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New Releases

The Dot Com Leprechaun
Genre(s): Children
When Lucy discovers a leprechaun has been ensorcelled into the Internet by a disgruntled witch, it is up to her to help him return to his home in the ...read more

Softcover: $11.95


The Artificial Newfoundlander
Genre(s): Fiction
The Artificial Newfoundlander is a witty, playful, tale of contemporary St. John’s. Hugh Norman, a middle-aged English prof researching an ecce ...read more

Softcover: $18.95


Of Love and Drowning
Genre(s): Poetry
Of Love and Drowning is a commentary on the pre-cariousness of human existence, using a variety of real and imaginary voices to explore childho ...read more

Softcover: $15.95


Orations
- A Selection of Orations from Memorial's Convocations
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
A selection of orations from Memorial's convocations. Including a foreword by Rex Murphy and an Introduction by Shane O'Dea. Orations about Jean Ch ...read more

Softcover: $19.95


Known unto God
- In Honour of Newfoundland's Missing During the Great War
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
The Newfoundland armed forces suffered devastating losses during World War I. Known unto God is a memorial to the men in these forces who died ...read more

Softcover: $29.95


A Few Kinds of Wrong
Genre(s): Fiction
Mechanic Jennifer Collins is a woman in a man's world, but since her father's sudden death her world has been falling apart. Now she's in a losing bat ...read more

Softcover: $19.95


Away from Everywhere
Genre(s): Fiction
Brothers Owen and Alex Collins are brought together when mental illness claims their father and sets off a chain reaction of unrelated, heart-breaking ...read more

Softcover: $19.95


Raven, Stay by Me
Genre(s): Young Readers
Eleven-year-old Greenlander Inga Sigurdsdottir wakens on a cold and rocky coast after her Norse ship wrecks en route to “Vinland.” Her one comfort and ...read more

Softcover: $14.95


Ordinary Things
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
Insightful and thought-provoking journal entries, from the 1950s to 2007, on the creative process, art, life, and province of renowned Canadian artist ...read more

Softcover: $18.95


Lovesongs of Emmanuel Taggart
Genre(s): Fiction
Things no longer look the same for 45-year-old Emmanuel (“M”) Taggart. Thinking he has a bad case of the flu, M leaves the office to embark on a road ...read more

Softcover: $18.95


By the Rivers of Brooklyn
Genre(s): Fiction
In the 1920s, Jim, Bert and Rose Evans all move from Newfoundland to Brooklyn, New York, in search of work and a better life, leaving their sister Ann ...read more

Softcover: $19.95


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The Dot Com Leprechaun

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Caroline Stellings
Caroline Stellings is an author and illustrator of children’s books from Waterdown, Ontario. She is a professional artist who loves to paint the many ...


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