Halifax Magazine calls new chapters “fitting update”
“This most recent edition [of Warden of the North”] includes Raddall’s subsequent additions to the book, plus three new chapters by Stephen Kimber, updating it to 2009. Adding new pieces to a well established work is one of the most daunting challenges a writer can face, but Kimber rises to the occasion. His journalistic style of storytelling is smooth and accessible, nicely dovetailing with Raddall’s work. Covering topics like amalgamation, the G-7 Summit and the arrival of a large Buddhist community, Kimber logically continues what Raddall began—a fitting update of an influential and important work.”
From January Magazine
Non-Fiction: Halifax: Warden of the North by Thomas H. Raddall
In some ways, having a crisp new copy of Thomas H. Raddall’s Halifax: Warden of the North (Nimbus) in hand seems like something of a miracle. First published in 1948, Halifax: Warden of the North won the Governor Generals Award for non-fiction in that year and, in editions in the years between, it has always been a standard text and research tool on the history of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The book chronicles Halifax’s birth as a city and its evolution: right up until the time Raddall died in the early 1990s. This new edition has been updated by award-winning Halifax journalist, Stephen Kimber who adds key historical chapters to Raddall’s classic, including the G-7 economic summit, in 1995 and the sewage treatment controversy of 2009.
The resulting book is both fresh and seamless. An important part of Nova Scotia’s written history, newly updated.
STEPHEN KIMBER, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of its MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and eight non-fiction books. Buy his books
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