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No One Knows About Us

$22.95

Award-winning author Bridget Canning returns with an incisive and unsettling collection that considers what it means to be good—or to be a villain—in our relationships with others. No One Knows...

The Jewish Deli Cookbook

$29.95

Celebrating seasonal Newfoundland ingredients in the creation of Jewish fusion cuisine: classic North American delicatessen recipes alongside North African flavours. An exploration of Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Newfoundland cuisine showcasing local...

Actor Needs Restraint!

$24.95

Three plays from the repertoire of iconic Newfoundland and Labrador playwright, actor, and member of the groundbreaking Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO, Andy Jones. Based on Jones' well-known epistolary radio series, An Evening...

Just Around the Corner

$26.95

The intimate memoir of the longest serving woman politician in Newfoundland, a Indigenous survivor of child sexual abuse, an alcoholic family, a broken marriage, the grief of losing a child...

False Bodies

$24.95

A genre-bending noir, and perhaps the squiddiest novel ever written, False Bodies creates a horror/thriller blend of the renowned Newfoundland culture seen in shows like Come From Away with the...

Total Party Kill

$22.95

A raw, beautifully-composed collection exploring addiction, trauma, poverty, and the journey toward recovery and spirituality through the vernacular and iconography of the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons.Total Party Kill...

The Weather Diviner

$24.94

Set in a tragic, transformative year in an extraordinary place with larger-than-life characters, The Weather Diviner is a story of self-discovery—not just for one young woman, but for Newfoundland itself.It’s...

Field Guide to Newfoundland and Labrador

$34.95

A rich and informative guide to the common—and uncommon—beauty of the province. The most comprehensive guide of its kind on the market today, the Field Guide to Newfoundland and Labrador...

otherwise grossly unremarkable

$22.95

Otherwise grossly unremarkable is the record of the near total destruction of one woman’s physical and emotional self from misdiagnosis to stage three diagnosis, through treatment after treatment, and onward...

Hides

$22.95

Hides is a novel of family and politics that distinguishes itself through its careful intermingling of seriousness and comedy, and its surreal but eerily plausible setting.As wildfires rage across the...

Songs in the Sea

$19.95

Follow Little Whale's adventure with his marine friends as he searches for Mama Whale despite the ocean traffic, in this timely, heartwarming tale of resilience.Oh no! The loud traffic of...

Vigil

$22.95

The interconnected stories of Vigil are packed with uncomfortable characters caught in situations of complex morality, with each piece both a chapter in the overall story and also a stand-alone...

The Wind Has Robbed the Legs Off a Madwoman

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A rare new book of verse from one of the most recognized and distinguished names in Newfoundland poetry and drama, Agnes Walsh.This exciting new collection by a beloved Newfoundland poet...

Dayboil

$18.95

With razor-sharp acuity and snappy language, Dayboil centres on a community in crisis––a kitchen-table comedy that quickly takes a dark turn.Four middle-aged women meet at Kathy’s house in rural Newfoundland...

Called By Mother Earth

$24.95

This raw and intimate memoir takes us inside the mind of a father who embarked on a ten-month journey through rugged and remote terrain in British Columbia in search of...

A Seal of Salvage

$22.95

Steeped in Newfoundland’s unique folklore and superstitions, A Seal of Salvage is a coming-of-age novel about unrequited love between adolescent boys that slips between history and mythology.Set in 1950s rural...

Luna and the Heart of the Forest

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Follow the adventures of Luna and a cast of ghosts and folkloric beings, including a redemption-seeking Viking, a friendly whale, and a murderous bog monster!Luna is eleven years old and...

Five for Forteau

$22.95

The fifth book in the Sebastian Synard mystery series takes our intrepid tour guide/private detective on a jaunt across Newfoundland and into Labrador, in pursuit of those towers of intrigue—lighthouses!...

A Company of Rogues

$22.95

This dramatic conclusion to a trilogy foregrounds the experiences of women settlers in North America as they grapple with notions of homeland, colonization, and sense of belonging. A Company of...

Suliewey: The Sequel to My Indian

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Suliewey: The Sequel to My Indian continues the story of Mi’kmaw guide Sylvester Joe, whose traditional name is Suliewey, as he seeks out the last remaining Beothuk community.In My Indian,...

Soft Serve

$22.95

Allison Graves’ edgy debut collection of short fiction scrutinizes unconventional and confused attachments between people and the reasons they last. The extraordinary becomes the ordinary as people navigate the weird,...

Impressions of Newfoundland

$39.95

Impressions of Newfoundland showcases the island’s landscape and people through fine art and reveals the stories behind the images.Impressions of Newfoundland selects from the works of photographer Ting Ting Chen’s landscape...

Mischief in High Places: The Life and Times of Sir Richard Squires

$22.95

Mischief in High Places examines the spectacular career and personal life of the man who, in 1919, first became elected prime minister of Newfoundland. The political successes of Sir Richard Squires'...

La petite cabane rouge

$14.95

Un beau matin, une petite cabane se réveille et s’aperçoit qu’elle n’est plus tout à fait la même. Elle n’est pas sûre pourquoi et elle ne se sent plus à...

Let It All Fall: Underground Music and the Culture of Rebellion in Newfoundland, 1977-95

$26.95

Incorporating elements of creative nonfiction and oral history, Let It All Fall: Underground Music and the Culture of Rebellion in Newfoundland, 1977–95 is a collection of interview-based first-person monologues that...

Eyes in Front When Running

$22.95

This is a book about the collision of fear and longing, how the thing you fear the most is often the one thing you need to set you straight.Eyes in...

The Gull Workshop

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The Gull Workshop is a collection of stories that features a unique combination of thematic seriousness and comic style. The characters in The Gull Workshop are often in search of something—call it authenticity,...

If We Caught Fire

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If We Caught Fire brings two families together for a wedding in St. John’s, an event that sets off a summer of fireworks in the lives of the people around...

Chores

$19.95

This semi-autobiographical collection of poetry offers an historical snapshot of domestic life that views women’s labour, relationships, and sexuality through a feminist lens.Chores is about families and the domestic work...

The Dialysis Project

$17.95

The Dialysis Project is the first-person story of agency and resilience.The Dialysis Project is a one-woman play about the experience of a home dialysis patient administering her own medical treatments...

IsThisAnOlogy?

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IsThisAnOlogy? is a journey of discovery! Andie interviews different “ologists” and learns all about different types of science. IsThisAnOlogy? explores big jobs, big science, and the biggest questions. Learn about fossils, bird...

It Takes a Village: Spinning the Collective Yarn

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It Takes a Village: Spinning the Collective Yarn reflects on the collaborative process through which we discover our singular stories. It argues that sharing oral traditions is the best means...

The Ewe Who Knew Who Knit You

$19.95

This magically illustrated story celebrates the power of friendship and kindness and teaches us to be proud of the things that make us unique. When the warm winds summon the...

Four for Fogo Island

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Murder in a quilt shop on scenic Fogo Island leads sardonic private eye Sebastian Synard from his quest for some R&R to a different kind of excursion altogether. Four for...

The Newfoundland and Labrador Cocktail Book

$29.95

The definitive guide to cocktails in Newfoundland and Labrador from the co-founder of the popular Newfoundland Distillery, including recipes from the top mixologists and bartenders across the province. Cocktails are...

Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge, Chapter III: Miawpukek - The Middle River

$79.95

Presented in English and Mi’kmaq, the latest chapter in this ambitious series presents a remarkable and respectful collaboration between an Indigenous and non-Indigenous artist, deepening and diversifying our understanding of...

The Art of Adam Young

$39.95

A colourful journey through Newfoundland and Labrador as seen through the distinctive, whimsical style of internationally renowned artist Adam Young. Highlighting the last ten years of Adam Young’s artistic work,...

Where the Crooked Lighthouse Shines

$19.95

A dark, fantastical collection of narrative poems that draw on unique elements of Newfoundland and Labrador culture and folklore. Intended to be read aloud, Where the Crooked Lighthouse Shines draws...

The Raw Light of Morning

$22.95

The Raw Light of Morning is a powerful debut novel about women and children finding humour and love in the aftermath of domestic violence.  Fourteen-year-old Laurel Long does something unimaginable....

Hard Ticket

$22.95

hard ticket noun (Nfld) a lively character, a tough or headstrong person, someone not easily controlled. Hard Ticket showcases some of the most exciting writers in Newfoundland. Selected by critically acclaimed...

Fearnoch

$22.95

Steinbeck meets Miriam Toews in this insightful and illuminating debut about the decline of rural Canada and the meaning of community.     Welcome to Fearnoch, an undistinguished Ottawa Valley farming...

A Life Spent Listening

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A unique and engaging perspective of humanity – a journey to wisdom shared through stories of self-awareness, acceptance, and discovery, by acclaimed psychotherapist Dr. Hassan Khalili. In A Life Spent...

The Wards

$22.95

The Wards are a working-class Newfoundland family on the cusp of upheaval. The children are becoming adults, the adults are growing old, and the new dog was probably stolen. When a sudden...

Happy Belly

$29.95

A fun, non-traditional approach to baking cakes and treats from the creator of Man versus Cake. Happy Belly: The Cake Book is a collection of recipes from internationally recognized blogger, nutritionist, and...

The Tales of Dwipa

$14.95

Through a framework of traditional tales, fantastic creatures struggle with issues of marginalization, opening discussion for parents and children in an accessible form. The Tales Of Dwipa is a collection...

The Yankee Privateer

$22.95

A story of adventure, betrayal, and resilience in Newfoundland set against the backdrop of the historical events of the American War of Independence. Loyalty and betrayal meet in Newfoundland during...

Hunger

$17.95

A play about currency during wartime, survival, and the power dynamic between protectors and the protected. In an isolated farmhouse during a period of ethnic cleansing, Johanna and Max attempt...

Land of the Rock

$19.95

A poetic exploration of place and belonging, a quest that takes the speaker across the ocean in search of identity and origin. The speaker in the poems that form Land...

The Vernacular Strain in Newfoundland Poetry

$14.95

Mary Dalton’s 2020 Pratt Lecture engages with the vernacular voice in Newfoundland poetry, illustrating the move from uncertainty to acceptance and welcoming of the beauty and variety of the language...

Us, Now

$22.95

Us, Now roves from Indonesia to the Middle East, Taiwan, Mexico, China, Africa, Jamaica, Barbados, India, Pakistan, and points in between, converging in Newfoundland. These stories by racialized Newfoundlanders are...

We All Will Be Received

$21.95

In 1977, a young woman swipes a duffel bag of drug money and flees her bad-news boyfriend, hitching a ride with a long-haul trucker who points out satellites and enthuses...

Even Weirder Than Before

$22.95

Daisy’s job is to be as unobtrusive as possible. But when her father suddenly leaves and her mother breaks down, Daisy’s old life disappears, and she is set free in...

Weaving Water

$19.95

Weaving Water is a novel about otters, healing the human heart, and finding hope for an imperilled Earth.Ecologist Beth Meyer has lost hope for the future of the Earth. Still...

The Illustrated 'Ode to Labrador'

$16.95

The Illustrated Ode to Labrador is a new treatment of Dr. Harry Paddon's beloved anthem. Artist Geoff Butler has produced twenty-five vibrant original paintings that feature the various people and...

Turmoil, as Usual

$19.95

Newfoundland and Labrador had three premiers in a single year-- three and a half, if you count Frank Coleman. An elected politician broke down crying on live radio. In less...

How To Be Deadly

$9.95

Still havin’ a Time. Based on the indie-film sensation that elevated a mini-bike loving, weed smoking, beer drinking underdog to the status of heroic icon, How to Be Deadly: The...

The World, the Lizard and Me

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Claude Tremblay works as a political analyst at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. But when the Congolese warlord Kabanga, accused of crimes against humanity, is released from trial...

Wild Pieces

$19.95

One has lost a child and paints her house blue, another has found a not-so-handy man she can’t get rid of; one perches in a tree and observes the neighbourhood,...

When the Great Red Dawn Is Shining

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On their march towards the Somme, and Beaumont Hamel, the young men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment raised their voices to sing “When the Great Red Dawn is Shining,” a...

Wow Wow and Haw Haw

$19.95

Acclaimed poet George Murray and award-winning painter Michael Pittman team up for their first-ever childrens’ picture book. Wow Wow the fox pup has learned a lot about the hows and...

Where White Horses Gallop

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In 1941, three young men enlist in the legendary Cape Breton Highlanders and sail off to war, leaving their families to wait and wonder at home in Beinn Barra, Nova...

Yaffle's Journey

$12.95

Yaffle the seagull is fed up with the rain, drizzle, and fog in his home province of Newfoundland. He dreams of flying down south to the sunshine, but saddens at...

Wooden Ships & Iron Men

$18.95

A colourful account of the adventures of the schooner Fronie Myrtle (1935-1949) and her heroic, strong-willed crew as they fished the treacherous waters off Newfoundland and Labrador. Includes numerous photographs,...

The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Poetry

$19.95

Gathering the strongest poetry published by Newfoundlanders since the death of E.J. Pratt in 1964, The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Poetry features selections from twelve of the province’s most...

Adventures of Gus & Isaac: Ho Ho No Christmas

$12.95

THE SECOND INSTALLMENT in the Gus and Isaac series, Ho Ho NO Christmas! follows the adventures of Gus the seagull and Isaac the bob-tailed cat in their attempt to save...

Walk With My Shadow

$19.95

Meet George Gregoire, an Innu man who was born in the Labrador bush in the middle of the last century, yet mustered enough education to write his memoirs. In the...

Find Scruncheon and Touton 2

$10.95

Find Scruncheon and Touton 2 is the much anticipated follow up to Find Scruncheon and Touton: All Around Newfoundland. Join Scruncheon the Newfoundland Dog and Touton the Labrador Retriever as...

Emily

$19.95

Emily is a story written in verse and based on the life of the author's maternal grandmother, Emily Nolan, who was born in rural Newfoundland in 1900. Denise Batten tells...

Wrecked Upon This Shore

$19.95

Wrecked Upon This Shore deals with life’s most significant tests: loving and dying, broken relationships, the drive to heal and the impulse to be whole. At the novel’s centre is...

Who Killed Ty Conn

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Who Killed Ty Conn is the brilliant investigative work of Linden MacIntyre and Theresa Burke, the current host and producer respectively of the CBC's the fifth estate. It tells the...

Flight

$17.99

These are Emily's last five days in Lightning Cove, a community on the northeast coast of Newfoundland where she struggles to free herself from an oppressive husband. Her life, she...

Where Old Ghosts Meet

$18.95

Matthew Molloy, bright and educated, longs to leave behind his miserable existence on a small farm in Ireland. He yields to pressure and sets aside his dream until one day,...

The Devil You Don't Know

$4.00

Part peepshow, part church box confessional, The Devil You Don't Know offers a glimpse into the lives of two willful and alluring young Newfoundlanders as they sift through the rubble...

Where Genesis Begins

$39.95

Where Genesis Begins is a collaboration of two of Newfoundland’s foremost artists: Tom Dawe, a profoundly visual poet, and Gerald Squires, a profoundly poetic painter. The book contains thirty-seven poems...

More Than a Mountain

$20.99

Writing with remarkable openness and passion, T.A. Loeffler recounts her powerful story of preparing for, and attempting to scale, the mighty summit of Mount Everest. With gripping descriptions and spectacular...

Breaking Silences & Exploring Masculinities

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A critical supplement to the novel Jackytar that aims to promote discussion about changing understandings of masculinities, especially regarding identities, communities, familial relationships. the raising of boys, the multiple meanings of...

The Silent Time

$17.99

A redemptive tale of ruined lives righted again through love, grace, and good fortune, The Silent Time contains memorable characters, compelling narrative and passages of lyrical beauty. 

Peril on the Sea

$16.95

Saturday, February 27th, 1892, dawned unreasonably warm and clear. Rising early to take advantage of the fine weather, two hundred men and boys from many Trinity Bay communities left in...

Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?

$10.95

The answer to one of life’s mysteries is now revealed – why exactly do dogs sniff bottoms? This delightfully funny account is brought to life through witty verse and hilarious...

Voyage to Discovery

$49.95

Designed for Grade 8 students, Voyage to Discovery explores the development and growth of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1800 to present, analyzing and exposing those key elements and individuals that...

Voyage de Decouvertes

$49.95

Designed for Grade 8 students, Voyage to Discovery explores the development and growth of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1800 to present, analyzing and exposing those key elements and individuals that...

What if your mom made raisin buns?

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What if your mom made raisin buns? is the story of a little boy who gets a bit too involved in his mom's raisin bun baking.

West Moon (Teacher's Ed.)

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West Moon is set in Newfoundland during the time of resettlement in the mid-1960s. Though the play explores some serious social, political, moral, and theological themes, it does so with...

Donovan's Station

$17.99

Set in rural and urban Newfoundland, this novel is alive with its landscape and language. In Keziah Donovan, award-winning writer Robin McGrath has created an unforgettable story-teller with a voice...

The Confessions of Nipper Mooney

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The Confessions of Nipper Mooney, full of vivid character portraits and written with a playwright's ear for dialogue, is a compelling story that charts an original course through the beauties...

Viking Ship for Brendan, A

$8.95

A little boy who wants a Viking ship of his very own has a unique adventure out of time and receives a special gift from the great Viking, Leif the...

Viking Discovery of America

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Faced with harsh conditions in their Greenland home, a group of Vikings took the reins of fate into their own hands. With incredible luck, skill and fortitude, they discovered lands...

Suspended State

$19.95

This dramatic re-appraisal of the background to the suspension of democratic institutions in Newfoundland in the early 1930s argues that the events of this period laid the foundation for Confederation...

The Labradorians

$17.99

Explorer Jacques Cartier dismissed it as the land God gave to Cain, but generations of people from widely differing cultures living in dense wilde ess conditions have forged the people...

Stars in the Sky Morning

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Stars in the Sky Morning presents the texts of ten Newfoundland and Labrador plays created in the tradition of collective theatre and performed between 1978 and 1993. With dramatic innovation...

Where the Wind Blows

$29.95

With generations of knowledge compiled in its pages, the sailor will find this marine weather guide to be an individual reference tool for years to come. Simplified climatology illustrates the...

Voyages

$34.95

Voyages is an exceptional book that celebrates the diversity and splendor of the twenty-seven rivers nominated to the Canadian Heritage Rivers system. Lynn Noel has assembled an impressive collection of...

West Moon

$14.95

West Moon is set in Newfoundland during the time of resettlement in the mid-1960s. Though the play explores some serious social, political, moral, and theological themes, it does so with...

Tracing One Warm Line Teacher's Guide

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Tracing One Warm Line traces the poetry of Canadians through time, from the aboriginal voices through to high school and university students. It reflects rural and urban Canada, as well...

Resources for Tomorrow Teacher's Guide

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This text is intended to help students develop an understanding of the scientific, social, and economic issues related to the use of natural resources. Each module provides a comprehensive examination...

Waiting for Time

$19.95

A twentieth-century descendant of the Lavinia of Random Passage, Lav rediscovers the power of her heritage and a courage she didn't know she possessed. Waiting for Time, the sequel to...

Voices of the Young

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The Newfoundland Poetry Series was begun in 1993 as Breakwater's twentieth anniversary project to honour and preserve the literary talents of our Newfoundland and Labrador poets. Selection is based on...

The Atlantic Edge Teacher's Guide

$34.95

Newfoundland is on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, on the edge of our country, Canada, and the North American continent. Its position on the edge has affected all aspects...

Rattles and Steadies

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Gander is one of the best known small towns in the world, especially among weste and easte Europeans. Russians know it with familiarity. This book is not about Gander, however,...

The German Canadians 1750-1937

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In tracing the pioneering role that German-speaking settlers from all over Europe and America played in the opening up and development of large parts of eastern and western Canada, Lehmann...
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