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Divest from Policing and Prisons and Build Safer Communities for All
Posted on January 26th, 2021
We signed this petition, would you?
Access to Fernwood Publishing titles during COVID-19 disruptions
Posted on August 3rd, 2020
Please continue to check here for updated information on how to obtain Fernwood’s books for use on your fall courses during COVID-19 disruptions. We appreciate your continued support.
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The Rise of NOlympics LA & the Decline of the Olympic Machine
Posted on May 27th, 2020 by Jules Boykoff
“When the Olympics comes to your town, they’re going to ‘sanitize’ it of the poor, the homeless, the working class, and people of colour.”
There’s Something in the Water: author and community organizers discuss environmental racism [video]
Posted on May 27th, 2020 by Ingrid R. G. Waldron
Great panel discussion with Ingrid R. G. Waldron, Michelle Francis-Denny, Dorene Bernard, and Louise Delisle about their various efforts against environmental racism in Nova Scotia.
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On Sport in the Age of Pandemic
Posted on May 19th, 2020 by Nathan Kalman-Lamb in Fernwood News
In a moment of pandemic-wrought existential precarity and capitalist crisis, it’s tempting to ask why sports matter.*
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Alain Deneault on Tax Havens
Posted on January 29th, 2019
Watch an interview with Alain Deneault, author of Legalizing Theft.
Angela Davis on Robyn Maynard
Posted on October 17th, 2018
Angela Davis spoke at length about Robyn Maynard’s important book, Policing Black Lives, at her talk at the Viola Desmond Lecture Series.
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Jen Powley Wins Atlantic Book Award!
Posted on May 15th, 2018
Jen Powley has won the Margaret and John Savage Book First Book Award for her incredible memoir, Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis.
We’re up for two Atlantic Book Awards!
Posted on March 27th, 2018
Jen Powley and Lesley Choyce are both up for Atlantic Book Awards this year!
Viola Desmond on Canada’s $10 Bill
Posted on March 21st, 2018
To celebrate Viola Desmond on Canada’s $10 bill, we’re offering Viola Desmond’s Canada for just $10. Just use discount code violadesmond on our site during checkout. Offer ends March 31, 2018.