https://teapawt.org/t.co/oXL2tF3iZw Author of THE ART OF FORGIVENESS; CHASING PARADISE; BOY W/ A PROBLEM; INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD; ECO-INNOVATORS etc
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Why is @TimHoustonNS barring long-standing community organizations from basic communications? Could someone in the government explain why the budget is now a secret process? #nspoli
Since the organization had participated in this exercise for decades, it seemed like a clerical error. We went. We were told we couldn't come in.
In an unprecedented move, the Houston gov. has excluded several key civil society groups from participating in the #NSBudget lock-up - including @NS_Labour, the @ccpa, Advocates for the Care of the Elderly & the EAC.
Statement from @NS_Labour & @ccpa:
nslabour.ca/critical-voices-…
The Art of Forgiveness, an @abtmagazine Editor's Pick,
"This coming-of-age collection of eight linked short stories follows three boys growing up in the Halifax suburbs, frustrated with their parents and unaware of their own inherited flaws..." atlanticbooks.ca/stories/edi…
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1/4 - Yesterday, Premier Houston sent a shocking letter to all PC caucus members, signalling his intention to expedite an array of resource extraction projects – even though it would mean lifting long-standing and hard-won bans on fracking and uranium mining...
ALT An image of an LNG plant with a green filter. White text over the image reads "EAC’s statement on the Nova Scotia government’s intention to increase resource extraction"
Bernadette Eisenhower’s Story of Surviving Shubenacadie Indian Residential School chris-benjamin.ca/9782-2/
We still await provincial government action on (or reaction to) the Energy Poverty Task Force's proposed program to address our incredibly high rate of energy poverty (43% of households paying more than 6% of income on energy bills). halifaxexaminer.ca/commentar…
I'm very pleased to be included in this forthcoming provocative collection of fiction exploring how we'll feed ourselves as we make the climate less and less accommodating to our needs. Thx @theturner for the book blurb and @agpasquella for including me in this brilliant project
My latest book, The Art of Forgiveness, is available in store at @BookmarkHalifax, @kingsbookstore, and The Book Shed Hubbards. As well as by order online from the publisher, @GalleonBooks, or the author hisself at chris-benjamin.ca/product/th….
My favourite reads of 2024 chris-benjamin.ca/author/chr…
Thank you [EDIT] magazine!
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Exclusive extract from Chris Benjamin's @benjaminwrites magnificent Chasing Paradise @potterspress in [EDIT] magazine: maritimeedit.com/products/vo…
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A new website was designed to transform chrisbenjaminwriting.com into an efficient and productive platform. The site offers a streamlined e-commerce solution, encouraging visitors to purchase books directly through an online storefront orlandomedia.co/meet-chris-b… @orlandomediaco
Stories of youthful male angst populated by characters struggling to prove their worth chris-benjamin.ca/the-art-of… @GalleonBooks
A blurb about the new website from the designer @orlandomediaco:
orlandomedia.co/meet-chris-b… In the pic I'm writing so hard I need a Band-Aid!
have a new website! chris-benjamin.ca/
Focuses much more on my books, a nice page for each of them. And you can now buy them directly from my website with either a credit card or google pay. (Shipping a challenge with the strike, but Halifax area delivery is possible!)
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Nova Scotia, still dependent on fossil fuels, drops in rankings for energy efficiency ift.tt/QC2RBoy
