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News

STATEMENTS:

Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association: NS government’s claim to support province’s publishers is “100% false”

Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association: Budget defunds Nova Scotia books, authors, publishers, booksellers

The Writers Union of Canada: Canadian Publishers, Authors, and Booksellers Call for Nova Scotia to Reinstate Funding for Publishers

Association of Canadian Publishers & Literary Press Group of Canada: Canadian Publishers Condemn Nova Scotia’s Decision to Cut Funding to Book Publishers

Atlantic Provinces Library Association: Nova Scotia: Budget defunds Nova Scotia books, authors, publishers, booksellers

PEI’s Throne Speech, March 25, 2026: Arts and culture are part of who we are as Islanders.

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RALLIES:

Chronicle Herald: Culture is Critical rally fills street to protest budget cuts outside of the Nova Scotia legislature

Canadian Press: Members of Nova Scotia’s arts and culture sector gather to protest recent budget cuts

CTV News: Thousands attend rally protesting Nova Scotia cuts to arts, tourism

Global News: Protesters rally outside N.S. legislature as tensions rise inside during debate

CBC News: Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to N.S. arts grants

CBC News: Arts groups stage protests against N.S. budget cuts

CTV News: Thousands gather in Halifax to protest cuts to arts and culture programs

The Halifax Examiner: ‘It’s okay to change your mind’: Protesters call on Tim Houston to reverse cuts to arts, culture, heritage

CityNews: Hundreds rally against arts and culture cuts in downtown Halifax

The Halifax Examiner: Farewell to a Nova Scotia that will no longer tolerate cuts to programs that enrich us all

CP24: Thousands gather in Halifax to protest cuts to arts and culture programs

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LOCAL NEWS:

CBC News: N.S. book publishers slammed by provincial government’s cuts to creative sector

The Halifax Examiner: Arts and culture in Nova Scotia left reeling from ‘unprecedented’ cuts

CityNews: Nova Scotia’s publishing industry latest target of budget cuts

Global News: N.S. book publishers slammed by provincial government’s cuts to the creative sector

CTV News: ‘Soul-crushing’: N.S. book publishers slammed by government cuts to creative sector

CityNews: N.S. book publishers slammed by provincial government’s cuts to the creative sector

Annapolis Valley Register: Annapolis Valley publisher looking at closing after Houston government axes grant

Town and Country Today: N.S. book publishers slammed by provincial government’s cuts to the creative sector

Cape Breton Post: ‘The effect is very real’: Cape Breton bookstore owners, publishers react to budget funding cuts

Chronicle Herald: ‘Please don’t do this’: Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against Nova Scotia arts funding cuts

The Halifax Examiner: As the powerful burn it all down, regular people are the source of decency, humanity, and common sense

The MacDonald Notebook: Budget Defunds Nova Scotia Books, Authors , Publishers, Booksellers

Acadie Nouvelle: N.-É.: les éditeurs de livres vivement affectés par les coupes budgétaires

The MacDonald Notebook: Absent a NS Gov Subsidy, a Book Detailing Ugly Racism at Halifax City Hall in 1970 Would not be Published: New Tome Seven Days in Halifax Chronicles ‘Racists, Liars & Incompetents Who Ran the City”

The MacDonald Notebook: Book Publisher Jim Lorimer: Tim Houston’s Arts & Culture Cuts Means some Regional Stores wont’ be Published and that Could Mean ‘No Political Book on Houston!’

The MacDonald Notebook: A Story Worth Telling: Life & Times of Pioneering African nova Scotian Professional Photographer George ‘Sonny’ Bernard Jr., But Houston Arts & Cultural Axe means Story Might not get Published

CTVNews: N.S. production designer comes out on top with Oscar win: “Tamara Deverell…says the Nova Scotia government’s cuts to arts and tourism funding could have devastating impacts for her Cape Breton community.”

CityNews: Group representing N.S. publishers says province not supporting industry

CityNews: N.S. Oscar winner Tamara Deverell says province’s cuts to arts will hurt the economy

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

Globe and Mail: Nova Scotia budget cuts publishing grant in blow to sector

Globe and Mail: Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against N.S. arts cuts: ‘The arts are why I live in Nova Scotia’

Toronto Star: N.S. book publishers slammed by provincial government’s cuts to the creative sector

The Canadian Press: N.S. book publishers slammed by provincial government’s cuts to the creative sector

Quill & Quire: Nova Scotia austerity budget eliminates publishing fund

Publishing Perspectives: Dramatic Cuts in Nova Scotia Budget Will Greatly Impact Publishers and Writers

Publishers Global: Dramatic Cuts in Nova Scotia Budget Will Greatly Impact Publishers and Writers

Canadian Press: N.S. Oscar winner Tamara Deverell says province’s cuts to arts will hurt the economy

Yahoo News: N.S. Oscar winner Tamara Deverell says province’s cuts to arts will hurt the economy

Toronto Star: N.S. Oscar winner Tamara Deverell says province’s cuts to arts will hurt the economy

The Turtle Island News: N.S. Oscar winner Tamara Deverell says province’s cuts to arts will hurt the economy

CCPA: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability

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RADIO & TV :

CBC Mainstreet NS: Culture Minister questioned about cuts to grants, and Arts Coalition and publishers raise concerns

The Todd Veinotte Show on CityNews 95.7 NewsRadio

Global News: Nimbus Publishing talks about recent funding cuts

Global News: Nova Scotia authors say provincial budget is ‘devastating’; significant impacts to publishing industry

CBC Commotion: Nova Scotia’s proposed arts cuts hit deep

The Todd Veinotte Show on CityNews 95.7 NewsRadio (March 19)

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