by inannaadmin | May 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
On this day, May 20, in 1932, Amelia Earhart took off on a flight that would distinguish her as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She left from the town of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, a place that still honours her with a statue beside the road as you...
by inannaadmin | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Gail Benick, author of of “The Girl Who Was Born That Way”, writes about Edna O’Brien’s work and her astounding accomplishments over more than five decades . At the heart of “The Little Red Chairs” is a resourceful and resilient...
by inannaadmin | Aug 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ann Birch, author of The Secret Life of Roberta Greaves, writes about gender inequity, the perils of women’s washrooms, and a call to organize!At the first intermission of the opera, I run, leaping down the stairs as fast as I can in my fancy shoes. There are...
by inannaadmin | Apr 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Susan McCaslin blogs about writing, poetry, her love of books, and a lifetime of uncovering hidden literary treasures at the library.Many writers I most love were avid readers as children or became so at some point in their lives. For me as a child, reading was my...
by inannaadmin | Jan 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Susan McCaslin, author of “Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga”, writes about poet John Keats and his shift from explorations of the “femme fatale” portrayal of women, to a deep identification with female wisdom figures. I first discovered the poetry of...
