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Lesley Choyce bibliography

Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951)[1] is a Canadian writer and publisher from Nova Scotia who has written an extensive body of literature. Choyce founded the publisher Pottersfield Press in 1979, which publishes books of regional interest for Atlantic Canada.[2] This bibliography lists his autobiographical works, anthologies, children's and young adult literature, fiction and non-fiction, poetry, and musical works.

Autobiographical

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List of autobiographical works by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1987An Avalanche of OceanGoose Lane EditionsISBN 978-0-8649-2069-0 OCLC 16713080[3]
1993Transcendental Anarchy: Confessions of a Metaphysical TouristQuarry PressISBN 978-1-5508-2073-7 OCLC 29255151[4]
2006Driving Minnie's Piano: Memoirs of a Surfing Life in Nova ScotiaPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0085-9 OCLC 70266659[5]
2009Seven Ravens: Two Summers in a Life by the SeaWolsak and WynnISBN 978-1-8949-8739-4 OCLC 428868517[6]
2020Saltwater Chronicles: Notes on Everything Under the Nova Scotia SunNimbus PublishingISBN 978-1-7710-8826-8 OCLC 1134391898[7]

Anthologies

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List of anthologies edited by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1971-1985The Pottersfield Portfolio, Volumes 1-7Pottersfield PressOCLC 1264909793[8]
1977Alternating Current: Renewable Energy for Atlantic CanadaWooden Anchor PressISBN 978-0-9205-6002-0 OCLC 5887439[5]
1977ChezzetcookWooden Anchor PressISBN 978-0-9205-6001-3 OCLC 15852940[5]
1980ACCESS: Atlantic Canada Community Energy Strategy SourcebookPottersfield PressISBN 978-0-9190-0101-5 OCLC 228895054[9]
1981Visions from the Edge: An Anthology of Atlantic Canadian Science Fiction and FantasyPottersfield PressISBN 978-0-9190-0104-6 OCLC 10213901[2]
1984, 1989The Cape Breton CollectionPottersfield PressISBN 978-0-9190-0115-2 OCLC 11102803[5]
1992Ark of Ice: Canadian FuturefictionPottersfield PressISBN 978-0-9190-0173-2 OCLC 28024846[10]
1997The Mi'kmaq AnthologyPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0004-0 OCLC 36695018[5]
2001Atlantica: Stories from the Maritimes and NewfoundlandGoose Lane EditionsISBN 978-0-8649-2309-7 [11]
2004Pottersfield Nation: East of CanadaPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0063-7 OCLC 55510877[5]
2005Nova Scotia: A Traveller's Companion: Over 300 Years of Travel WritingPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0072-9 OCLC 60369549[5]
2009Nova Scotia: Visions of the FuturePottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8974-2607-4 OCLC 300582784
2011The Mi'kmaq Anthology, Volume 2: In Celebration of The Life of Rita JoePottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8974-2629-6 OCLC 726556292[12]
2016Nova Scotia Love StoriesPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8974-2680-7 OCLC 930042084
2017The Nova Scotia Book of FathersPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-9882-8608-2 OCLC 994869088
2021Down Home for Christmas: Holiday Stories From Atlantic CanadaPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-9897-2569-6 OCLC 1256821573
2023State of the Ark: Canadian FuturefictionPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-9907-7033-3 OCLC 1381680875
2023High Water Mark: Atlantic Canadian Stories 1983–2023Pottersfield PressISBN 978-1-9907-7021-0 OCLC 1350540421

Non-fiction

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List of non-fiction works by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1977Edible Wild Plants of the MaritimesWooden Anchor PressISBN 978-0-9205-6000-6 OCLC 15853094[5]
1988December Six/The Halifax Solution: An Alternative to Nuclear WarPottersfield PressISBN 978-0-9190-0145-9 OCLC 16581330[13]
1997Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea: A Living HistoryPottersfield PressISBN 978-0-6163-7536-5 OCLC 1011704642[14]
2000Your Guide to Getting PublishedColes PublishingISBN 978-0-7740-0615-6 OCLC 44751663
2002The Coasts of Canada: A HistoryGoose Lane EditionsISBN 978-0-8649-2360-8 OCLC 50185968[15]
2007Nova Scotia: Shaped By the Sea, Revised EditionPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0094-1 OCLC 163697522[1]
2008Peggy's Cove: the Amazing History of a Coastal VillagePottersfield PressISBN 978-1-9897-2552-8 OCLC 1232108444
2011How to Fix Your HeadWolsak and WynnISBN 978-1-8949-8754-7 OCLC 701589969[16]
2020Nova Scotia: Shaped By the Sea, Revised 4th EditionPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-9897-2515-3 OCLC 1159000655[17]
2022Around England with a DogRocky Mountain BooksISBN 978-1-7716-0452-9 OCLC 1340957227[18]

Fiction

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List of novels by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1980Eastern SureNimbus PublishingISBN 978-0-9208-5208-8 OCLC 9198150[19]
1984DownwindCreative PublishersISBN 978-0-9200-2108-8 OCLC 12694307[5]
1984Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance and Other StoriesBlewointment PressISBN 9780889710993 OCLC 12215791[5]
1985Conventional EmotionsCreative PublishersISBN 978-0-9200-2127-9 OCLC 16064324[20]
1986The Dream Auditor: Short StoriesRagweed PressISBN 978-0-9203-0463-1 OCLC 16042964[21]
1988Coming Up for AirCreative PublishersISBN 978-0-9200-2155-2 OCLC 18644871[5]
1989The Second Season of Jonas MacPhersonThistledown PressISBN 978-0-9206-3367-0 OCLC 19848090[22]
1991Magnificent Obsessions: A PhotonovelQuarry PressISBN 978-1-5508-2020-1 OCLC 24375016[23]
1992The Ecstasy ConspiracyNuAge EditionsISBN 978-0-9218-3319-2 OCLC 27068372[24]
1994The Republic of NothingGoose Lane EditionsISBN 978-0-8649-2493-3 OCLC 78042666[25]
1996Trap Door To Heaven: New FictionQuarry PressISBN 978-1-5508-2157-4 OCLC 35884855[26]
1997Dance the Rocks Ashore: Stories New and SelectedGoose Lane EditionsISBN 978-0-8649-2218-2 OCLC 36695197[27]
1998World Enough: A NovelGoose Lane EditionsISBN 978-0-8649-2246-5 OCLC 39714556[28]
1999The Summer of Apartment XGoose Lane EditionsISBN 978-0-8649-2270-0 OCLC 41224512[29]
2002Cold Clear MorningPorcepic BooksISBN 978-0-6162-0703-1 OCLC 645763619[30]
2002Shoulder the SkyDundurn PressISBN 978-1-5500-2415-9 OCLC 49795729[31]
2003Sea of TranquilitySimon & PierreISBN 978-1-5500-2440-1 OCLC 51496260[32]
2007The End of the World as We Know ItRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5379-6 OCLC 85832909[33]
2008The Book of Michael: A NovelRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5417-5 OCLC 185023102[34]
2010ReactionOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5546-9278-1 OCLC 468103037[35]
2010Raising OrionThistledown PressISBN 978-1-8972-3580-5 OCLC 658581641[36]
2011Cold Clear Morning, Revised EditionPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8974-2632-6 OCLC 718183124[37]
2017The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeilFernwood PublishingISBN 978-1-5526-6920-4 OCLC 968345138[38]
2019Broken Man on a Halifax PierDundurn PressISBN 978-1-4597-4524-7 OCLC 1083615370[39]
2023The Untimely Resurrection of John Alexander MacNeil: A NovelFernwood PublishingISBN 978-1-7736-3639-9 OCLC 1379426797[40]
2026No More FridaysFernwood PublishingISBN 978-1-7736-3804-1 OCLC 1548740425[41]

Children's literature

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List of children's books by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1990The Hungry LizardsCollier MacmillanISBN 978-0-0295-3936-1 OCLC 21047461[42]
1997Go For it CarrieFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0392-5 OCLC 36044416[43]
1998Carrie's CrowdFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0464-9 OCLC 39913883[5]
1998Famous at LastPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0011-8 OCLC 38748806[5]
2000Far Enough IslandPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0033-0 OCLC 44264978[5]
2001Carrie's Camping AdventureFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0534-9 OCLC 46623402[5]
2003Carrie Loses Her NerveFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0592-9 OCLC 51631304
2006Skunks for BreakfastNimbus PublishingISBN 978-1-5510-9586-8 OCLC 70676122[5]
2019Sid the Kid and the Dryer: A Story About Sidney CrosbyNimbus PublishingISBN 978-1-7710-8775-9 OCLC 1111801562

Young adult literature

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List of young adult novels by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1989Skateboard ShakedownFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0074-0 OCLC 20531329[44]
1990Wave WatchFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0080-1 OCLC 22387699[45]
1991Wrong Time, Wrong PlaceFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0098-6 OCLC 24911865[46]
1991Some Kind of HeroMaxwell-MacmillanISBN 978-0-0295-4082-4 OCLC 24214591[42]
1992Margin of Error: A Young Adult Short Story CollectionBorealis PressISBN 978-0-8888-7126-8 OCLC 25548231[47]
1992Clearcut DangerFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0213-3 OCLC 27222897[48]
1993Full TiltMaxwell-MacmillanISBN 978-0-0295-4170-8 OCLC 28017647[5]
1993Good Idea Gone BadFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0239-3 OCLC 35228956[5]
1994Dark End of Dream StreetFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0296-6 OCLC 31651339[2]
1995Big BurnThistledown PressISBN 978-1-8954-4943-3 OCLC 37903397[5]
1996Falling Through the CracksFormac Publishing CompanyISBN 978-0-8878-0364-2 OCLC 35972578[49]
1997Couleurs TroublesRed Deer PressISBN 978-2-8905-1646-5 OCLC 36694605[5]
1999Roid RageHarbour PublishingISBN 978-1-5501-7206-5 OCLC 40940413[50]
2002Refuge CoveOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5514-3418-6 OCLC 190775200[5]
2004Smoke and MirrorsBoardwalk BooksISBN 978-1-5500-2534-7 OCLC 56329303[51]
2004ThunderbowlOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5514-3444-5 OCLC 190789324[52]
2005Sudden ImpactOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5514-3476-6 OCLC 60798179[5]
2006Deconstructing DylanDundurn PressISBN 978-1-5500-2603-0 OCLC 63125414[53]
2007Wave WarriorOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5514-3651-7 OCLC 190823590[5]
2008Skate FreakOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5546-9043-5 OCLC 228667487[5]
2008Hell's HotelJames Lorimer & CompanyISBN 978-1-5527-7038-2 OCLC 242059264
2009Living Outside the LinesRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5435-9 OCLC 528728707
2009Last ChanceJames Lorimer & CompanyISBN 978-1-5527-7445-8 OCLC 317743639
2009Los PandemoniumOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5514-3590-9 OCLC 714568860
2009Rock!Hase und IgelISBN 978-3-8676-0097-2 OCLC 638368227
2009Running the RiskOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5546-9027-5 OCLC 714568862
2010Random: A NovelRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5443-4 OCLC 744495887[54]
2010RecklessOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5546-9225-5 OCLC 759836600[55]
2011Gone BadJames Lorimer & CompanyISBN 978-1-5527-7709-1 OCLC 693657636
2011Dumb LuckRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5465-6 OCLC 704380790[56]
2011Zee's WayOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-5514-3448-3 OCLC 811405687
2012Accro d'la PlancheOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-0195-0 OCLC 991213063
2012Breaking PointOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-0130-1 OCLC 1037467388
2012RatOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-0302-2 OCLC 811564928
2013CrashOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-0523-1 OCLC 836189568[57]
2013Jeremy StoneRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5504-2 OCLC 854936681[58]
2014Into the WastelandRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5522-6 OCLC 884480513[59]
2015Off the GridOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-0928-4 OCLC 892779163
2016ScamOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-1175-1 OCLC 912021496
2017IdentifyOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-1407-3 OCLC 953887165[60]
2017Closing Down HeavenRed Deer PressISBN 978-0-8899-5543-1 OCLC 979991734[61]
2017Thin PlacesDundurn PressISBN 978-1-4597-3958-1 OCLC 965746847[62]
2018The Thing You're Good AtOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-1805-7 OCLC 1035244498[63]
2018KryptoniteOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-1657-2 OCLC 1009052996
2018Plank's LawOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-1250-5 OCLC 1313254446
2020The LedgeOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-2462-1 OCLC 1112356888[64]
2021The Rules Have ChangedOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-2682-3 OCLC 1158015898
2022Face the MusicOrca Book PublishersISBN 978-1-4598-3289-3 OCLC 1241199420
2025In The Kingdom of Cheese There Are No HeroesMoose House PublicationsISBN 978-1-9981-4969-8 OCLC 1499591813

Poetry

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List of poetry by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1982Re-inventing the WheelFiddle Head Poetry BooksISBN 978-0-9201-1093-5 OCLC 7632282[65]
1982Fast LivingFiddle Head Poetry BooksISBN 978-0-8649-2026-3 OCLC 10080713[66]
1985The End of IceFiddle Head Poetry BooksISBN 978-0-8649-2054-6 OCLC 12674467[67]
1986To the Top of the HeartThistledown PressISBN 978-0-9206-3312-0 OCLC 14179134[68]
1988The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of FundyBrandon UniversityISBN 978-0-9209-1629-2 OCLC 22278961[69]
1995The Coastline of ForgettingPottersfield PressISBN 978-0-9190-0195-4 OCLC 34647459[70]
1998Beautiful SadnessEkstatis EditionsISBN 978-1-8968-6030-5 OCLC 38758099[71]
2000Caution to the WindEkstatis EditionsISBN 9781896860725 OCLC 43978119[5]
2003Typographical ErasGaspereau PressISBN 9781894031714 OCLC 53939739[5]
2004Revenge of the OptimistEkstasis EditionsISBN 978-1-8948-0043-3 OCLC 52920548[5]
2008The Discipline of IceEkstatis EditionsISBN 978-1-8974-3021-7 OCLC 276644364[5]
2012I'm Alive. I Believe in Everything.Breton BooksISBN 978-1-9269-0817-5 OCLC 816765740
2012All Alone at the End of the WorldEkstasis EditionsISBN 978-1-7717-1063-3 OCLC 884616489
2017Climbing KnocknareaEkstasis EditionsISBN 978-1-7717-1243-9 OCLC 1004353269
2020In Praise of Small MistakesEkstasis EditionsISBN 978-1-7717-1388-7 OCLC 1149147631
2023Never the Same Sea TwiceEkstasis EditionsISBN 978-1-7717-1497-6 OCLC 1346259692

Discography

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List of musical works by Lesley Choyce
Year Title Publisher Identifiers Notes
1996Long Lost PlanetPottersfield Press
Harbourmaster Music		ISBN 978-1-8959-0003-3 OCLC 63549825 OCLC 229137697[5]
1998Sea LevelPottersfield PressISBN 978-1-8959-0022-4 OCLC 43307451[5]
2021The Trouble With EverythingPottersfield Press
Harbourmaster Music		ISBN 978-1-9897-2547-4 OCLC 1267682875

References

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Citations

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  1. 1 2 Colombo (1997).
  2. 1 2 3 Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  3. ↑ The Canadian Press (1988); Gale (2010).
  4. ↑ Heward (1993); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gale (2010).
  6. ↑ Fertile (2009).
  7. ↑ Colford (2020).
  8. ↑ Nowlan (1980); Gale (2010).
  9. ↑ Times-Transcript (1980); Gale (2010).
  10. ↑ Cope (1992); Smith (1993); Gale (2010).
  11. ↑ Nowlan (2002); Klager (2002); Gale (2010).
  12. ↑ Hardwick (2014).
  13. ↑ Cran (1989); Gale (2010).
  14. ↑ Hickey (1996); Steeves (1997); Gale (2010).
  15. ↑ Stewart (2002); Wilson (2003); Bielawski (2003); Cran (2003a); Gale (2010).
  16. ↑ Hayes (2011).
  17. ↑ Rai (2021).
  18. ↑ Gow (2022).
  19. ↑ Nowlan (1981); Gale (2010).
  20. ↑ Parr (1986); Gale (2010).
  21. ↑ Dorsey (1987); Gale (2010).
  22. ↑ Woods (1989); Waldschutz (1989); Armitage (1995); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  23. ↑ Holt (1992); Robertson (1992); Gale (2010).
  24. ↑ Robertson (1993); Gale (2010).
  25. ↑ Ware (1994); Nowlan (1995); Simpson (1995); Armitage (1995); Clare (2007); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  26. ↑ McNaughton (1996); Cran (1997); Gugeler (1997); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  27. ↑ Van Luven (1997); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  28. ↑ Wigston (1998); Forsythe (1999); Gale (2010).
  29. ↑ Brouwer (1999); Gale (2010).
  30. ↑ Blevins (2002); Chute (2003); Gale (2010).
  31. ↑ Toten (2003); Cran (2003c); Gale (2010).
  32. ↑ Garvie (2003); McNairn (2003); Cran (2003b); Gale (2010).
  33. ↑ Marshall (2007); Gale (2010).
  34. ↑ Kirkus Reviews (2008); Gale (2010).
  35. ↑ Dawley (2010).
  36. ↑ Kienlen (2011).
  37. ↑ Brunet (2012).
  38. ↑ CBC Radio (2017); Carter (2018).
  39. ↑ Jabbour (2019); CBC Books (2021).
  40. ↑ McBriarty (2023).
  41. ↑ CBC Books (2026).
  42. 1 2 Russelo (1992); Gale (2010).
  43. ↑ The Hamilton Spectator (1997); Gale (2010).
  44. ↑ Nowlan (1989); Gale (2010).
  45. ↑ The Kingston Whig-Standard (1994); Gale (2010).
  46. ↑ Bly (1992); Southall (1992); Gale (2010).
  47. ↑ Rae (1993); Gale (2010).
  48. ↑ Beckmann (1993); Gale (2010).
  49. ↑ Cran (1997); Gale (2010).
  50. ↑ Challen (1999); Gale (2010).
  51. ↑ Hume (2004); Gale (2010).
  52. ↑ Goodall (2004); Gale (2010).
  53. ↑ Larking (2006); Gale (2010).
  54. ↑ Peters (2011); Matthews (2011).
  55. ↑ Draper (2010).
  56. ↑ Wilson (2011).
  57. ↑ Kyle (2013).
  58. ↑ Kirkus Reviews (2014).
  59. ↑ Lapenskie (2015).
  60. ↑ Waggoner (2017).
  61. ↑ Bucklin (2017).
  62. ↑ Wiersema (2016).
  63. ↑ Kirkus Reviews (2018).
  64. ↑ Kirkus Reviews (2019); Rothstein (2020).
  65. ↑ Mitcham (1982); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  66. ↑ Fee (1984); Gale (2010).
  67. ↑ Stewart (1987); Gale (2010).
  68. ↑ Carpenter (1986); Morris (1986); Inbar (1987); Mills (1987); Gale (2010).
  69. ↑ De Niverville (1989); Gale (2010).
  70. ↑ Beaton (1995); Bowling (1996); Cran (1997); Gale (2010).
  71. ↑ Williams (1998); Gale (2010).

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