Contributing photographer Darryl James visited Ami McKay at her house---yes, the house that used to be a community birthing house---to capture the author for the cover this week.
If you missed Lisa Moore and Joseph Boyden on Wednesday, don’t despair: These 11 authors and poets will satisfy all your literary cravings. Readings are held at the Lord Nelson Hotel, 1515 South Park. Festival passes ($35) and single tickets available at
Ami McKay’s search for a midwife led to a great first novel, and some activism for the midwifery cause in Nova Scotia. “Women’s lives are messy and magical and wonderful,” says The Birth House author. “It’s hard to standardize us.”
We’ve got all the pre-Juno, current Juno and fuck-the-Juno events you could ever want, from the no cases to JunoFest to the Black Eyed Peas’ after party. Rest your weary humps and get informed here.
After surviving her first Junos red carpet schmoozaramaganza on Sunday with all her organs intact, Sue Carter Flinn manages to spit out some shallowly obtained observations of media, musicians and maniacs.