“A Deft and Impressive Work of Fiction”: The Western Star laudes Morgan-Cole’s BY THE RIVERS OF BROOKLYN

The character-driven, Austen-esque By the Rivers of Brooklyn is a deft and impressive work of fiction in which the prose style is spare – controlled and assured. It’s also a large and ambitious work about leaving home and cultural dislocation, themes relatable especially to Newfoundlanders and
Labradorians. It’s also about guilt and the search for (and being able to accept) [...]

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Overreaders Anonymous Pick Beckel’s SILENCE OF STONE as Their Read of the Month!

 It seems hype has jumped the border this month!
Overreaders Anonymous, a book group in nothern Wisconsin, have chosen Annamarie Beckel’s novel, Silence of Stone, as their pick of the month for July’s discussion!
 
Click here to buy or read more about Silence of Stone.

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Breakwater Titles Chosen for CBC Radio Noon’s Summer Reading List!

Trudy Morgan-Cole’s By the Rivers of Brooklyn, Percy Janes’ classic House of Hate, and Glen Carter’s Angels of Maradona have all made CBC Radio Noon’s summer reading list!
See the full list here: http://www.cbc.ca/radionoonnl/

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Kirby Walsh’s A Trip to Labrador Ranking #4 on the Chronicle Herald’s Bestseller list!

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1129600.html
Select praise for A Trip to Labrador:
“Kirby’s book is heart-rending … Engagingly readable and highly recommended … A revealing read for anyone interested in Labrador history.”
-Darrell Squires, The Western Star

“A fascinating read for anyone with the slightest interest in Labrador or the Grenfell mission … Moore gives us a warts-and-all portrait of a man [Grenfell] [...]

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More Great Press for Trudy Morgan-Cole’s By the Rivers of Brooklyn!

 ” This novel includes multiple characters and an ambitious timeline, but it coheres around a core of ‘home.’ Home is a place — St. John’s, newfoundland — and also an idea and an ideal that keep the characters in orbit, to that city, and to each other … This novel is a novel both meaty and delicate; you [...]

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Nicole Lundrigan Receives Honourable Mention for the 2009 Sunburst Award

We’re thrilled for Nicole, whose book has received nothing but praise since its release last September. So much so that Globe critics and awards jurors seem to be blurring the lines between genres just to rave about her!
“[The Seary Line] is a character-driven tale and Lundrigan’s gift is to create memorable ones.”         [...]

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Morgan-Cole’s Latest Novel Worth Fighting For!

Breakwater has been informed that two customers were spotted fighting over the last copy of Trudy Morgan-Cole’s latest novel, By the Rivers of Brooklyn, at Chapters in St. John’s last week. This book is barely a month out on the shelves, and already readers have been going out of their way to give us, and the [...]

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Get Out to Some Breakwater Signings This Month and Buy Your Summer Reads

July 03 – Calvin Evans, Silk Sails. 7-9. Coles in the Avalon Mall, St. John’s.
July 04 – Calvin Evans, Silk Sails. 2-4. Chapters, St. John’s
July 04 – Joan Edwards, This is Our Place … 2-4. Coles, Avalon Mall, St. John’s
July 05 – Trudy Morgan-Cole, By the Rivers of Brooklyn. 2-4. Coles, Avalon Mall, St. John’s
July 05 - [...]

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