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A Cove of Witches
Publisher: Acorn Press$24.95In this companion to A Sea of Spectres, author Nancy Taber has created a fast-paced and thrilling adventure full of folklore, history…and witches.
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Tide In, Tide Out
Artist: Jeffrey DommPublisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$14.95Discover what low tide reveals and what high tide conceals in this vibrantly illustrated picture book exploring the Bay of Fundy, home to the highest tides in the world.
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On South Mountain— The Dark Secrets of the Goler Clan (20th anniversary edition)
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$13.95The twentieth-anniversary edition of the bestselling true story of the Annapolis Valley’s darkest secret now available in a mass-market edition.
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Lexicon 22— Puzzles to Challenge & Entertain
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$14.9522nd volume of popular puzzles for all ages!
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Tummy Time Farm Friends— A fold-out book
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$15.95A bold, high-contrast, accordion-style tummy time board book featuring baby and adult farm animals, and a mirror for Baby to see their own reflection.
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Anne of Green Gables Colouring Book
Publisher: Acorn Press$14.95Follow Anne’s journey from childhood to adulthood in this wonderful colouring book. Hitting on many of the major milestones in Anne’s life, this colouring classic will be sure to delight Anne lovers of all ages.
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EveryBody’s Different on EveryBody Street
Artist: Emma FitzGerald$13.95A paperback edition of the award-winning, playful, rhyming children’s book celebrating our differences, from Canada’s Dr. Seuss.
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At Home and Beyond— Honouring Canada’s War Dead
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$34.95National bestselling author–photographer behind Stay the Blazes Home and Four Seasons of Nova Scotia brings us a powerful photoessay collection memorializing the sacrifices made by Canadians in wartime.
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Drawing Blood— A Paramedic Memoir
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$24.95A compelling and lyrically written memoir that takes readers inside the gruelling day-to-day of life of a Nova Scotian paramedic.
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Lying— Losing My Memory, Searching for Truth, & Confronting Complex Trauma
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$24.95A courageous and compelling memoir about one woman’s experience with dissociative PTSD, for readers of Gisèle Pelicot and Sarah Polley.
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Blended— Poems
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$21.95The intimate follow-up collection to the critically acclaimed I place you into the fire from Mi’kmaw spoken-word poet, Governor General’s nominee, and former poet laureate of Kjipuktuk (Halifax).
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The Little Way
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing LimitedA thoughtful work of contemporary fiction set in Halifax, Nova Scotia, about an overworked florist fighting to protect her small business, her coastal home, and her floundering family, from the beloved author of Threshold and Brighten the Corner Where You Are.
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Little Fish
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$14.95A charming baby board book from award–winning musician Meaghan Smith, celebrating the love between a mother and child.
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Another Landscape
Publisher: Island Studies Press$18.95Judy Gaudet’s Another Landscape addresses the ordinary wonders of a life shared with her partner and their dog, where “Nothing is needed. Everything is here between us.” These poems gather small but notable moments of Island life and insist we look closer, for “this is life, as long as we have it.”
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The Belfast Riot of 1847
Publisher: Island Studies Press$29.95On March 1, 1847, Prince Edward Island experienced the second-worst election riot in Canadian history. About 200 Scottish Protestants and 300 Irish Catholics got into a brawl, resulting in at least three men dead and up to 100 others injured. This event set the stage for the hardening of the sectarian conflict between Protestants and Catholics on Prince Edward Island for the next 125 years.
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A Stroke of Luck
Editor: Penelope JacksonPublisher: Purple Porcupine Publishing$21.95After suffering a series of devastating strokes, musician Bruce Hughes faced a future where walking, talking, or playing music again seemed impossible. But through grit, humour, and sheer determination, Bruce defied the odds. His memoir is a moving and often humorous account of recovery, offering hope to stroke survivors and anyone overcoming life’s toughest challenges.
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The Queen Anne House, A Nova Scotia Saga
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$21.95This novel spanning over two hundred years is the story of one house and the amazing people who lived on the high ground in Cumberland County. Throughout, the story of love and loss is told in a most unique and unusual way that is both innovative and revealing.
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In Search of Puffins, Stories of Loss, Light and Flight
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$22.95In Search of Puffins is the third book in a series of memoirs, beginning with Coastal Lives and Year of the Horse. Journalist and author Marjorie Simmins completed this third memoir four years after the death of her husband, writer Silver Donald Cameron, a charismatic public figure much loved across Canada, and with an international reputation as an environmentalist and a filmmaker. In Search of Puffins is a story of love and loss, reinvention and humour.
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The Illogical Adventure, A Memoir of Love and Fate
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$21.95The Illogical Adventure recounts the story of an unlikely cross-continental romance between two independent-minded travellers – from their brief but fateful first meeting in Cape Town, through to a dowry ceremony in rural Africa a few years later during the Covid pandemic and beyond.
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Through My Looking Glass: Nova Scotia: 50 Year Photographic Retrospective 1973-2023
Photographer: Joseph RobichaudPublisher: Pottersfield Press$27.95Through My Looking Glass is the culmination of fifty years of documentary photography in Nova Scotia, spanning from 1973 to 2023. It chronicles a half-century of life in a province where the intertwining of diverse cultures and experiences creates a rich and multifaceted narrative. The striking images in this book reflect the many threads of Indigenous, Acadian, and Black experiences. The Mi’kmaq people, the original stewards of this land, have walked these shores for millennia, forging a deep connection with the natural world. Their resilience has shaped the province?s identity, and their stories are integral to understanding Nova Scotia?s historical and spiritual landscape.
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Making a Life Twenty-Five Years of Hooking Rugs (pb)
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$34.95A paperback edition of the heartfelt memoir and coffee table book from beloved rug-hooking artist, featuring images of her favourite projects over the span of her career.
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Newfoundland & Labrador Book of Everything Everything you wanted to know about Newfoundland and Labrador and were going to ask anyway
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$15.00From the number of kilometres of coastline, to the stories behind those unusual place names (hello Blow Me Down) to profiles of Danny Williams and Mary Walsh, no book is more comprehensive than the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything.No book is more fun.
Well-known Newfoundlanders and Labradorians weigh in on a whole range of subjects– Mark Callanan tells us his five favourite Newfinese words; weatherman Bruce Whiffen reveals his Top 5 Newfoundland and Labrador weather stories and Gerald Squires shares his Top 5 memories growing up on Exploits Island. Stories of the First People, the worst weather, Newfoundland and Labrador slang, the Newfoundland moose … It’s all here!
Whether you’re a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there simply is no other book that delivers the goods. If you love Newfoundland and Labrador, you’ll love the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything!
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Every Leaf on Every Tree
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$14.95A tender and playful baby board book bursting with declarations of love from the bestselling author/illustrator of The Hidden World of Gnomes.
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