Breakwater Books Ltd : 102 books

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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015

Following an unprecedented explosion of literary talent in Newfoundland over the past twenty years, The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Short Fiction assembles the very best work by the island’s most accomplished fiction writers. Featuring selections by Michael Crummey, Jessica Grant,...
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The Cyclic Variations

and more new poems

by Alastair Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007

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.
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by Vicki Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013

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 greeted by fluttering butterflies and harp-strumming cherubs. You know: the way it is in diaper commercials and the “Yay, You’re...
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by Lee Stringer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

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 brothers, he flees out west for the “big bucks” promised by work as an apprentice welder. The work is well-paid, as promised, but it...
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by Susan MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011

Someone wants Alec dead. Someone who can invade innocent bystanders, bending their will to his, forcing them to murder. Someone who can travel through multiple dimensions, has powers beyond Earthly experience, and knows everything Alec knows. How do you fight someone like that? Riley is a target too....
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Newfoundland Stories

The Loss of the Waterwitch & Other Tales

by Eldon Drodge
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010

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 and compelling. Heroic deeds great achievements hardships and deprivation disasters superstitions and customs as well as the...
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by Francoise Enguehard
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012

In 1913 Dr. Louis Thomas and his family settle on the French islands of St. Pierre and Michelon. Enchanted by how this French land navigates the harsh climate of the Atlantic Ocean, he immerses himself in his passion for photography and captures the soul of the place. Yet despite his love for St....
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One Man Grand Band

The Lyric Life of Ron Hynes

by Harvey Sawler
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016

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 spirit of an artist whose stock-in-trade has always been authenticity over mere commercial...
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The Miners of Wabana

The Story of the Iron Ore Miners of Bell Island

by Gail Weir
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2006

For seventy-one years, iron ore was mined at Wabana, Bell Island: half the output was used in Canada; the other half was shipped around the world. When the mine shut down on June 30, 1966, it was Canada’s oldest, continuously operating iron mine. The miners worked three miles under the ocean in...
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The Labradorians

Voices from the Land of Cain

by Lynne Fitzhugh
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999

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 of Labrador into a thriving, vital culture of their own. Here are their stories in their own voices, written by the expert hand of a person whose heart's home is Labrador.
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Heroes & Rogues

and the Story of Heart's Content

by Ted Rowe
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011

In 2009, author Ted Rowe published his fascinating book about the transatlantic cable called Connecting the Continents. The narrative of that 1866 miracle of engineering brought the outport of Heart’s Content back to the world’s attention. Now, in a companion volume to his earlier book, Rowe introduces...
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by Chad Pelley
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016

Chad Pelley’s Four-Letter Words, his collection of award-winning short stories, presents us with characters haunted by one four-letter word or another: love, hate, lust, or loss. A father drives across the island hoping to find his missing son, a hitman considers the life of his female victim while...
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Out Proud

Stories of Pride, Courage, and Social Justice

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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

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 attention to issues that are sometimes ignored in the mainstream media—and a voice to those most closely affected...
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Queer Monologues

Stories of LGBT Youth

by For the Love of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2014

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 the community-at-large. If an individual is unable to be themselves, the consequences can be emotional, physical,...
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