Pottersfield Press

11/30/2025

Happening today!

11/29/2025

Happening this Sunday!

Happening this Sunday from 10-12 at Open Book Coffee. Authors Janice Landry and Jane Doucet will be there to chat and sign copies of their books at this sweet little cafe. Stop by and say "hello"!

11/29/2025

This Sunday!

Meet author and photographer Joseph Robichaud and get a signed copy of his book, Through My Looking Glass: Nova Scotia A 50 Year Photographic Retrospective (1973-2023).

November 30 from 1-3pm at Cottage Cafe, 300 Prince Albert Rd, Dartmouth.

Celebrate local art, coffee, and community at the Cottage Café. Through My Looking Glass is a book to treasure, and a gift to remember. Capture the spirit of Nova Scotia this Christmas.

11/29/2025

The Undesirables: A History of Rockhead Prison is the revealing story of Rockhead, an imposing structure that was located on Gottingen (now Novalea Drive) and Leeds Streets in Halifax. Nestled in with the industrial, working-class North End, for many residents, their backyards were adjacent to the prison.

With the words "City Prison" glaring down at whoever entered or walked by, the edifice stood as warning to those thinking of committing crimes. Many heeded that warning, but many did not, whether intentionally or unintentionally. People like Margaret Howard, Stanley Wambolt, John Zwicker, Ellen Reardon, Nellie Roy, Kathleen Singer, Frank Gilfoy, Rita Lantz, and John Mountain are few of the many whose stories and lives became intertwined with the jail, and only a few of the thousands who would become temporary (and sometimes repeat) residents.

Opening in the 1860s, Rockhead was built in response to the overcrowded and unsustainable Bridewell and served as a jail for 'lesser' crimes: larceny, vagrancy, theft, prostitution, public drunkenness, etc. Along with details about the prison itself and stories about inmates, The Undesirables looks at the creation of Rockhead, and how, despite all intentions and efforts, it systematically failed many of those it was trying to help. It doesn't ignore, however, the many crimes that warranted incarceration. The story recounts the newsworthy cases, incidents at the jail, successful and unsuccessful escapees, and the lives of other notable temporary residents. It also looks at those who lived and worked there, including William Murray and the Grant family.

Lastly, the book examines the prison's later years, the transfer of prisoners to a new facility in Lower Sackville in the late 1960s, and the question of what was done with the eventual vacant space and land.

11/29/2025

Happening today!

Meet award winning author, Janice Landry and get a signed copy of her latest book, Every Little Thing. Voted a top 10 local book of 2025 by Indigo/Chapters.

Saturday, November 29, 11am-1pm at Chapters Halifax (Bayers Lake).

11/29/2025

Happening today!

Sarah Emsley, author of The Austens will be at Blockshop Books this Saturday, November 29 at 2:30 pm signing copies of her book. Stop by their Holiday Open House and say hello!

11/28/2025

11/28/2025

Jane Austen fans (and we know there are many), this book is for you!

With no money of her own and little hope of selling any of her unfinished manuscripts, Jane Austen accepts a marriage proposal from the heir to an estate in her beloved Hampshire, only to break her engagement the following day because she does not love him. She chooses to devote herself to writing fiction, even though she may always have to depend on her parents or brothers for money. When F***y Palmer falls in love with Jane's brother Charles Austen, a handsome captain in the Royal Navy, she sees herself as the heroine of a romantic story and chooses to accept his proposal of marriage even though he has very little money. She shares her husband's desire for children and his confidence that he will soon increase his income by capturing naval prize ships, and she insists on travelling with him when the squadron sails to Nova Scotia, instead of staying at home in Bermuda.

Exchanging letters across the Atlantic during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, Jane and F***y become close friends. They share in each other's sorrows as Jane struggles to publish her novels and F***y confronts her fears about pregnancy, childbirth and the dangers Charles faces at sea. But the friendship begins to fracture after Charles brings his family to England, as Jane and F***y discover disagreements over issues they haven't talked about in their letters, including how best to care for children. When Jane starts to find success as a writer, F***y admires her novels about romance and courtship, yet her anger at her sister-in-law's refusal to write about the challenges of marriage and motherhood and the risks of childbirth threatens their friendship.

Like Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet and Colm Tóibín's The Master, The Austens explores tensions and rivalries between a great writer and the people closest to them.

11/27/2025

Buying local is the trend this holiday season and we have local books for everyone.

11/27/2025

Happening this Sunday from 10-12 at Open Book Coffee. Authors Janice Landry and Jane Doucet will be there to chat and sign copies of their books at this sweet little cafe. Stop by and say "hello"!