Atlantic Voice: Visitation Place

02/20/21 • 26 min

A documentary from Isabella Zavarise of CBC PEI that explores a possible solution to the region's many under-used convents. In Charlottetown, Sister Sue Kidd created Visitation Place - university students are invited to live in the convent - no strings attached - while they explore their role in the community.

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Atlantic Voice: Moratorium Children

This doc follows friends Toni Kearney and Sarah Bromley from tiny community of Conche Part of the first generation of Newfoundlanders to grow up without the cod fishery's rhythm. The girls’ friendship was rocked by the fishery’s closure when Toni’s family left for Alberta. Three decades later - They’re together again launching a tourism project called Moratorium Children.

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Atlantic Voice: Dirty Birds

This week on AV, debut Cape Breton novelist Morgan Murray. His debut novel was longlisted for Canada Reads this year and Giller winner Will Ferguson said of Dirty Birds, "Canadians Rejoice, Our Vonnegut has arrived! Morgan Murray's debut is a great brawling, sprawling, muscular glory of a story, funny dark and wholly original." This week a chat with Morgan about his experience as a writer and the creative community of Mabou, Cape Breton where he resides.