Search Authors:
- By Last Name
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y


Search Books:
- By Title, Description





We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities.


We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador through the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation for our publishing activities.

Breakwater Books


Browse Books - eBooks

Pages: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Sick Joke
- Cancer, Japan, and Back Again
Genre(s): eBooks
Sick Joke is one quirky travelogue. Glenn Deir spent two years happily stumbling through the conundrums of Japanese culture. Then he got tonsil cancer and less happily stumbled through the conu ...read more

eBooks are available at...

The Widows of Paradise Bay
Genre(s): eBooks
Prissy Montgomery goes to great lengths to avoid having sex with her husband, Howie. So when he confesses to having an affair, and requests a divorce, she shouldn’t be all that surprised. With her ...read more

eBooks are available at...

Newfoundland Stories
- The Loss of the Waterwitch & Other Tales
Genre(s): eBooks
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. Heroi ...read more

eBooks are available at...

Where Old Ghosts Meet
Genre(s): eBooks
Matthew Molloy, bright and educated, longs to leave behind his miserable existence on a small farm in Ireland. He yields to pressure and sets aside his dream until one day, he walks away, leaving his ...read more

eBooks are available at...

This Ramshackle Tabernacle
Genre(s): eBooks
This Ramshackle Tabernacle is a collection of short stories set in and around the fictional villages of St. Lola and St. Olga in northeastern Ontario. Whether reflecting on the broken lives of ...read more

eBooks are available at...

Island Maid
- Voices of Outport Women
Genre(s): eBooks
Sheilagh O’Leary and Rhonda Pelley spent two summers travelling from Bonavista Bay to the Great Northern Peninsula and to the communities of the south coast. The women they interviewed shared unique l ...read more

eBooks are available at...

Out Loud
- Essays on Mental Illness, Stigma and Recovery
Genre(s): eBooks
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 friends, by comm ...read more

eBooks are available at...

The Artificial Newfoundlander
Genre(s): eBooks
The Artificial Newfoundlander is a witty, playful, tale of contemporary St. John’s. Hugh Norman, a middle-aged English prof researching an eccentric novelist priest, is faced with the unexpecte ...read more

eBooks are available at...

Pages: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Breakwater News

The Festival at Ochre Pit Cove
Presenting The Festival at Ochre Pit Cove, A Weekend of Newfoundland Music, Books, and Art. Situated ...read more

Hey, Lucky Valentine! A Free Gift For You!
Feeling inspired by all the bookish love you’re seeing online these days? Us, too! Why should bookst ...read more

Revised reprint of The Sinking of the Titanic has arrived!
The Sinking of the Titanic - An Ice-Pilot's Perspective author Captain L. Marmaduke Collins ...read more

Two New Plaques to Celebrate Work and Life of Newfoundland Poet Al Pittman
Breakwater Books is pleased to help spread the word of two new plaques commemorating the life and wo ...read more

Customer Survey
We'd love to hear your feedback! Click here to t ...read more

Breakwater Books Shortlisted for Three Atlantic Book Awards
Breakwater Books is pleased to announce that That Forgetful Shore by author Trudy Morgan-Cole ...read more

We're facebooking, tweeting AND blogging!
Are you a member of Facebook? Please consider becoming a fan of Breakwater. If you are tweeting, ...read more


Featured Book

One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam

Breakwater Books celebrates the 30th anniversary of Al Pittman’s classic children’s story. Sam, the colourful sculpin, is different. And on one warm s...


Featured Author

Chad Pelley
Chad Pelley is an award-winning author, songwriter, and photographer from St. John’s, Newfoundland. His debut novel, Away from Everywhere, was a Coles...



Breakwater Books
1 Stamp's Lane
St. John's, NL A1C 6E6


Privacy Policy
Terms and Conditions
Refund Policy


Phone: (709) 722-6680
Fax: (709) 753-0708
Order Desk: 1-800-563-3333
EMail: info@breakwaterbooks.com