed it.

That is the little stone house where Miss Lavendar Lewis lives...Echo Lodge, she calls it, I think. I've often heard of it but I've never seen it before. Isn't it a romantic spot?
It's the sweetest, prettiest place I ever saw or imagined, said Anne delightedly
ANNE OF AVONLEA

#booksky #lmmontgomery

Thank you!

Mike Hamm, manager of Bookmark II in Halifax, holds up a copy of The Austens.

I was thrilled to learn from Bookmark Halifax that my novel The Austens was their top selling book of 2025!

Thank you so much to Mike Hamm, Dan MacDonald, and everyone at Bookmark II for all your support. We are so lucky to have this amazing independent bookstore in our beautiful city.

The creek in winter. I could hear a faint hint of water gurgling underneath the ice but it was too quiet to be picked up on the video. Other than that, it was almost completely silent.

I am, too! Hope you and your family have a great year.

It is so cold, so very cold—and looks and feels so very much like snow, that if it were to any other place or with any other party, I should really try not to go out to-day.
#JaneAusten #Emma

what has Jane Rosenzweig written about Margaret Atwood? AI Mode All Images News Short videos Shopping Videos More Tools AI Overview Jane Rosenzweig, the Director of the Harvard Writing Center, has written several pieces analyzing Margaret Atwood’s work, particularly The Handmaid’s Tale, through the lens of political rhetoric and contemporary issues. Her writing focuses on the following themes: Political Relevance and Prophetic Nature: In articles for publications like The Boston Globe and The Atlantic, Rosenzweig has explored why The Handmaid’s Tale resonates so strongly in modern political climates. She discusses how Atwood’s use of historical precedents—rather than pure invention—makes the dystopian world of Gilead feel alarmingly possible. Literary Analysis of Dystopia: She has analyzed Atwood’s storytelling techniques, specifically how Atwood uses language to illustrate the loss of autonomy and the suppression of identity. The "Atwood Effect": Rosenzweig often references Atwood when discussing the power of narrative to shape public discourse and how fictional warnings can become cultural touchstones for real-world activism. For more of her literary and educational insights, you can follow her work on the Harvard Writing Center website or her newsletter, Writing Hacks.

I know many people who ask google questions like this and I have never written anything about Margaret Atwood and here we are.

Happy New Year!

Wonderful to hear! Thanks very much & Happy New Year!

Thinking of you, Rohan, and sending you a big hug. ❤️

Here's another good one (I have never written about Ted Danson at all). (And yes, I know, I could prompt differently but my project right now is to generate a bunch of results based on how people *are* prompting.)

AI overview from google: what has jane rosenzweig written about Larry David? AI Mode All Images News Short videos Shopping Videos More Tools AI Overview Jane Rosenzweig, the Director of the Harvard Writing Center, has used Larry David's work—specifically Curb Your Enthusiasm—as a primary case study for teaching writing and communication through her newsletter, Writing Hacks. Her analysis generally focuses on: The "Larry David Problem" in Writing: Rosenzweig uses Larry David's character to illustrate how precise, clear communication is essential. She explores how many of his fictional conflicts arise from a lack of clarity or a failure to follow social "scripts" that writing often mirrors. The Structural Brilliance of Curb Your Enthusiasm: She has analyzed the show’s unique "outline-based" writing style—where scenes are improvised based on a detailed plot map—as a lesson for writers on the importance of strong structural foundations over mere "filler" dialogue. Social Contracts and Tone: She frequently references David’s obsession with unwritten social rules (e.g., "the chat-and-cut") to teach students about the nuances of tone and the expectations of different audiences in professional and academic writing. For more direct insights, you can explore her work on her Substack, Writing Hacks.

Ah, yes. That well-known "Larry David" problem in writing that I (never) coined since I have never written about him at all. But the thing is, people do use these AI overviews--which is...a problem. (See: futurism.com/artificial-i...)

✨Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me, supported me, and come to see me at The Happy Duck over the last few months. I am so, so grateful. ❤️

I hope you are all having a happy and peaceful holiday... I'm looking forward to seeing you again in the new year!

✨Open again Saturday, January 3rd!✨

Photos from “An Evening with The Austens” at Admiralty House on Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday at Admiralty House, now the Naval Museum of Halifax, was an honour and a pleasure. Thank you to Jennifer Denty, Executive Director of the Museum, and Jennif…

A celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday at Admiralty House, now the Naval Museum of Halifax, with readings from my novel The Austens and music by Adria Jackson, harpist. sarahemsley.com/2025/12/26/p...

While many happy holiday traditions centre on home, warmth & hope, too many Nova Scotians are housing insecure. They don’t have the stability to find this sense of peace & joy.
Over the holidays, we’re sharing the words of a tenant who knows the impact of having a stable home. #housingisahumanright