Laurie Glenn Norris
writer

13 Brock Street
Lower Kingsclear, New Brunswick E3E 1M4
tel.: 506-363-2912; e-mail: lgn@nb.sympatico.ca

 





Laurie Glenn Norris was born in River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, and raised in the tiny community of Lower Cove, on Cumberland County's Fundy shore. She holds undergraduate degrees in anthropology and education and a master's degree in art history, works at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, has taught Renaissance art history at the University of New Brunswick, and is on the board of the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick. Despite all, Laurie still speaks with that special Cumberland County twang. She shares her home overlooking the Mactaquac Headpond on the St. John River with six cats and husband Barry.

NOW PUBLISHED!

Cumberland County Facts and Folklore
(Nimbus Publishing)

141 pp.; $12.95; ISBN 978-1-55109-731-2

 

Available at any bookstore 


What could

 
  • Oscar Wilde and a triploid blue-spotted salamander;
  • Leon Trotsky and the Joggins Fossil Cliffs;
  • Alex Colville and lobster claw pipes;
  • Feist and Buckley's Mixture
 

possibly all have in common? Cumberland County, of course!

 

It's one of Nova Scotia's oldest and largest counties and its personalities, history, geography, natural life and legends are second to none. It's the birthplace of Anne Murray and Feist, and in 1995 its charming village of Pugwash had a hand in winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Its shores are touched by the majestic Bay of Fundy and the beautiful Northumberland Strait, its landscape was carved by glaciers and its prehistoric climate created and preserved fossils that today are worthy of World Heritage Site designation. From Amherst to Advocate, Minudie to Malagash, Port Howe to Port Greville, the beauty of its forests, crystal clear lakes and rivers and its pastoral scenery are a delight.         

 

Cumberland County is a Nova Scotian treasure for visitors and locals alike. So sit back and discover Cumberland County through the amusing anecdotes, fun facts, and incredible trivia on this area's rich history and culture in Cumberland County Facts and Folklore.     



 

Reviews of
Cumberland County Facts and Folklore



"Remarkably well done"

� Anne-Marie Hood,
Fredericton Daily Gleaner

"I strongly recommend this book to everyone in and from Cumberland. In fact, it should be included as mandatory reading...in the public school system."


� Morris J. Haugg, Amherst Daily News

 



Please see my reviews of the following books:

 

The Blyths Are Quoted, by L.M. Montgomery (Viking Canada, 2009), in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal: http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/salon/article/905954

 

New Brunswick Place Names: Attractions, Legends, Characters, NB Firsts, by David E. Scott (David E. Scott Publishing, 2009), in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner:
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/768374

Grace Helen Mowat and the Making of Cottage Craft, by Diana Rees with Ronald Rees (Goose Lane Editions, 2009), in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner:
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/683861

 

Know New Brunswick: The Essential History, by Dan Soucoup (Dan Soucoup, 2009), in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner, http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/879835   


Book launch!

The launch of Cumberland County Facts and Folklore took place on Sunday, October 18, 2009,
at the Cumberland County Museum in Amherst, Nova Scotia. What an exciting time! My thanks to all the friends, relatives, and well wishers who offered their support and, more important, bought copies of the book.

 

 

Guess what New Brunswick’s reading —

 

Cumberland County Facts and Folklore!

 

Number 2 on the province’s non-fiction paperback list, according to the December 5, 2009, issue of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal. 

 



 



Recently published...

My essay, “Family Comes First,” in:

Breaking the Word Barrier:
Stories of Adults Learning to Read,
edited by Marilyn Lerch and
Angela Ranson

(Goose Lane Editions)

128 pp., ISBN 978-0-86492-547-3
Available at any bookstore