The foremost political figure from the years of responsible government in Newfoundland, Robert Bond led a spectacularly successful but often tortured life. Cultured and well-to-do, he tried to play the...

Each carefully selected story takes us through the author's adventures in the outdoors. The stories are filled with true-life antidotes of sport fishing and hunting experiences that encompass a large...

In the early hours of February 15, 1982, tragedy struck the Ocean Ranger oil rig when it capsized and sank in a severe weather storm 170 nautical miles east of...

Kissing the big-city life goodbye, Udo Nomi retu s to Newfoundland from Toronto for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a hero for his people to help free The Republic. In...

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...

Richard Greene's poetry examines a wide range of sujects: politics, spirituality, marriage, fatherhood, landscapes, the environment, Newfoundland culture, war, mortality, and the afterlife. His poetry has been widely admired for...

Jack Fitzgerald, arguably Newfoundland's best-known raconteur, has spent years collecting material for his Remarkable Stories of Newfoundland. His many fans will find this latest work fascinating, spine-tingling, humorous and nostalgic....

To celebrate the career of one of Canada’s most respected singer-songwriters, Relics & Tunesmakes Juno Award-winning Amelia Curran’s lyrics available in print for the first time. With all of her chords...

The Royal St. John’s Regatta is North America’s oldest continuous sporting event, and is set to publically celebrate its 200th anniversary. In this fascinating and entertaining history, Jack Fitzgerald tells...

Rebecca's Ducks tells the story of a little girl named Rebecca who moves from Toronto to Conception Bay North. She loves ducks and hopes to find a duck pond near...

Ray Guy: The Final Columns, 2003-2013 is a collection of the columns Ray Guy wrote for The Northeast Avalon Times, a community newspaper based in Portugal Cove. Guy previously achieved...

Eleven-year-old Greenlander Inga Sigurdsdottir wakens on a cold and rocky coast after her Norse ship wrecks en route to “Vinland.” Her one comfort and companion is an injured raven she...

Forced to flee England, the Andrews family books passage to a fresh start in a distant country, only to discover a barren, inhospitable land at the end of their crossing....

Rails Around The Rock is an all-colour then & now celebration of the branchline and industrial railways of Newfoundland. In this follow-up to Rails Across the Rock: a then and...

Rails Across The Rockis an all colour 'then & now 'celebration of the former Newfoundland Railway on the 25th Anniversary of its closing. The reader is taken on a 547...

In Racket, editor and acclaimed fiction writer Lisa Moore introduces us to ten of the most exciting new writers currently at work in Newfoundland. Featuring a diverse range of previously...

Queer Monologues: Stories of LBGT Youth, produced by For the Love of Learning (FTLOL), offers queer youth a safe, creative outlet to share their concerns, hopes, and personal stories with...

Laura Lou promises her Mom and Dad that if only sheshe can have a puppy, he will have perfect manners.Oops. Puppy has other ideas - like snacking on thehouseplants and...

Levi Conley has spent his life making a hard living off the water. Fishing defines who he is. But after being betrayed by his business partners, who are also his...

Laura Connor’s summer suddenly switches from boring to magical flying mayhem when her favourite Pegasus model horse, Flash, comes to life during a violent thunderstorm. Follow their adventures as fantasy...

Gran’s back. And this time she is going for Gold! In her second book, Pirate Gran’s got wind of the Olympics—and in her latest adventure with old shipmate Fingers O’Malley,...

Pirating isn’t the life for everyone, but Gran says it's a career more girls should think about. Meet Gran – who's been a pirate since she was a young girl!...

A Picnic at the Lighthouse is the heartwarming story of a young boy and his father who spend a fun-filled day together at a lighthouse. The book is about the...

On Christmas Eve in a tiny Newfoundland outport, a little boy named Peter anxiously awaits the arrival of Santa Claus. But a winter storm arrives that night and Peter isn't...

Peculiar Facts and Tales of Newfoundland pulls back the curtains of time to reveal a hidden side of everyday life in old-time Newfoundland. From gripping tales of the Irish influx...

Produced in partnership with Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, Out Proud: Stories of Pride, Courage, and Social Justice is the second in a series of essay anthologies designed to give...

Out Loud is a collection of more than fifty essays by people affected by mental illness. There are essays by those who have experienced mental illness themselves, by family and...

The first St. John's taxi stand started up in the early-20th Century and greatly expanded prior to the Second World War. There are now almost four hundred taxis operating within...

Insightful and thought-provoking journal entries, from the 1950s to 2007, on the creative process, art, life, and province of renowned Canadian artist Christopher Pratt. Ordinary Things is laced with astute...

A selection of orations from Memorial’s convocations. Including a foreword by Rex Murphy and an Introduction by Shane O’Dea. Orations about Jean Chrétien, John Crosbie, Elizabeth Penashue, Christopher Pratt, Mary...

Sam, the colourful sculpin, is different. And on one warm summer day, he swims through an underwater community teeming with lively fish of all shapes and sizes. But Sam doesn’t...

In this long-awaited biography, author Harvey Sawler traces the life of Ron Hynes, one of the most respected singer-songwriters in Canadian history. Through personal conversations and interviews, Sawler captures the...

LIla is dead. And the likely suspects are all men: her flash-in-the-pan literary husband, a washed up golf pro turned criminal with a cocaine habit, and two small-time thugs looking...

Sebastian Synard doesn’t want any more trouble than he already has. But when he leads a group of tourists along the cliffs of St. John’s harbour, one of them ends...

When the dog’s away, the mice go on an adventure! Errol is off on another adventure! With his new-found friend Gus, Errol travels to Twillingate to help search for Gus’s...

On Poppy's beach seashells I find. My bucket's filled with every kind. I keep the ones I like the best. to hide home in my treasure chest. Come spend a...

Of Love and Drowning is a commentary on the pre-cariousness of human existence, using a variety of real and imaginary voices to explore childhood, love, despair, aging, death and the...

On a June night in 1980, the Linehan household in North Harbour went up in flames. In moments the fire consumed the family's ordinary, loving lives and innocent, human faith...

As a young woman, the late Ella Manuel left the busy shipping community of Lewisporte, Newfoundland, for the wider world in the 1920s, but eventually returned to the island, as...

A stunning personal account of Janet Merlo's twenty years of service in the RCMP, with an introduction by Linden MacIntyre. In 2012, Janet Merlo was among the first female RCMP...

Following an awkward sexual encounter under a wharf in outport Newfoundland, sixteen-year-old Rowena Savoury travels to St. John’s for a secret abortion. But in the early 1970s, the procedure is...

In Newfoundland's Era of Corruption: Responsible Government 1855-1933 Jack Fitzgerald delves deep into the political records of the Responsible Government era in Newfoundland to reveal the widespread corruption and incompetence...

The fourteen stories in this publication comprise a spectrum of characters and events that have helped forge an image of an island, its people, and its culture that is unique...

This work represents trailblazing artists, dedicated activists, innovative entrepreneurs – people who made their mark through their work or their calling. It includes long-loved eccentrics and exceptional young adults who...

Celebrated photographer Dennis Minty returns with another vivid collection of images that capture the spirit of his island home. With his knowledge of place and photographic vision, Minty reveals the...

This book brings together a collection of outstanding stories that will inform and entertain the reader from start to finish. Many adventure stories from across Newfoundland and Labrador are included...

For almost fifty years, Tom Dawe has stood as one of the most respected and admired poets in Newfoundland. This definitive, necessary collection spans five decades of poetic achievement, reprinting...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MIRAMICHI READER'S 'THE VERY BEST!' POETRY AWARD** In Narrow Cradle, Wade Kearley explores the midlife encounter with mortality and the ways we strive to resist, deny, cheat,...

"Where in this racket can Nanny be? When you get invited to a kitchen party at your grandmother’s house, there may be certain things you don’t expect to find: like...

The date is March 31, 1914. Flushed with the success of a great hunt, the SS Southern Cross is heading back to St. John's, loaded to the gunwales with seal...

Learn to count from one to ten in true Newfoundland Style. Join the author on a journey through a small out port community and search for familiar Newfoundland sights to...

In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of a guide who could lead him across Newfoundland in search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the island. In his...

Muinji’j has been waiting all his life to make this trip with his grandfather-a trip to the city to sell rich otter, beaver and muskrat pelts and bring back supplies...

Muinji’j has been waiting all his life to make this trip with his grandfather-a trip to the city to sell rich otter, beaver and muskrat pelts and bring back supplies...

I always knew I’d be the perfect mother. So far, I’ve perfected the fetal position. When Vicki Murphy brought her new baby home from the hospital, she expected to be...

For decades, the Holloways have operated a convenience store in the working-class neighborhood of Rabbittown in St. John’s, and every customer has a story. In a vibrant, contemporary family saga,...

Until he discovered a park pavilion, Moose never knew life beneath a roof. His friends Beaver, Bear and Squirrel, however, all seemed to be roof experts. Moose decides to put...

Welcome to Darwin, Newfoundland, a small town with big secrets. On the surface, nothing ever changes and everyone is content. But the truth is as restless, cold, and mutable as...

Miss Wondergem's Bakery, coming quite soon! In fact, it will open tomorrow at noon!There's a brand new bakery in town, and no one could be happier about it than Verna,...

At times irreverent and darkly humorous, Mercy of St. Jude is a story of profound loss, and the unforeseen effects that secrets can have on those we love. When Mercedes...

Memoirs of a Fly Fisher recounts the experiences of a man who has been fly fishing and guiding in Newfoundland and Labrador for four decades, since he bought his first...

Jess is a sensitive creature of habit. Cait is her passionate and impulsive best friend. And in Melt, Heidi Wicks follows the lives of these characters from their teenage years...

Imagine a new life. Maxine Carter suddenly finds herself searching for a fresh start—a way around her own gnawing fear of an untimely death and a wasted life. What she...

The fishery, the seal cull, the settlement, the culture—the history of Newfoundland and Labrador has been shaped and witnessed from the deck of sea-going vessels, and those vessels were sparred...

The fishery, the seal cull, the settlement, the culture—the history of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has been shaped and witnessed from the deck of sea-going vessels, and those...

A fjord on the west coast of Newfoundland, Bonne Bay finds itself surrounded by the lands of Gros Morne National Park – a Unesco World Heritage Site. Drawing on years...

During the past 33 years, St. John's businessman Bruce Templeton has devoted the month of December to visiting children and assisting Santa Claus. In his memoir of three decades he...

In the spring of 1945, fifteen-year-old Evelyn McCallum finds herself competing with her best friend, Peter Tilley, and Stan Dawe, the handsome golden boy of her school, for the scholarship...

Things no longer look the same for 45-year-old Emmanuel (“M”) Taggart. Thinking he has a bad case of the flu, M leaves the office to embark on a road of...

A hilarious romp through love, food, and Italy. Do you love life? In this hilarious frolic through the hills of Italy, our heroine discovers the past is never really gone:...

Lost in Newfoundland is an artistic compendium of Newfoundland’s visual wonders—its seascapes, landscapes, cityscapes, and natural inhabitants. This is a fine-art homage to an island where, as Michael Winsor himself...

For centuries, Signal Hill has dominated both the skyline of St. John's, Newfoundland, and the hearts and minds of its residents. The Lookout traces the hill's remarkable history as a...

Little Snowshoe is an easy-to-read book, which bases its storyline on the camouflage ability of the snowshoe rabbit. Set in the Arctic, the story unfolds with Little Snowshoe looking for...

African-American serviceman Lanier Phillips was just eighteen years old when he was rescued from a sinking warship off the coast of Newfoundland in 1942 – a turn of events that...

In Lend me Your Ears: More Humorous Stories from Roaring Cove, the likable Schoolmaster continues to tell stories that comment on the goings on in Roaring Cove. The result is...

This collection of jokes and humour stories from Newfoundland will make even the most cynical joker smile with delight. It's perfect for anyone with Newfoundland roots, the young and old...

Ledger of the Open Hand looks at the intimate power of money and emotional debt through the eyes of a woman trying to grab hold of her own life. Beholden...

A mysterious letter has reached retired FBI agent Frank Malloy. A letter bearing a name from a lifetime ago, from a woman who claims she saw what really happened on...

An audacious tale of murder, privilege, and servitude - of both humans and nature. A stunning work of imaginative fiction, Last Hummingbird West of Chile spins a tale of adventure...

Jason Dade, quixotic hero of this 1970s coming-of-age novel, is on a quest. He must decipher cryptic signs on his journey to meet an elusive figure known only as The...

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...

This book is designed for senior high school students. An experienced teaching team whose editorial skills created stimulating and challenging activities for classroom use in this anthology.

Third in the Language Arts series, three handsome, full-colour volumes, is designed mainly for the high school curriculum but is eminently appropriate for the general reader. Practically every genre of...

Second in the Language Arts series, three handsome, full-colour volumes, is designed mainly for the high school curriculum but is eminently appropriate for the general reader. Practically every genre of...

First in the Language Arts series, three handsome, full-colour volumes, is designed mainly for the high school curriculum but is eminently appropriate for the general reader. Practically every genre of...

First in the Language Arts series, three handsome, full-colour volumes, is designed mainly for the high school curriculum but is eminently appropriate for the general reader. Practically every genre of...

First in the Language Arts series, three handsome, full-colour volumes, is designed mainly for the high school curriculum but is eminently appropriate for the general reader. Practically every genre of...

First in the Language Arts series, three handsome, full-colour volumes, is designed mainly for the high school curriculum but is eminently appropriate for the general reader. Practically every genre of...

Seeing through the eyes of others brings new perspective on the place we call home. In Land of Many Shores, writers share their essays about life in Newfoundland and Labrador...

More than anything else, Sebastian wants to see the whales. One night he hides away on whaling ship headed for the New World.

In the small hours of October 14, 1942, a German U-boat sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Of the 237 people on board, 136...

After his wildly successful photographic tour of the island in Newfoundland: An Island Apart, Dennis Minty returns with a stunning portrait of the big land to the north, Labrador. From...

The Newfoundland armed forces suffered devastating losses during World War I. Known unto God is a memorial to the men in these forces who died during the war and who have no...

At age ninety-two, Ivadoile Spears is in the grip of early dementia. Alone except for a cat named Rose and an old cedar box filled with photographs, Ivadoile is stubbornly...

Presents the issues, stories, and complexities of the Old Testament in a way that is both compelling and comprehensive.

Johnny and his family have moved from the big city to Bishop Falls. Finally, he finds the courage to ask strangers to play. His worst fears are realized though, when...

Just who discovered America's mainland? As Ian Wilson shows in John Cabot and the Matthew, it was John Cabot, and a West Country crew of just 18, who left Bristol,...

What's red and green and a sticky, mushy mess? The legendary Jelly Bean Row no less! How did The Jelly Bean Row get its name? Here's a slap happy tale...

In this, her first novel, Helen Porter introduces us to Heather Novak, a young woman at odds with the world, attempting to cope with the consequences with her first, brief...

Jackytar, based on award-winning research conducted by Douglas Gosse, is the novel of self-development and social critique. Told through the eyes of Alexandre Murphy, Jackytar delves into twisting family secrets,...