It’s 1943. Enman and Una Greene are newly married. Each is haunted by their respective pasts, and each harbours secrets. They have hopes of a happy life together?though they have […]
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<p><b>Shortlisted for the New Brunswick Book Award for Fiction</b></p><p>A novel of absence and adolescence by the author of the award-winning <i>The Town That Drowned</i>.</p><p>It’s 1977. Seventeen-year-old Violet is left behind […]
<p>An invasion? For teenagers Dryfly Ramsey and Shadrack Nash, poor and ignorant in the world’s terms but rich in the lore of the magical Miramichi, the annual influx of American […]
When Ananias Case boards a ship in Fowey, England in 1826 bound for Carbonear, Newfoundland, he’s not looking for adventure; he’s a man on the run. The strictures of class […]
<p><b>Long-shortlisted, 2017 ReLit Awards</b></p><p>Facing the dwindling years of his life, an old man waits for his turn on the auction block, hoping to be sold to a family as decent […]
<p>Near the Kenya-Sudan border, a team of international health program evaluators are abducted and force marched under a desert moon. Their pasts and presents — and those of their abductors […]
<p><b>A <i>Globe and Mail</i> Top 100 Selection<br>Hamilton Reads 2021 Selection<br>A <i>Writers’ Trust of Canada</i> Best Book of the Year<br>A 49th Shelf Books of the Year (Fiction) Selection<br>One of « 20 books […]
<p><b>A howl into the void, a ghost story, and a bit of a metaphysical hellride.</b></p> <p>A misanthropic ghostwriter roams an island off the Kenyan coast. An Arizona teenager awaits the […]
<p>The complete <i>Brennen Siding Trilogy</i> is now available in a single volume. Brennen Siding, a hamlet on a small tributary of the famous Miramichi River, is home to an unforgettable […]
In this bittersweet novel inspired by the life of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis, master storyteller Carol Bruneau gives voice to the artist, allowing her to speak from beyond the grave, freed from the stigmas of gender, poverty and disability that marked her life and shaped her art.
<p><b>An <i>Atlantic Books Today</i> Editor’s Pick</b></p><p>Lorna always wanted to stand out, but her career as a competitive swimmer was cut short by a knee injury. Cara, her daughter, tries hard […]
<p>Young Adult Historical Fiction</p> <p>A story of the struggle of Black Loyalists and their arrival in Nova Scotia.</p> <p> <a href= »/files/Chasing Freedom Teachers Guide.pdf »>NEW: Teaching Guide Available Here</a> </p> <p>Shortlisted […]
