Short Non-fiction

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All Manner of Tackle

All Manner of Tackle brings together a selection of Brian Bartlett’s literary prose from the past three decades. One of Atlantic Canada’s finest poets, Bartlett has published … 308 View

Best Kind

New Writing Made in Newfoundland

In Best Kind, editor and essayist Robert Finley introduces twelve of the most exciting essay writers currently working in Newfoundland. Highlighting a varied and electrifying range of new voices, … 184 View
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Grey All Over

Late in the evening of December 13, 2007, Andrea Actis found her father, Jeff, facedown dead in her East Vancouver apartment. So began her passage through grief, self-reckoning, and graduate … 176 View
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Land of Many Shores

Stories From a Diverse Newfoundland and Labrador

In Land of Many Shores, writers share their essays about life in Newfoundland and Labrador from often-neglected viewpoints. In this collection, Indigenous people, cultural minorities, LGBTQ+, … 256 View

Nitisanak

Jas M. Morgan’s nîtisânak honours blood and chosen kin with equal care. A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations, prairie punk scenes, and queer love stories, it is woven around grief over the … 202 View
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"facing his world"

From: All Manner of Tackle

For Sure the Kittiwake: Naming, Nature, and P. K. Page – A Long Fall for Poetry: Reflections on Poetry in the Public Eye and the Private Realm through the Last Months of 1994, Including … 85 $8.50 Add
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Introduction

From: Best Kind

Introduction 8 $0.80 Add
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Love Story Medicine

From: Nitisanak

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Preface and Resources

From: Land of Many Shores

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Soul Ash

From: Grey All Over

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"Look up this river in the book of rivers"

From: All Manner of Tackle

Nights in Windsor Castle: Remembering Alden Nowlan – Rivers of Streaming Time: Dorothy Roberts – Alfred Goldsworthy, Dr. Bailey and Alfie: A Tribute – A Knight for Poetry: Fred … 48 $4.80 Add
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Does Andrea Dream of Electric Dead

From: Grey All Over

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Mapping a Diverse Newfoundland and Labrador

From: Land of Many Shores

The stories shared in this book are deeply personal and delve into subjects like suicide, grief, mental illness, substance use, colonialism, racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and gender … 7 $0.70 Add
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Questions and Answers on Flight and Butchery

From: Best Kind

Readings from this text consist of essays from a varied range of rising Newfoundland authors. This essay is a recollection of the author’s childhood and relationship with her family. 14 $1.40 Add
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Toxic Masculenities

From: Nitisanak

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"rareness, ripeness, richness"

From: All Manner of Tackle

No Detail Too Small: Sandra Barry’s Elizabeth Bishop: An Archival Guide to Her Life in Nova Scotia – Reading Mother Goose with Bishop – One-man Masque: James Reaney – O … 105 $10.50 Add