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....
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Land of Many Shores: Stories from a Diverse Newfoundland and Labrador
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Blue Ice: The Sealing Adventures of Artist George Noseworthy
Blue Ice is an illustrated biography based on the extraordinary diary of the late artist George A. Noseworthy. In 1970 he boarded the 253-foot Chelsey A. Crosbie out of St. John's, NL, bound for the ice fields and...
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The Quest for a ‘National’ Nationalism: E.J. Pratt’s Epic Ambition, ‘Race’ Consciousness, and the Contradictions of Canadian Identity
In his 2018 Pratt Lecture, The Quest for a ‘National’ Nationalism, renowned author and critic George Elliott Clarke investigates E.J. Pratt’s poetic attempt to become the epic poet of Canada. And while Pratt’s...
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Bottoms Up: A History of Alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador
In 1617, Lord Falkland’s colonists in Newfoundland were instructed to bring, among other things, 20 barrels of caske (ale), 90 bushels of malt, a malt mill, 4500 pounds of hops, 1 firkin of Aqua vitae, 1 firkin...
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