Germany has the Brothers Grimm, and now Newfoundland has Paul O’Neill. Paul O’Neill has been collecting favourite stories from around the world since high school. In Fish for Dinner, he has taken tales of long ago that grew out...
Newfoundland and Labrador Collection
In the Newfoundland and Labrador Collection, you will find titles about, featuring, or written by an author from Newfoundland and Labrador. We have gathered these collections together in the hopes of making it easier to find content that highlights the stories unique to the provinces and territories across Canada. If you know of a book that should be included in this collection, let us know!
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Author(s):O'Neill, Paul, Fleming, TaraSummary: - Author(s):Butts, EdwardSummary:
Shrouded in the mists of history and legend, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a land of mysteries. Its waters are a graveyard for countless wrecked ships. Its lore is full of tales about treachery and murder. And it was once...
- Author(s):Crummey, MichaelSummary:
In Hard Light Michael Crummey retells and reinvents his father's stories of outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery of a half century ago. Speaking through generations of storytellers, he conjures a world of hard toil and heavy...
- Author(s):Morrissey, DonnaSummary:
It is the Fifties in an isolated outport in Newfoundland. Nothing penetrates this antiquated existence, as television, telephones, cars, even roads, elude the villagers and the only visitors are fog-bound fishermen. Here, outside of...
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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 from often-neglected viewpoints. In this collection,...
- Author(s):Parsons, Robert C.Summary:
The story of Newfoundland and Labrador is a long and bloody one.
In Murder on the Rock, Robert C. Parsons describes some of the most horrific and puzzling crimes and shenanigans that have happened in this province. With...
- Author(s):Mowat, ClaireSummary:
This biography describes life in a small Newfoundland outport as Claire and Farley Mowat found it in the 1960's, before it was touched by the modern worl.
- Author(s):DeFede, JimSummary:
"For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing so they could help. They placed their lives on hold for a group of strangers and asked for...
- Author(s):Esrock, RobinSummary:
On his personal quest to check off the best of his home country, travel writer and host Robin Esrock catalogues must-sees, including nature, food, culture, history, adrenaline rushes and quirky Canadiana. After spending years crafting...
- Author(s):Crummey, MichaelSummary:
A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children...
- Author(s):McLeod, JamesSummary:
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 than eighteen months, the Official Opposition went from six to...
