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When the Newfoundland and Labrador election was announced, I asked everyone I knew what were their main concerns for the upcoming race.
I heard a variety of responses; people were concerned with taxes or the vaccine rollout, or even the province s over-reliance on oil and gas. But the one sentiment I heard from everybody was, It doesn t matter who wins, everything will be the same anyway.
I ll admit, I can feel that way too.
Would the turnover to a new regime create an impact we could actually feel? My first instinct would be to say no, and then point to our national neighbours to the south and say, Now
Posted: Jan 26, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 26
William Ping has moved from audience member to host for the 2021 edition of the Sparks Literary Festival. He says in times of isolation, literature remains a great way to connect with others.(Submitted by the Ping family)
Poet Mary Dalton has described the Sparks Literary Festival as a word spree.
It is just that a spell of unrestrained literature of all kinds being shared with any who care to listen. The St. John s festival founded by Dalton, a retired professor of English at Memorial University, is now an annual gathering of writers from here and abroad, engaged in readings and discussions of their work.