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Happy Holidays from Breakwater Books!
Posted By: Rebecca Rose | Posted On:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BREAKWATER BOOKS!
The holidays are here, and we're closing out an exciting year here at Breakwater Books! As we wind down 2025, we want to wish you and yours a bright and festive holiday season full of warmth, joy, and hopefully some fantastic books on a cozy winter evening.
See you in 2026!
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Our final shopping day of the season will be December 23rd! Make sure to catch us before then for your last-minute gifts. Our retail store will reopen on January 5th!
Online orders placed before end of day December 22nd will be fulfilled to the best of our ability before the holiday shutdown. Orders placed December 23rd and later will be fulfilled when we reopen on January 5th.
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NEW RELEASES & UPCOMING EVENTS
Did you catch the 2025 Pratt Lecture by Madeleine Thien in November? If not, you can find it included in our last release of 2025, a co-publication with Memorial University Press: The E.J Pratt Lectures, 1968-2025.
For more than fifty years, Memorial University’s E. J. Pratt Lecture Series has invited eminent critics and artists to St. John’s, Newfoundland, to speak on the topics that lie at the heart of their work. This special edition, published to coincide with Memorial’s 100th anniversary, gathers a selection of the Lectures, beginning with the one that inaugurated the series in 1968, Northrop Frye’s “Silence in the Sea” and culminating with Madeleine Thien’s 2025 Lecture.
Available now on our website and at our Duckworth Street store!
SAVE THE DATE
December 19th: Karl Wells will be signing copies of Openly Karl at Coles Avalon Mall from 2-4PM!
December 20th and 21st: The second weekend of our "Twelve Authors of Christmas" series goes ahead this weekend! Don't miss the chance to get signed copies of some of our hottest 2025 titles!
Saturday Angela Antle (11AM-1PM), Kevin Major (12-2PM), Ray Critch (1-3PM)
Sunday Cara Kansala (11AM-1PM), Jen Winsor (12-2PM), Kevin Tobin (1-3PM)
December 20th: Angela Antle (The Saltbox Olive) and Heidi Wicks (Here) will be signing books at Coles Avalon Mall from 6-8PM!
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BIG NEWS
The Weather Diviner by Elizabeth Murphy is nominated for the Dublin Literary Award!
We are thrilled to share that Elizabeth Murphy's The Weather Diviner has been nominated for the prestigious Dublin Literary Award! It is one of only 4 Canadian titles nominated this year.
The award's longlist will be announced in February. Congratulations Elizabeth!!
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BREAKWATER BUZZ
Want to know more about our books, our authors, and what we're up to? We have new reviews and new interviews to dig deeper into the story behind your favourite recent reads:
- Check out Part 1 of an interview with Jen Winsor about Ship Moms for NQ online!
- Angela Antle, author of The Saltbox Olive participated in All Lit Up's Women Asking Women series, in conversation with fellow author Susan Grundy (Black Creek, Inanna Publications). Check out their discussion here!
- Heidi Wicks (a Breakwater author herself!) wrote a review of Openly Karl for Riddle Fence. Check it out here!
- Elizabeth Murphy did an interview with The Telegram in light of the nomination of The Weather Diviner for the Dublin Literary Award! Read the full article here.
- Read this review of Some Good by Jessica O'Leary in Canadian Cookbooks, and check out this feature of a recipe from the book: a delightful seasonal favourite, snowballs!
- Jen Winsor also did an interview with The Telegram! Read about Ship Moms and some behind-the-scenes of her book here!
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HAVE YOU HEARD?
Breakwater Books joins fellow Canadian Publishers to Oppose Repeal of Library Mailing Provisions
From The Association of Canadian Publishers:
The Canadian publishing industry joins the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS), the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), and the broader Canadian library community in urging the federal government to withdraw amendments to the Canada Post Corporation Act introduced in Bill C-15 that jeopardize equitable access to books for Canadians across the country.
Removing these provisions would have immediate and harmful impacts on readers who rely on accessible materials, the public libraries that serve them, and the publishers and authors whose works circulate through this system. Publishers support maintaining and strengthening the Library Book Rate, the Literature for the Blind program, and other public-interest postal measures that ensure equitable access to reading materials nationwide.
For more information on how individuals can participate in this advocacy effort, please visit the NNELS website.
Feel-Good Holiday Cheer!
In 2012, Bruce Templeton published Man in the Red Suit with Breakwater Books, followed up by The Man with the White Beard and Twenty-Four Teddy Bears. Since their release, the author's revenue from these books has gone to Rotary International and has bought Polio vaccines for 600,000 children in the world. Breakwater is so delighted to be a part of this journey!
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PHOTO ALBUM
We have one final round-up of photos to close out 2025! Check out some of our authors who have been signing books all over St. John's this holiday season!
Jen Winsor (Ship Moms), Karl Wells (Openly Karl), Kevin Major (Six for Saint-Pierre), and Ray Critch (The Beltane Massacre) show off their books during a group signing at Coles in the Village Mall!
Karl Wells was delighted to meet Matthew, an employee at Coles Village Mall, who was a champion of Openly Karl during the selection of Karl's memoir as Indigo's Best Book of the Year for Newfoundland and Labrador!
Ninepenny Brewery in CBS hosted Kevin Tobin for an event showcasing Fly on the Wall, featuring a conversation between Kevin and reporter and comics writer Andrew Hawthorne!
