poverty The Miramichi Reader

Homeless Memorial by John La Greca

January 24, 2020 by Bill Arnott

John La Greca writes with blistering honesty and humour of a side of Okanagan culture never seen in tourist brochures. For nearly fifty years, he has been our greatest poet of the streets and for all this time he has lived with a mind given many diagnoses, including schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Under the Bridge by Anne Bishop

March 7, 2019February 16, 2019 by James M. Fisher

When stress causes an old trauma to surface, Lucy, a longtime community organizer, teacher and anti-poverty activist, loses control of her life. On probation and living on the streets of Halifax's North End, all she has left are friends.

A Wholesome Horror: Poorhouses in Nova Scotia by Brenda Thompson

September 3, 2019October 21, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Update 03/09/19: A Wholesome Horror has won the 2019 “The Very Best!” Book Award for Non-Fiction!

When I first saw the cover of this book, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing: poor houses existed in Canada? While I grew … Continue reading