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In this image: Pages from Pieces I'm Keeping.

A new comic book called Rainbow Reflections, which is co-edited by a Dal PhD student, looks at body image and sexuality for men in the LGBTQ2S+ community.

Editor’s note: This article contains many spoilers for the 2020 novel In Five Years. In Five Years by Rebecca Searle is a novel about confronting the reality of your life and finding the bravery to change it amidst grief, hope and loss. The plot In Five Years follows the story of Dannie, a high-achieving lawyer in New York…

Frank Smith’s new novel What Once Was Lost: The Blacksmith’s Art in Nova Scotia refutes the idea that blacksmithing is archaic, obsolete and alive only in demonstrations by burly men at historic sites. Discovering the community Frank is a Dalhousie University professor of histology, a subfield of anatomy interested in the microscopic structure of tissue. He teaches in…

This summer we read and loved The Hour of the Star by one of Brazil’s most brilliant novelists: Clarice Lispector. We like to recommend books you can read during your studies, and luckily, this month’s read is only 77 pages! Although it’s short, it’s sure to have an impact. About the author Lispector spent the final years of her life writing The…

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover should be on everyone’s reading list during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The cover of Look After Her by Hannah Brown

Acclaimed Toronto-based novelist Hannah Brown talks to the Dalhousie Gazette about her debut novel, Look After Her.

In this image: The poster for Stephen King's The Shining.

Over the decades there have been dozens of film and TV adaptations of Stephen King’s work. What makes the popular author’s stories so adaptable?

In this image: Erin Wunker's Notes from a Feminist Killjoy and Rita Joe's autobiography Song of Rita Joe.

Make 2020 the year of educating yourself. Check out these important books that cover a wide range of topics from police brutality to the Indian Act.

Halifax-based artist Sydney Smith talks to the Gazette about his latest award-winning book, Small in the City, which he both wrote and illustrated.