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- Harold Walters’ Review of Kirby Walsh’s A Trip to Labrador
- Breakwater Books Launches New Blog!
- Breakwater Publishes Glen Carter’s “Stunning Page-turner.”
- Breakwater Publishes Third Novel By Award-winning author Annamarie Beckel
- “Energy, Verve and a Fresh, Fierce Drive to Tell a Story” The Telegram’s Joan Sullivan reviews Angels of Maradona
- Breakwater Publishes Acclaimed Poet Antony Christie’s First Full-length Collection of Poems
- Current Magazine Raves About Beckel’s Silence of Stone.
- Cod Shortlisted for the Prestigious Winterset Award!
- Breakwater Publishes Robert Rayner’s Seventh Young Adult Novel, Footprints
- “A Deeply Emotional Tale” Downhome Magazine’s Ashley Colombe Reviews Silence of Stone
- Glen Carter’s Angels of Maradona Enjoys a May Full of Praise.
- “Beckel’s Musical Prose” Earns Silence of Stone Two More Glowing Reviews
- “As Witty As the Ocean Is Wet” The Current’s Chad Pelley Raves About Fred Armstrong’s Happiness of Fish
- COD: The Ecological History of the North Atlantic Fisheries, Wins Gold Metal IPPY Award!
- June Brings More Praise For New Breakwater Titles
- “Assured and Brimming With Excellence” Christie’s Poetry Enjoys a Summer of Widespread Positive Review
- Now Available in Soft Cover: Cod: The Ecological History of the North Atlantic Fisheries
- Breakwater Publishes Nicole Lundrigan’s Much Anticipated Third Novel, The Seary Line
- Current Magazine Talks with Nicole Lundrigan About Writing, and Her New Novel, The Seary Line
- Breakwater Publishes Elizabeth Murphy’s An Imperfect Librarian
- Lundrigan’s The Seary Line Lauded Twice This Saturday, by The Globe and Mail & The Telegram
- Glen Carter’s Angels of Maradona Sells Through Its First Print Run
- Breakwater Publishes Susan Stafford’s Exciting New Book For Young Readers, Pocket Pegasus
- Breakwater Publishes Eric Sparling’s Unorthodox Debut Novel, Tantramar
- “A Triumph of a Book” The Vancouver Sun Reviews George Rose’s Cod
- Breakwater Enjoyed The Great Turnout at An Imperfect Librarian’s Book Launch, watch some videos below!
- “Excellent Primary Research and Richly Detailed Brief Biographies of Ship-owning Women in Newfoundland” Literary Review of Canada’s Janet Guilford Reviews Silk Sails
- The Orangeville Banner Interviews Author Eric Sparling About His New Novel, Tantramar
- Breakwater Publishes Calvin Evans’ Silk Sails: Women of Newfoundland and Their Ships
- Swing By Our Booth at This Year’s St. John’s Fine Craft & Design Fair, November 20-23rd, at the St. John’s Convention Centre
- “Something Extra Permeates This Novel” Atlantic Books Today’s Bruce Johnson Gives The Seary Line a Glowing Review
- Pre-Christmas Signings, at Home & Abroad
- Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association Release Their Winter/Holiday Catalogue. Support Local Writers & Publishers As You Shop This Season!
- Breakwater Will Be Launching Acclaimed Poet Boyd Chubbs’ Collection of Sonnets, Feral Domicile, This Thursday, December 4th. Join Us For Music, Refreshments, and a Reading
- More Press for Elizabeth Murphy’s An Imperfect Librarian
- The Western Star lauds The Seary Line as a “dark gem,” and Nicole Lundrigan as a leader of a new wave of fiction
- Lundrigan’s The Seary Line and Its “Rich Domestic Detail” Praised in the Latest Newfoundland Quarterly
- The Amherstburg Echo Talks to Susan Stafford About Her New Young Readers’ Book, Pocket Pegasus
- Silk Sails’ “Painstaking Research” Commended in Latest Downhome Magazine
- The Argosy.ca’ s Sasha van Katwyk “Sold” by Eric Sparling’s debut novel, Tantramar
- The Western Star’s Darrell Squires Recommends Robert Rayner’s Young Adult Novel, Footprints
- UK’s Biannual Seam Magazine Praises Antony Christie’s Book of “Finely Wrought Descriptive and Meditative Poems.”
- “Ceremonial, Dense and Rewarding,” The Telegram’s Joan Sullivan Reviews Boyd Chubb’s Feral Domicile.
- The Telegram’s Joan Sullivan Praises Tantramar’s “Rich Characterization and Gripping Plot.”
- Darrell Squires of The Western Star Declares Silk Sails “Illuminating and Meticulously Researched.”
- “A Witty Novel with a Great Deal to Offer.” Author/Critic Trudy Morgan-Cole on Elizabeth Murphy’s An Imperfect Librarian
- Meet Breakwater Authors at the Following February Signings
- Beaton, Walsh, and Marsh to Appear on Out of the Fog Tonight.
- Join Breakwater for Tonight’s Launch of A Life of Caring
- More Press for Calvin Evans’ Silk Sails: Women of Newfoundland and Their Ships
- March Hare Festival 2009: Line ups and Program
- The Basic How-to’s of Submitting a Manuscript to a Publisher
- The Packet Encourages Readers to “Hurry and Get a Copy” of Len Rich’s Bill Bennett: A Biography
- Breakwater Author Eric Sparling Makes Sackville’s Top 5 Bestsellers This Week, According to Telegraphjournal.com
- “Faulkner, my son, you’re only an amateur”: Harold Walters of The Advertiser Reviews Nicole Lundrigan’s The Seary Line
- Breakwater Releases Tom Dawe and Gerald Squires’ Critically Acclaimed Art-Poetry Collaboration: Where Genesis Begins
- The Telegram dubs Silk Sails an Essential Book
- Robin McGrath of The Telegram Declares A Life of Caring a vivid, dynamic, and Intriguing Book
- Breakwater President Receives “Youth Entrepreneur of the Year” Award from NLOWE
- “Intimate and Revealing”: The Western Star Reviews Kirby Walsh’s A Trip to Labrador
- Breakwater Books Thrilled to Have Joined the Literary Press Group
- “A Fascinating Read”: The Telegram’s Robin McGrath Declares A Trip to Labrador is “A Fine Little Book.”
- “Want to read of a total eclipse of the sun in a fog-shrouded land? Grab a copy of A Trip to Labrador and knock yourself out.”
- Breakwater Releases Trudy Morgan-Cole’s Highly Praised Family Saga, By the Rivers of Brooklyn
- Join Breakwater for the launch of Trudy Morgan-Cole’s Much Talked-about Novel, By the Rivers of Brooklyn!
- Gerald Squires & Tom Dawe Are at The Rooms This Wednesday Night. Make a Night of It: Take in The Rooms and the Reading!
- Get out to Some End-of-June Breakwater Readings, and Start in on Your Summer Reads!
- Trudy Morgan-Cole’s New Book Makes Chapters’ Top Fifty List!
- Memorial University Runs an Article on Trudy Morgan-Cole, and Her New Novel By the Rivers of Brooklyn
- Where Genesis Begins Featured on CBC’s The Next Chapter, as a “Category-defying Book.”
- The Telegram Features Trudy Morgan-Cole in the Article “Writer Finds Inspiration in Lives of Ancestors.”
- The Telegram “Still Hungry for More” of Morgan-Cole’s By the Rivers of Brooklyn
- Breakwater Author Makes Jeopardy Audition in New York!
- Get Out to Some Breakwater Signings This Month and Buy Your Summer Reads
- Morgan-Cole’s Latest Novel Worth Fighting For!
- Nicole Lundrigan Receives Honourable Mention for the 2009 Sunburst Award
- More Great Press for Trudy Morgan-Cole’s By the Rivers of Brooklyn!
- Kirby Walsh’s A Trip to Labrador Ranking #4 on the Chronicle Herald’s Bestseller list!
- Breakwater Titles Chosen for CBC Radio Noon’s Summer Reading List!
- Overreaders Anonymous Pick Beckel’s SILENCE OF STONE as Their Read of the Month!
- “A Deft and Impressive Work of Fiction”: The Western Star laudes Morgan-Cole’s BY THE RIVERS OF BROOKLYN
- Annamarie Beckel’s “Latest and Greatest.”
- “A Beautiful Collaboration Between Two Wonderful Newfoundland Artists.” The Chronicle Herald Raves About WHERE GENESIS BEGINS
- Great New Review of BY THE RIVERS OF BROOKLYN from the Chronicle Herald.
- Three, THREE! Breakwater Titles Just Made This Year’s ReLit Award Longlist
- Breakwater Releases Syr Ruus’s Award-winning Novel, LOVESONGS OF EMMANUEL TAGGART
- Breakwater Releases Christopher Pratt’s New Book: An evocative 160-page “Self-portrait”
- Christopher Pratt’s Rescheduled Book Launch for ORDINARY THINGS
- Book Launch for Syr Ruus’s prize-winning, joy-of-a read LOVESONGS OF EMMANUEL TAGGART this Sunday!
- Is This Not the Best Cake You’ve Ever Seen?
- Listen to Christopher Pratt’s Interview on CBC’s WAM about His New Book, ORDINARY THINGS
- Breakwater Releases Award-winning writer Chad Pelley’s debut novel, AWAY FROM EVERYWHERE
- BREAKWATER RELEASES AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR TINA CHAULK’S SECOND NOVEL, A FEW KINDS OF WRONG
- Breakwater author Chad Pelley Shortlisted for the 2009 Cuffer Prize
- Breakwater at 2009 Word on the Street, Halifax
- “This Self-portrait of Christopher Pratt is Bound for the Bookshelf, not the Wall” The Telegram Write a Great Article on Pratt’s ORDINARY THINGS
- Double Book Launch, Tonight!: Chad Pelley & Tina Chaulk
- “A Fascinating New Memoir … An Accessible, Revealing and Honest Book.” The Western Star on Christpher Pratt’s ORDINARY THINGS
- Christopher Pratt’s booklaunch, ORDINARY THINGS, Tonight! October 21, 2009
- Breakwater & Bernice Morgan place in Top Ten of “Atlantic Canada’s 100 Greatest Books”
- Chad Pelley’s AWAY FROM EVERYWHERE Was the Second Most Requested Title at Chapters in St. John’s Last Week
- French Rights for Annamarie Beckel’s SILENCE OF STONE Sold !!!
- Chad Pelley’s AWAY FROM EVERYWHERE “Does Not Let Up” From Its Opening Page.
- Breakwater Releases KNOWN UNTO GOD: A Pictorial Memorial to Newfoundland’s Missing During the Great War
- KNOWN UNTO GOD Launch: Great Turn Out and Possibly Record-breaking Sales
- Breakwater Author Chad Pelley Wins the 2009 Cuffer Prize!
- Chad Pelley Talks to CBC’s Angela Antle About AWAY FROM EVERYWHERE … and His Self-promotional Efforts.
- Great Plug for A FEW KINDS OF WRONG, and a Fun Contest on Tina’s Blog, ”To Celebrate Women in Non-traditional Work,” Open to Everyone!
- Recent Reviews for Chad Pelley’s AWAY FROM EVERYWHERE; Now a Coles’ Bestseller
- Ordinary Things a “Fascinating Read.”
- Listen to Tina Chaulk Talking About Her Latest Novel on CBC’s Weekend Arts Magazine
- Happy Holidays from Breakwater Books!
- Author Tina Chaulk Receives Stellar Review from The Telegram
- Chad Pelley’s AWAY FROM EVERYWHERE Longlisted on the National Post’s “Canada Also Reads” list
- ORDINARY THINGS by Christopher Pratt receives great review from The Chronicle Herald
- WHERE GENESIS BEGINS wows The Northeast Avalon Times
- LOVESONGS OF EMMANUEL TAGGART receives high praise from Saltyink.com
- St. John’s Event Presents Working Class Women in NL Literature
- Author Chad Pelley Currently Touring in Halifax
- Geist Magazine Raves About BY THE RIVERS OF BROOKLYN
- Halifax’s The Chronicle Herald Praises A FEW KINDS OF WRONG
- Halifax’s The Coast Reviews AWAY FROM EVERYWHERE
- Happy Family Literacy Day!
- We’re exhibiting at OLA!
- Breakwater President Rebecca Rose featured in SNAP magazine.
- Congratulations Trudy! By the Rivers of Brooklyn is nominated for BEST ATLANTIC PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD
- Author Interview this Weekend!
- Another award! COD is the winner of the 2009 Heritage and History Award!
- Breakwater Authors Receive More Accolades
- Breakwater Books Ltd. & Culture Days
- An Evening with Christopher Pratt
- Happy Earth Day!
- THE ARTIFICIAL NEWFOUNDLANDER Receives Rave Reviews
- Reminder: Book Launch Tonight in St. John’s!
- Launch Tonight!
- All are welcome! Book Launch for ISLAND MAID
- Tonight’s big launch featured in THE TELEGRAM
- Awards! Awards! Awards!
- Go Breakwater Go! 2 More Award Shortlists!
- Today’s Telegram lists Chad Pelley as “national up and comer.”
- Northeast Avalon Times gives THUMBS UP to Larry Mathews’ “The Artificial Newfoundlander”
- Book Launch Going Ahead
- Open for Business
- Tom Dawe wins CAA Poetry Award
- Great review for Breakwater’s RAVEN, STAY BY ME
- New Book Trailer for THIS RAMSHACKLE TABERNACLE
- Book Launch: Where Old Ghosts Meet
- Author interview: Sam Martin in conversation with Angela Antle (CBC)
- Book Launch Tue, Nov 2
- UPCOMING BOOK RELEASE: Danny Williams: A Profile
- Major Rights Deal – The Widows of Paradise Bay
- Lots of Great Reviews for Glenn Deir’s “SICK JOKE: CANCER, JAPAN & BACK AGAIN”
- Patrick Warner – Ever hear a love story in reverse?
- NL Book Awards Shortlist Three Breakwater Titles
- Agnes Walsh writes Plays from Tramore
- Mixed Type Literary and Music Festival
- Just pinned Patrick Warner’s Double Talk — Breakwater Books is officially on the map!
- A Blessed Snarl Blog Tour: Catch Sam Martin Where You Can!
- Hear Here! Sam Martin reads from A Blessed Snarl
- Edge of Time by Susan M. MacDonald wins Gold at Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards
- New Reviews: Jill Sooley’s Baggage and Bruce Hynes’ Here Be Dragons
- Our Writers Resolve: A Handful of Breakwater Authors Give Us Their Top New Year’s Resolutions for 2013
- Nine Lives
- January Blues? Cheer up with the Breakwater Spring Preview! Part 1: Fiction and Poetry
- Breakwater Spring Preview, Part Two: New for Children, and New Non-Fiction
- Write Like A Motherfumbler.
- Blind Date with a Book Giveaway! We Choo-Choo-Choose You, Breakwater Readers!
- Blue Lagoon Book List: What Books Can Our Authors Not Live Without?
- This One is for the Lovers… (Lovers of Writing, that is)
- Chad Pelley, Super Genius (… and Breakwater author, of course!)
- I’m No Bully!
- Breakwater grabs two Atlantic Book Awards nominations
- Pelley Does New Brunswick
- News Release: BREAKWATER BOOKS TO PUBLISH MEMOIR BY RCMP HARASSMENT REPRESENTATIVE PLAINTIFF JANET MERLO
- Shoulder to Shoulder at the Ship! Breakwater’s Spring Lit Party packs ’em in….
- Awards! Awards! Awards!
- New this summer! The Festival at Ochre Pit Cove
- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
- Pop-Up Print!
- No One To Tell: Breaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP
- October 23, 2013 Official Release of Janet Merlo’s No One To Tell: Breaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP
- Are you a Mother? Have a Mother? Know a Mother? Mother of Pearl, it’s BUY MOTHERFUMBLER ON AMAZON DAY!
- DEADLINE EXTENDED! Out Proud: Stories of Pride, Courage, and Social Justice
- Big City, Downtown! Vicki Murphy’s MOTHERFUMBLER now available at Chapters/Indigo across Canada
- The Mother of All (Mother’s Day) Deals
- The Festival At Ochre Pit Cove, 2014 — TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
- Can you help us name these (un)known soldiers?
- Breakwater Books Break the Bank Sale & Food Drive
- Spring 2015 From Breakwater Books!
- Spring into Poetry Month with Breakwater Books!
- Busy Authors this February
- Congratulations Leslie Vryenhoek!
- Happy International Women’s Day!
- National Poetry Month promotion!
- Racket: New Writing Made in Newfoundland is a finalist for the Best Atlantic-Published Book Award
- Harvey Sawler, author of One Man Grand Band: The Lyrical Life of Ron Hynes, now touring Atlantic Canada!
- Breakwater’s Spring Fiction Launch Party
- Best-selling author Kevin Major now touring Newfoundland. Check out these upcoming events!
- Literary Festival season in Newfoundland. Check out these upcoming August author appearances:
- September Festivals – Author Appearances
- Spring 2017 Author Appearances
- Bridget Canning, Cara Kansala, Amelia Curran and Janet Merlo are promoting their latest books. Check out these upcoming author appearances for April and May!
- Breakwater’s Spring Launch Party – June 7th
- Breakwater Books acquires Creative Book Publishing
- September Author Appearances – Festivals and Launches
- We’re having a party! Breakwater’s Fall Launch set for November 30th.
- Celebrate National Poetry Month with the launch of Helen Porter’s Full Circle
- SUMMER LAUNCH PARTY!
- Traveling authors!
- 2018 Fall Launch
- Breakwater Authors at SPARKS
- The Luminous Sea long listed for 2018 BMO Winterset Award
- Almost Feral in Japan
- About Face & transVersing Launches
- The Luminous Sea a 2018 BMO Winterset Finalist
- Reading Women with Leslie Vryenhoek
- Reading Women with Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
- Reading Women with Bridget Canning
- Reading Women with Melissa Barbeau
- Reading Women with Michelle Porter
- Foreword INDIES Finalists
- 2019 IPPY Award Wins
- National Poetry Month Feature
- Spring Launch Party & Welcoming Reception
- 2019 Fall Launch Party
- 2019 Christmas Book Blitz
- Family Literacy Day
- Up to 50% off select eBooks & audiobooks
- Our Response to COVID-19
- 1 Million Books to Low-Income Families during COVID-19
- Read Aloud Program
- 50% OFF SITE-WIDE
- International Rights Deals
- 50% OFF Sale Extended
- Award News
- Atlantic Book Awards Finalists
- Next Generation Indie Book Award News
- #IndiesforIndies
- The Very Best! Award Wins
- Our Retail Space is Currently Closed to the Public
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