Sonja Boon
@storiedselves.bsky.social
i read the article - it's bonkers. completely and utterly bonkers. And the women who lead this movement? Criminals, the both of them.
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
i read the article - it's bonkers. completely and utterly bonkers. And the women who lead this movement? Criminals, the both of them.
I only included ten, but there are so many more fabulous books from Newfoundland and Labrador! Snuggle up this winter, and happy reading.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I only included ten, but there are so many more fabulous books from Newfoundland and Labrador! Snuggle up this winter, and happy reading.
Sharon Bala, Good Guys (Penguin RandomHouse 2026)
Ok, this one is a cheat because it’s not out until January. But it looks fabulous, and her previous novel, The Boat People was great, so if anyone is inclined to pre-order this one for me, I would not say no.
Ok, this one is a cheat because it’s not out until January. But it looks fabulous, and her previous novel, The Boat People was great, so if anyone is inclined to pre-order this one for me, I would not say no.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sharon Bala, Good Guys (Penguin RandomHouse 2026)
Ok, this one is a cheat because it’s not out until January. But it looks fabulous, and her previous novel, The Boat People was great, so if anyone is inclined to pre-order this one for me, I would not say no.
Ok, this one is a cheat because it’s not out until January. But it looks fabulous, and her previous novel, The Boat People was great, so if anyone is inclined to pre-order this one for me, I would not say no.
Ainsley Hawthorn, ed. Land of Many Shores (Breakwater, 2023)
Who gets to belong in Newfoundland & Labrador? That’s the key question that underpins this collection of essays authored by folks whose perspectives have often been neglected, hidden, or outright ignored.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
Who gets to belong in Newfoundland & Labrador? That’s the key question that underpins this collection of essays authored by folks whose perspectives have often been neglected, hidden, or outright ignored.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Ainsley Hawthorn, ed. Land of Many Shores (Breakwater, 2023)
Who gets to belong in Newfoundland & Labrador? That’s the key question that underpins this collection of essays authored by folks whose perspectives have often been neglected, hidden, or outright ignored.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
Who gets to belong in Newfoundland & Labrador? That’s the key question that underpins this collection of essays authored by folks whose perspectives have often been neglected, hidden, or outright ignored.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
Lori Doody, The Island (Running the Goat, 2023)
A gentle children’s book about resettlement and what it means to carry home in your heart.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
A gentle children’s book about resettlement and what it means to carry home in your heart.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Lori Doody, The Island (Running the Goat, 2023)
A gentle children’s book about resettlement and what it means to carry home in your heart.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
A gentle children’s book about resettlement and what it means to carry home in your heart.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
Veselina Tomova, The Wall and the Wind (Running the Goat, 2020)
A children’s book that tackles big questions about borders, migration, and belonging with thoughtful questions and beautiful illustrations.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
A children’s book that tackles big questions about borders, migration, and belonging with thoughtful questions and beautiful illustrations.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Veselina Tomova, The Wall and the Wind (Running the Goat, 2020)
A children’s book that tackles big questions about borders, migration, and belonging with thoughtful questions and beautiful illustrations.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
A children’s book that tackles big questions about borders, migration, and belonging with thoughtful questions and beautiful illustrations.
@runningthegoat.bsky.social
Michelle Porter, Scratching River (WLU Press, 2023)
A memoir that braids the story of Porter’s brother with the story one of her Métis ancestors, and the more-than-human landscapes of rivers, burdock, and bison.
@wlupress.bsky.social
A memoir that braids the story of Porter’s brother with the story one of her Métis ancestors, and the more-than-human landscapes of rivers, burdock, and bison.
@wlupress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Michelle Porter, Scratching River (WLU Press, 2023)
A memoir that braids the story of Porter’s brother with the story one of her Métis ancestors, and the more-than-human landscapes of rivers, burdock, and bison.
@wlupress.bsky.social
A memoir that braids the story of Porter’s brother with the story one of her Métis ancestors, and the more-than-human landscapes of rivers, burdock, and bison.
@wlupress.bsky.social
Douglas Walbourne-Gough, Crow Gulch (Goose Lane, 2019)
This award-winning poetry collection brings to life the marginalized, largely Indigenous (and mixed Indigenous), and later forcibly abandoned community of Crow Gulch. Intimate, visceral, and provocative.
This award-winning poetry collection brings to life the marginalized, largely Indigenous (and mixed Indigenous), and later forcibly abandoned community of Crow Gulch. Intimate, visceral, and provocative.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Douglas Walbourne-Gough, Crow Gulch (Goose Lane, 2019)
This award-winning poetry collection brings to life the marginalized, largely Indigenous (and mixed Indigenous), and later forcibly abandoned community of Crow Gulch. Intimate, visceral, and provocative.
This award-winning poetry collection brings to life the marginalized, largely Indigenous (and mixed Indigenous), and later forcibly abandoned community of Crow Gulch. Intimate, visceral, and provocative.
Margot Duley, Extraordinary Passages: The Life and Times of Margaret Iris Duley, Newfoundland’s Pathbreaking Novelist (Memorial UP, 2025). Written by noted historian Margot Duley, this is a detailed look at Duley, gender, and class in the first half of the 20th cent.
@memorialup.bsky.social
@memorialup.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Margot Duley, Extraordinary Passages: The Life and Times of Margaret Iris Duley, Newfoundland’s Pathbreaking Novelist (Memorial UP, 2025). Written by noted historian Margot Duley, this is a detailed look at Duley, gender, and class in the first half of the 20th cent.
@memorialup.bsky.social
@memorialup.bsky.social
@howrhearolls.bsky.social , A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023)
Based on archival research and extensive interviews, this book is a love letter to queer pasts, community, resistance, and belonging. Good luck finding this one, as it’s reportedly regularly sold out!
Based on archival research and extensive interviews, this book is a love letter to queer pasts, community, resistance, and belonging. Good luck finding this one, as it’s reportedly regularly sold out!
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@howrhearolls.bsky.social , A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023)
Based on archival research and extensive interviews, this book is a love letter to queer pasts, community, resistance, and belonging. Good luck finding this one, as it’s reportedly regularly sold out!
Based on archival research and extensive interviews, this book is a love letter to queer pasts, community, resistance, and belonging. Good luck finding this one, as it’s reportedly regularly sold out!
@acantle.bsky.social , The Saltbox Olive (Breakwater, 2025)
Angela Antle’s debut novel opens a window into an otherwise little known aspect of World War II: the experiences of Newfoundland soldiers in Italy.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
Angela Antle’s debut novel opens a window into an otherwise little known aspect of World War II: the experiences of Newfoundland soldiers in Italy.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@acantle.bsky.social , The Saltbox Olive (Breakwater, 2025)
Angela Antle’s debut novel opens a window into an otherwise little known aspect of World War II: the experiences of Newfoundland soldiers in Italy.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
Angela Antle’s debut novel opens a window into an otherwise little known aspect of World War II: the experiences of Newfoundland soldiers in Italy.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
@leahdawn.bsky.social , Stolen Sisters (Breakwater, 2025)
A play that imagines the lost stories of three Beothuk women. I was fortunate enough to see this in person, and have also heard the author read an excerpt. Powerful and thought provoking.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
A play that imagines the lost stories of three Beothuk women. I was fortunate enough to see this in person, and have also heard the author read an excerpt. Powerful and thought provoking.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@leahdawn.bsky.social , Stolen Sisters (Breakwater, 2025)
A play that imagines the lost stories of three Beothuk women. I was fortunate enough to see this in person, and have also heard the author read an excerpt. Powerful and thought provoking.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
A play that imagines the lost stories of three Beothuk women. I was fortunate enough to see this in person, and have also heard the author read an excerpt. Powerful and thought provoking.
@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social
No shame; take good care of you.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
No shame; take good care of you.
but but but .... AI will solve *everything*
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
but but but .... AI will solve *everything*
Awesome - thanks!
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Awesome - thanks!
Thanks! It is a great book to dive in and out of in whatever order you want. Big and juicy, but not overwhelming.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thanks! It is a great book to dive in and out of in whatever order you want. Big and juicy, but not overwhelming.
andrew wakefield has so so much to answer for.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
andrew wakefield has so so much to answer for.
And here are another two of our contextual essays!
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
And here are another two of our contextual essays!
Here's info on the book and our launch!
memorialuniversitypress.ca/MUP-News/202...
memorialuniversitypress.ca/MUP-News/202...
Come celebrate the launch of Dear Mr. Smallwood
memorialuniversitypress.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Here's info on the book and our launch!
memorialuniversitypress.ca/MUP-News/202...
memorialuniversitypress.ca/MUP-News/202...
Hope to see you there!
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hope to see you there!