<p><b>A bold and evocative work of historical fiction by a debut author that travels from rural Nova Scotia to Boston and back again, told in startling vignettes.</b><br><br> <i>My mother was […]
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Coming of Age
<p>“This book is a moving contribution to the growing body of fictional writings about migrants and racialized women across transnational borders. An authentic description of events and stories that is profoundly touching.”</p>
<p><b>A heartfelt YA coming-of-age novel set in an animal shelter from the award-winning author of In the Wake, exploring grief, first love, and growing pains.</b></p> <p>Eighteen-year-old Dot Grey doesn’t hate […]
<p><b>A darkly humorous family saga set in Nova Scotia about a young woman coming of age in a family that believes it’s cursed, for fans of Emma Straub and Lesley […]
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize finalist Set in the early 1990s, Ashley Little’s follow-up to her award-winning novel Anatomy of a Girl Gang introduces readers to unforgettable eleven-year-old Tucker Malone–the only […]
<p>Inspired by the sonic anarchy of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, teenager Billy Stamp flees a chaotic family life in Halifax to drum his way to superstardom in punk-era […]
<p><b><i>Globe & Mail</i> bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel brings readers to 1960s Montreal & features a nosy would-be child detective searching for the truth about her mother.</b><br><br> It’s 1967 in […]
<p><i>I move around the side of the house. There is a thick mass of shrubs on the north-east side. Juniper, and caragana gone wild. Without thinking, I pluck a flower and put it into my mouth, savouring the delicate yellowness of its flavour. Now when did I learn to do that? Who first put a caragana blossom on my tongue?</i> </p>
<p>Emma G. Weaver easily loses herself in history. She’s much more comfortable imagining the lives of the dead than getting involved with the living. She pushes down nagging questions about her own history, but when her Master’s research leads her from her safe and comfortable life in Edmonton, Alberta, back to the south shore of Nova Scotia, those questions can’t help but bubble to the surface. And Emma soon finds that the lives of the dead are inextricably linked to the lives of the living, that secrets don’t stay hidden forever—and that everything changes when they come to light. </p>
<p>Inspired by the true story of the notorious Goler clan of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, this work of contemporary Atlantic gothic fiction troubles the boundaries between myth and truth, villains and victims.</p>
<p><b>Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel follows a mystery author with writer’s block from 1950s Montreal to rural Cape Breton, in search of much more than her next […]
<p><strong>***THOMAS RADDALL ATLANTIC FICTION AWARD: SHORTLIST***</strong></p> <p><strong>***BMO WINTERSET AWARD FINALIST***</strong></p> <p><strong>***BRONZE, <em>THE MIRAMICHI READER</em>’S THE VERY BEST! FICTION AWARD***<br> </strong></p> <p><strong> ***49TH SHELF EDITOR’S PICK***</strong></p> <p>Imogene Tubbs has never met […]
<p><b>A poignant novel imbued with music from the Giller Prize — shortlisted author of <i>Like This and Twenty-Six</i> that follows two social outcasts as they navigate through their traumatic pasts.</b></p> […]
Strange, even deadly, encounters happen when young Tommy Caffrey is left alone with the Mi’kmaq tomahawk he found. Set in a mythical northern Cape Breton town, Where the Rivers Meet is a coming-of-age story told against the backdrop of religious and racial conflict that occurs when gold is discovered on Indian land.
