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A Memoir of Myth and Uncommon Friendship in the Arctic
Howard Norman spent the fall of 1977 in Churchill, Manitoba, translating into English two dozen "Noah stories" told to him by an Inuit elder. The folk...
A Novel
Howard Norman's The Bird Artist, the first book of his Canadian trilogy, begins in 1911. Its narrator, Fabian Vas is a bird artist: He draws and paint...
Howard Norman, widely regarded as one of this country’s finest novelists, returns to the mesmerizing fictional terrain of his major books—The Bird...
A “striking, beautifully rendered” novel of love gone wrong, by the author of National Book Award finalist The Bird Artist (The Washington Post Bo...
From National Book Award finalist Howard Norman, a novel of extraordinary emotional power--the story of a writer whose short and erotically charged ma...
“[An] ingeniously plotted novel . . . Norman knows how to weave an enticing and satisfying mystery, one tantalizing thread at a time.” — New Yor...
A drama of murder, love, and redemption set in Nova Scotia in the final year of World War I. It’s l9l8. The war in Europe grinds on, and the Spanish...
A memoir details the haunting and redemptive events of the author's life, covering such topics as his con-man father's betrayal, the murder-suicide of...
Stories
Bringing together eight previously published stories the bestselling author of The Bird Artist explores the lives of a range of characters who share a...
When tragedy strikes, fourteen-year-old Noah Kranik must move from his home in exotic Manitoba to a new life in bustling Toronto ....
Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries & Preoccupations
The two-time National Book Award finalist shares a unique look at Nova Scotia, the place that shaped his fiction--a raw landscape brimming with eccent...
It's been several months since Simon Inescort had a heart attack and keeled over the rail of a Nova Scotia-bound ferry. His widow, Lorca Pell, sold th...
An exquisite and harrowing new novel about ordinary lives swept up in the chaos of history, as the shadow of WWII touches Halifax. Defoe Russet, orpha...
In the aftermath of his parents' double suicides for their separate affairs with the same neighbor, Nova Scotia teen Wyatt Hillyer moves in with his u...
When Peter Duvett accepts a job as assistant to Vienna Linn, an esteemed photographer, he finds himself drawn deeper and deeper in love with Linn's be...
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The Preservation Issue
Exploring the myriad ways in which we go about preserving what might otherwise be forfeited. Whether trained specialists or lay people who care about ...
A Structured Teaching Approach
A Guide for Teachers
Britain, Commonwealth, and Empire
Britain, Commonwealth and Empire
After his friend drowns, fifteen-year-old Noah Krainik decides to leave his childhood and hometown in the frozen wilderness of Northern Manitoba and j...
Remediation and Prevention
Howard Norman's first novel tells the story of a boy named Noah and his friend Pelly. Noah has been raised in the remote, one house village of Padua L...
Novelist Howard Norman meditates on the final evening and morning he spent with his dear friend, American artist Jake Berthot....
Detective Levy Detects, Episode 3
Detective Levy is at it again in episode three, where the past meets up with the present and something unforeseen becomes the center of his life.Durin...
Funny and tragic, each story in this collection celebrates the extraordinary ways in which seemingly ordinary people live their lives. Howard Norman's...
A Manual for Parents