Johnston “at the table” this week

AJB (John) Johnston

Award-winning author A.J.B. (John) Johnston will be appearing on the CBC Maritimes current affairs television program At the Table (http://www.cbc.ca/atthetable/) February 24 at 1 a.m. (overnight Thursday 23th). Within a few days of airing, the program will be available for download for the early risers among us.

Johnston (author of more than a dozen books, including Endgame 1758, CBU Press, and hundreds of articles) was recently invested by France with the title Chevalier of the Order of Academic Palms. Read more about that at: http://cbup.ca/blog/johnston-to-be-knighted-by-france/

Posted by Mike Hunter on February 21, 2012

Book pub tonight

Our monthly dose of local lit., Governors Book Pub was postponed from last week due to weather. It’s back on for tonight at 7 p.m. at Governors Pub and Eatery.

The featured author is Nicole Dixon (High-Water Mark, Porcupines Quill, 2012).

And, in a special tip of the glass to love, an extended Governors open stage invites aspiring writers to delve into their teenage journals and share their pain. That’s right, “Sounds Like Teen Spirit – Things I Wrote as a Kid” will be a tribute to teen angst. Whom among the CBC audience are brave enough to go to the front of the “class” Monday evening and share those grade 10 poems about life, love and the pursuit of happiness? Those “Dear Diary” entries from grade 8? I will if you will!

Join us, tonight (Feb. 21) 7-9 p.m. “Sounds Like Teen Spirit” – sounds like a lot of fun.

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Valentine Book Pub on ice for this week

Governors Book Pub specially scheduled for Monday eve., Feb. 13, has been postponed due to the driving conditions and extremem cold. It will take place on the regular 3rd Tuesday: Feb. 21, 7-9 p.m.

Laura Syms says that the special Valetine format will be carried over to then. Follow the link for more info.

Posted by Mike Hunter on February 13, 2012

Campbell’s Women, War & Hypocrites “…a bold undertaking….”

Abdullah Drury. 2012. Review of Women, War and Hypocrites: Studying the Qur’an. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 23(1): 97-98.

Posted by Mike Hunter on February 10, 2012

Book pub Valentine special – Mon. Feb. 13

Governors Book Pub

Governors Book pub will observe Valentine’s Day in a special way and on a special day, Monday the 13^th.

This month’s featured author is Nicole Dixon. Nicole’s work has won the Bronwen Wallace award and has been shortlisted for both the Journey Prize and a CBC Literary Award. Her writing has appeared in The New Quarterly, Grain, The Fiddlehead and Canadian Notes and Queries. High-Water Mark, her first collection of short stories will be published by The Porcupine’s Quill this Fall (2012). Nicole divides her time between Advocate Harbour and New Waterford, Nova Scotia, and is the electronic resources librarian at Cape Breton University.

And, in a special tip of the glass to love, an extended Governors open stage invites aspiring writers to delve into their teenage journals and share their pain.

That’s right, “Sounds Like Teen Spirit – Things I Wrote as a Kid” will be a tribute to teen angst. Whom among the CBC audience are brave enough to go to the front of the “class” Monday evening and share those grade 10 poems about life, love and the pursuit of happiness? Those “Dear Diary” entries from grade 8? I will if you will!

Join us, Monday, Feb. 13, 7-9 p.m. for your monthly dose of local literature at Governors Pub and Eatery on the Esplanade in Sydney. “Sounds Like Teen Spirit” – sounds like a lot of fun.

Posted by Mike Hunter on February 8, 2012

Special day/date for Book pub twist on Valentine’s day

The February edition of Governors Book Pub, Authors with Glasses, will be an homage to the teenage St. Valentine.

There’s a slight change of plans for the February Book Pub. “Sounds Like Teen Spirit” is a go on Monday, February 13 at 7 p.m.  Note, this is the SECOND MONDAY in February, a departure from the usual night. That’s fitting, because it will be a decidedly UNusual night.

The Book Pub wants to hear things you wrote as a kid; the more passionate and sensitive the outpouring, the better.  “Sounds like Teen Spirit – Things I Wrote as a Kid.”

Blasts from the pasts. Sounds like fun!

Posted by Mike Hunter on February 2, 2012

Donovan to receive human rights recognition

“Ken Donovan has been awarded this year’s Tom Miller Human Rights Award by the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, in recognition of 35 years of research on slavery in Cape Breton. The retired Parks Canada historian will receive his award during a   gala ceremony Saturday in Membertou.” (Cape Breton Post, 27 January 2012, A3)

Ken has edited two books at CBU Press, The Island: New Prespectives on Cape Breton History 1713-1990, and Cape Breton at 200: Historical Essays in Honor of the Island’s Bicentennial 1785 – 1985.

Congratulations Ken!

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Correction about “At the Table”

John Johnston’s interview for CBC Maritimes’ At the Table with Amy Smith will not be broadcast Jan. 20 as posted earlier (http://cbup.ca/blog/john-johnston-at-the-table/) for a few weeks yet. We’ll keep you posted!

Posted by Mike Hunter on January 18, 2012

Prof. David Johnson in top 100

Prof. David Johnson

Congratulations to CBU Prof. David Johnson (Doing Development Differently), whose political science textbook Thinking Government: Public Administration and Politics in Canada has been named one of the top 100 best political, government, public policy and Canadian history books in 2011, by The Hill Times . Read the full release here.

Prof. Johnson is also a member of the CBU Press Advisory Board.

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John Johnston “at the table”

A.J.B. (John) Johnston

Award-winning author A.J.B. (John Johnston) will be appearing on the CBC Maritimes current affairs television program At the Table (http://www.cbc.ca/atthetable/) January 20 at 1 a.m. (overnight Thursday 19th). Within a few days of airing, the program will be available for download for the rest of us.

Johnston (author of more than a dozen books, including Endgame 1758, CBU Press, and hundreds of articles) was recently invested by France with the title Chevalier of the Order of Academic Palms. Read more about that at: http://cbup.ca/blog/johnston-to-be-knighted-by-france/

Posted by Mike Hunter on January 17, 2012