You may be surprised to learn how much fact hides behind the fiction in the Jamie Poole series. For example, take this reference to a church in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Let’s set the stage: An astroarchaeologist is someone who studies how people of the past understood the sky: stars, constellations, et cetera. When Jamie and her dad find a star map, they seek the help of Tom Sutherland, an astroarchaeologist. Upon studying it, he states about the map: “Without the aid of a tel

Would you like to meet Jamie or the author behind the series? She’s popping up all over Halifax. She’ll be at Sawadee Tea House July 10.