25 Years of 22 Minutes
The final chaotic season of Codco had just wrapped when Mary Walsh sat down at a Toronto bistro with George Anthony, then creative head of CBC TV’s arts programming. She’d been thinking about… Read More
HUMOR
Been There, Ate That
Coming in May. Jules Torti, a self-appointed junk food historian, shares sugary secrets and tasting notes from the kitchens of her youth. She believes a fond food memory is like… Read More
Fabulous Fabrications from Busted Hockey Gear
In his breakaway bestseller 50 Things to Make with a Broken Hockey Stick, Peter Manchester transformed the agony of defeated sticks into the thrill of a new creation, with a… Read More
Half the Lies You Tell Are Not True
Half the Lies You Tell Are Not True brings together thirteen recitations long loved by Paddon’s many local fans. Great for older kids and grown-ups alike, this is a wonderful cross-over book. Paddon… Read More
I Kid You Not
Bestselling author of The Spoon Stealer brings more of her sharp Cape Breton wit to the follow-up non-fiction collection to Leacock – longlisted Are You Kidding… Read More
It’s Tracy & Martina, Hun
Full-colour guide to all things Cape Breton from the dynamic comedy duo Tracy & Martina, featuring photos, stories, and activities for mainlanders and Capers… Read More
Low Road Forever
A book of snarky, feminist essays covering #MeToo, pop culture, and LGBTQ+ topics, from longtime arts-and-culture columnist, for fans of Lindy West, Anne T. Donahue, and Sara Irby.… Read More
Miss Nackawic Meets Midlife
Colleen Landry’s delusional alter ego, Miss Nackawic 1981, is ready for her second coming. Oh sure…it’s been 37 years since she reigned over her tiny town wearing a tiara and sash, but she has clung to the… Read More
Pea Soup for the Newfoundland Soul
You won’t know what’s in Newfoundland pea soup until the host starts dishing it out. It may have bits of turnip, potato, carrot, ham bones, chunks of salt beef, or… Read More
Riette l’assiette
English description follows. Quand une artiste introduit une superbe assiette nommée Riette dans sa salle à manger, elle ne se doute pas que les autres objets feront des pieds et… Read More
Sick in Bed, Across Two Chairs, with My Feet out Through the Window
Grandpa Pike may not have “seen it all,” but he has a lifetime of encounters—both serious and humourous—from his life in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia that make for… Read More
Spy on Ice
It seems like six-foot-nine enforcer Wellington Dunn’s hockey career with the Halifax Buccaneers is about to come to end and that he can now devote his time to finishing his… Read More
The Dome Chronicles
Nevermore PressIn 1972, a boxcar left Toronto with a menagerie of farm animals and an eager young couple and pulled into the station platform in Kingston, Nova Scotia bound for… Read More
The Perfect Day and Other Stories
Favourably reviewing Harry Bruce’s Down Home: Notes of a Native Son more than 30 years ago, a critic in The Globe and Mail reported that it was from this book he’d learned… Read More
UnFiltered
”My reason for being in the tavern was important. I wanted to better understand the history of beer in Nova Scotia. Or more specifically, I wanted to know how it… Read More
You Might Be from Canada If…
You Might Be From Canada If… is an examination of Canada at 150 by one of the country’s great satirists/cartoonists. Michael de Adder draws for the Toronto Star and is the… Read More
You Might Still Be From Nova Scotia If…
MICHAEL DE ADDER is back! Six years and multiple national and regional newspaper awards later, Michael de Adder is back home where he belongs. If you thought you laughed and sighed with recognition in the original, get… Read More
