Michael Crummey's Favourite Books about Newfoundland

Book - 1990

"This isn't just a monumental work of scholarship. It's a window into the remarkable inventiveness and range of Newfoundland's oral culture, and into...Show more "This isn't just a monumental work of scholarship. It's a window into the remarkable inventiveness and range of Newfoundland's oral culture, and into the lives of pre-Confederation Newfoundlanders. Endlessly entertaining and informative. Not to be missed." Show less

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The Penguin Book of Contemporary Canadian Women's Short Stories

Book - 2006

"The Selected Short Fiction of Lisa Moore - There is no better stylist working in Canada right now and Moore's short stories are jam-packed with the ...Show more "The Selected Short Fiction of Lisa Moore - There is no better stylist working in Canada right now and Moore's short stories are jam-packed with the effortless electricity of a writer who will make you see the world in a way you've never seen it before." Show less

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The Big Why

by Winter, Michael

eBook - 2011

"This is Michael Winter's best book and one of my favourite reads of the last twenty years. Winter's take on American artist Rockwell Kent's time in ...Show more "This is Michael Winter's best book and one of my favourite reads of the last twenty years. Winter's take on American artist Rockwell Kent's time in Newfoundland in the early years of the 20th century is expansive, surprising, and completely convincing." Show less

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The Danger Tree

Memory, War, and the Search for A Family's Past

by Macfarlane, David

Book - 2014

"David McFarlane's exploration of the generational effects of the First World War among the Goodyear family is one of the most perfect books I've eve...Show more "David McFarlane's exploration of the generational effects of the First World War among the Goodyear family is one of the most perfect books I've ever read. And one of the best evocations of pre-Confederation Newfoundland you can lay your hands on." Show less

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Come, Thou Tortoise

by Grant, Jessica

Book - 2009

"Ok, ok, you don't see how a novel in which one of the two main narrator's is a tortoise could possibly be worth your while. I'm telling you, it is. ...Show more "Ok, ok, you don't see how a novel in which one of the two main narrator's is a tortoise could possibly be worth your while. I'm telling you, it is. Quirky is the word most often used to describe Jessica Grant's first novel. Here are some more: inventive, subtle, hilarious, charming, heartbreaking, irresistible. I loved this book. Chances are, you will too." Show less

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Baltimore's Mansion

A Memoir

by Johnston, Wayne

Book - 1999

"Wayne Johnston is best known as a novelist. But for my money, his best book is this non-fiction take on the confederation debates that brought Newfo...Show more "Wayne Johnston is best known as a novelist. But for my money, his best book is this non-fiction take on the confederation debates that brought Newfoundland into Canada, and nearly managed to tear apart communities and families (Johnston's included) in the process." Show less

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We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night

A Novel

by Hynes, Joel

Book - 2017

"Joel Thomas Hynes creates one of the most convincing anti-heroes in modern Canadian literature. Johnny Keough is hot-headed, foul-mouthed, and irred...Show more "Joel Thomas Hynes creates one of the most convincing anti-heroes in modern Canadian literature. Johnny Keough is hot-headed, foul-mouthed, and irredeemably self-destructive. And despite the ugliness, he still manages to make us pull for him every step of the way. Johhny's voice carries this novel and there isn't a single misstep." Show less

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"Bernice Morgan's seminal tale of early European settlement in Newfoundland is one of the first to place women and their roles in outport life at the heart of the story. Which makes it one of the most convincing depictions of that world." "Bernice Morgan's seminal tale of early European settlement in Newfoundland is one of the first to place women and their roles in outport life at the heart of the story. Which makes it one of the most convincing depictions of that world." Show less

Random Passage

DVD - 2008

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"One of the earliest and still one of the best “St. John's novels.” Paul Bowdring's lonesome hero walks us through the streets and bars and libraries...Show more "One of the earliest and still one of the best “St. John's novels.” Paul Bowdring's lonesome hero walks us through the streets and bars and libraries of Town as he trawls through the personal history that led to his broken heart. Erudite and wryly funny in its darkness, this is a book to keep coming back to." Show less

Death On The Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster Of 1914 by Cassie Brown

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"This is Cassie Brown's classic account of the Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914 when 132 sealers were trapped on the sea ice for three day...Show more "This is Cassie Brown's classic account of the Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914 when 132 sealers were trapped on the sea ice for three days in a raging storm. 78 of the men froze to death during a tragedy brought on by corporate greed and a ruthless class system and bad luck. But the book is as much about the fortitude and guts that allowed 54 of those men to survive an unbelievable ordeal." Show less

Sweetland

A Novel

by Crummey, Michael

Book - 2014

Sweetland by Michael Crummey is MacEwan University's Book of the Year. First published in 2014, Sweetland tells tale of the inhabitants of a remote islan...Show more Sweetland by Michael Crummey is MacEwan University's Book of the Year. First published in 2014, Sweetland tells tale of the inhabitants of a remote island in Newfoundland who have been offered a generous compensation package to leave the island for good. There’s only one catch: everyone must go. Gradually, all the residents decide to accept the compensation package to leave the island, except Moses Sweetland. Motivated in part by a sense of history and belonging, Sweetland concocts a scheme to remain the island’s only living resident. Cut off from the outside world, with his food supply diminishing, Sweetland finds himself in the company of ghosts. Show less

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