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    Kenneth White’s Life & Works Across the Territories

    Kenneth White The Blue Road 1990 Mainstream Publishing

    Scotiana readers who have followed us on our ‘blue road’, in Quebec, already know we are great admirers of Kenneth White. Now, we would like to share with you what we know about the well-known Scottish-French poet, academic and writer.

    Open on my [...]

    February 28th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, Kenneth White | Leave a comment

    Following the Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White : Episode 10

    Havre-Saint-Pierre – Road Sign on Route 138 © 2010 Scotiana

    I was making for Havre-Saint-Pierre.

    When I told that to the bus-driver, he said:

    ‘It’s the end of the road. Can’t go any farther than that. It’s the end of the road.’

    [...]

    February 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Travelling Quebec | Leave a comment

    Reflections on the Oscar Slater Affair …

    Bonjour! Hello again from Scotland, Janice, Marie-Agnès and Jean-Claude!

    Margaret and I would like to begin this first ‘Letter’ of 2011 by sending you all our very best wishes for the New Year. Janice, we send particular greetings and our kindest thoughts to your dear Papa, Jean-Paul, who’s been quite unwell recently.

    Detective-Lieutenant John [...]

    February 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Letters From Scotland, Miscarriage of Justice | Leave a comment

    Following the Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White in Quebec : Episode 9

    Kenneth White The Blue Road 1990 Mainstream Publishing

    During his journey to Quebec, about thirty years ago, which he relates so unforgettably in The Blue Road, Kenneth White stops at Sept-Îles, a turning point on his road to the most remote and wildest places of Labrador. He lingers some time there, [...]

    February 8th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Travelling Quebec | Leave a comment