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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 with Uncle Val is a set of comic reportages from the...

In ALTAR, Eugenio, a young Mexican immigrant living in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, experiences heartbreak when Benjamin, his new boyfriend, inexplicably "ghosts" him. Looking to the traditional Mexican holiday Dia de Muertos, Eugenio decides to build an altar in the hopes that...

The shocking crimes of a trusted teacher wrought lasting damage on Inuit communities in Canada's Arctic. In the 1970s, a young schoolteacher from British Columbia was becoming the darling of the Northwest Territories education department with his dynamic teaching style. He was...

Professional forager Shawn Dawson takes readers to his favorite mushroom picking spots for insightful and useful lessons on dozens of forest floor delicacies. Readers will learn where to look for mushrooms, as well as how to identify which ones are edible, harvest them ...

Part travel narrative, part examination of global health practices, Health Explored seeks to learn and understanding the diversity of wellness traditions, and how these can be integrated into Western lifestyles to promote health and longevity. Follow author Dr. Mike Wahl as he mines not...

Chris Buckley's true, first-person narrative of a daring expedition through northern Labrador's Torngat Mountains in 1980. Two brothers journey through the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and meadows of Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga, the Torngat Mountains National Park in northern...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF ONE OF THE 2023 LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR A CBC BEST CANADIAN NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022 * Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender, and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland...

Just Around the Corner is the story of Member of Parliament for Labrador, Yvonne Rumbolt-Jones, a woman from a northern community who broke free of her geographic and political isolation to embrace opportunity.  JUST AROUND THE CORNER is the story of Member of Parliament...

Nothing is more distressing to the modern person than the experience of an unsurpassable limit of the calculable. Nothing disturbs us more deeply than incalculable time, unpredictable time--the time of the advent of the unpredictably new.In a series of interventions into contemporary political...

Romancing History?: Wayne Johnston and "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" closely re-examines how Wayne Johnston's seminal historical novel combines fact and fiction to shape our perception of the truth.  First published in 2000, Wayne Johnston's The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an...

Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes is a collection of narratives depicting a six-year quest to discover the roots of a piece of traditional music played in St. John's, Newfoundland: the Portuguese Waltzes. Through interviews, research, and observations, author Richard...

The Crane follows the difficult choices confronting someone who cannot go on being lied to and explores how they carry on in the face of hardship. It's 1968 and James Anderson's twin brother Dave has just been killed in the Vietnam war. Knowing his turn is next, James turns his back on his...

Readiness is your responsibility. You are your own first responder. You watch films and read about epic adventures of badass action heroes who leap into the fray, battle dragons, and bring home treasure and stories. We want to help you become your own adventurer, capable of handling...