A heartfelt middle grade novel exploring anxiety from the TD Canadian Children’s Award—shortlisted author of A Beginner’s Guide to Goodbye. Bertha Mae Stewart—otherwise known as Bertie—is ready for anything grade […]
[…] stormy seas to consider… A poetic ode to the childhood yearning for freedom, sprinkled with new-sibling jealousy, the debut picture book by editor Whitney Moran, whimsically illustrated with a magnificent […]
[…] her mother’s life, sixteen-year-old Terry just wants to keep her head down and survive her new high school. When she catches the eye of cute basketball star Zach, all hopes […]
[…] in Downhome’s Household Almanac and Cookbook series, the previous two making the Canadian best-seller list.
The Winter House includes a delightful mix of fiction and memories about Christmas in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. These 20 stories showcase Christmas scenes past […]
Lexie Ivy loves her little house in Cape Breton, her big family, and the endless sea that surrounds her. She wouldn’t trade her life for anything, but at thirty she’s starting to feel like something’s missing.
Enter Adrian, a charming backpacker who takes a wrong turn at the U.S. border and ends up on Lexie’s doorstep, and Joss, an irresistible man who disappears just as quickly as he arrives. Lexie’s peaceful life has suddenly become more complicated than she ever imagined.
Lesley Crewe’s funny, whip-smart debut novel brims with Cape Breton-style humour. Filled with heartache without succumbing to it, Relative Happiness is the story of life and love in a small town, of four sisters who love, betray, and rescue each other in turn, and of Lexie Ivy’s joyful awakening. Released as a feature film in 2015.
LESLEY CREWE BUNDLE IS HERE 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 […]
In this new, redesigned, highly readable trade paperback format, Nimbus presents Thomas Raddall’s fascinating historical portrait of Halifax. The story begins with the city’s first inhabitants, the Mi’kmaq, and follows […]
[…] native of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Stanley T. Spicer is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, Acadia University and Springfield College. He was New Brunswick’s first provincial Director of […]
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