Lesley Choyce bibliography

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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.

Contents

Autobiographical

List of autobiographical works by Lesley Choyce
YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes
1987An Avalanche of Ocean Goose Lane Editions ISBN   978-0-8649-2069-0 OCLC   16713080 [3]
1993Transcendental Anarchy: Confessions of a Metaphysical Tourist Quarry Press ISBN   978-1-5508-2073-7 OCLC   29255151 [4]
2006Driving Minnie's Piano: Memoirs of a Surfing Life in Nova Scotia Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-8959-0085-9 OCLC   70266659 [5]
2009Seven Ravens: Two Summers in a Life by the Sea Wolsak and Wynn ISBN   978-1-8949-8739-4 OCLC   428868517 [6]
2020Saltwater Chronicles: Notes on Everything Under the Nova Scotia Sun Nimbus Publishing ISBN   978-1-7710-8826-8 OCLC   1134391898 [7]

Anthologies

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

Non-fiction

List of non-fiction works by Lesley Choyce
YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes
1977Edible Wild Plants of the MaritimesWooden Anchor Press ISBN   978-0-9205-6000-6 OCLC   15853094 [5]
1988December Six/The Halifax Solution: An Alternative to Nuclear War Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-0-9190-0145-9 OCLC   16581330 [13]
1997Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea: A Living History Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-0-6163-7536-5 OCLC   1011704642 [14]
2002The Coasts of Canada: A History Goose Lane Editions ISBN   978-0-8649-2360-8 OCLC   50185968 [15]
2007Nova Scotia: Shaped By the Sea, Revised Edition Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-8959-0094-1 OCLC   163697522 [1]
2008Peggy's Cove: the Amazing History of a Coastal Village Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-9897-2552-8 OCLC   1232108444
2011How to Fix Your Head Wolsak and Wynn ISBN   978-1-8949-8754-7 OCLC   701589969 [16]
2020Nova Scotia: Shaped By the Sea, Revised 4th Edition Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-9897-2515-3 OCLC   1159000655 [17]
2022Around England with a DogRocky Mountain Books ISBN   978-1-7716-0452-9 OCLC   1340957227 [18]

Fiction

List of novels by Lesley Choyce
YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes
1980Eastern Sure Nimbus Publishing ISBN   978-0-9208-5208-8 OCLC   9198150 [19]
1984DownwindCreative Publishers ISBN   978-0-9200-2108-8 OCLC   12694307 [5]
1984Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance and Other StoriesBlewointment Press ISBN   9780889710993 OCLC   12215791 [5]
1985Conventional EmotionsCreative Publishers ISBN   978-0-9200-2127-9 OCLC   16064324 [20]
1986The Dream Auditor: Short StoriesRagweed Press ISBN   978-0-9203-0463-1 OCLC   16042964 [21]
1988Coming Up for AirCreative Publishers ISBN   978-0-9200-2155-2 OCLC   18644871 [5]
1989The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson Thistledown Press ISBN   978-0-9206-3367-0 OCLC   19848090 [22]
1991Magnificent Obsessions: A Photonovel Quarry Press ISBN   978-1-5508-2020-1 OCLC   24375016 [23]
1992The Ecstasy ConspiracyNuAge Editions ISBN   978-0-9218-3319-2 OCLC   27068372 [24]
1994 The Republic of Nothing Goose Lane Editions ISBN   978-0-8649-2493-3 OCLC   78042666 [25]
1996Trap Door To Heaven: New Fiction Quarry Press ISBN   978-1-5508-2157-4 OCLC   35884855 [26]
1997Dance the Rocks Ashore: Stories New and Selected Goose Lane Editions ISBN   978-0-8649-2218-2 OCLC   36695197 [27]
1998World Enough: A Novel Goose Lane Editions ISBN   978-0-8649-2246-5 OCLC   39714556 [28]
1999The Summer of Apartment X Goose Lane Editions ISBN   978-0-8649-2270-0 OCLC   41224512 [29]
2002Cold Clear MorningPorcepic Books ISBN   978-0-6162-0703-1 OCLC   645763619 [30]
2002Shoulder the Sky Dundurn Press ISBN   978-1-5500-2415-9 OCLC   49795729 [31]
2003Sea of Tranquility Simon & Pierre ISBN   978-1-5500-2440-1 OCLC   51496260 [32]
2007The End of the World as We Know It Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5379-6 OCLC   85832909 [33]
2008The Book of Michael: A Novel Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5417-5 OCLC   185023102 [34]
2010Reaction Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5546-9278-1 OCLC   468103037 [35]
2010Raising Orion Thistledown Press ISBN   978-1-8972-3580-5 OCLC   658581641 [36]
2011Cold Clear Morning, Revised Edition Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-8974-2632-6 OCLC   718183124 [37]
2017The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil Fernwood Publishing ISBN   978-1-5526-6920-4 OCLC   968345138 [38]
2019Broken Man on a Halifax Pier Dundurn Press ISBN   978-1-4597-4524-7 OCLC   1083615370 [39]
2023The Untimely Resurrection of John Alexander MacNeil: A Novel Fernwood Publishing ISBN   978-1-7736-3639-9 OCLC   1379426797

Children's literature

List of children's books by Lesley Choyce
YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes
1990The Hungry Lizards Collier Macmillan ISBN   978-0-0295-3936-1 OCLC   21047461 [40]
1997Go For it Carrie Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0392-5 OCLC   36044416 [41]
1998Carrie's Crowd Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0464-9 OCLC   39913883 [5]
1998Famous at Last Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-8959-0011-8 OCLC   38748806 [5]
2000Far Enough Island Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-8959-0033-0 OCLC   44264978 [5]
2001Carrie's Camping Adventure Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0534-9 OCLC   46623402 [5]
2003Carrie Loses Her Nerve Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0592-9 OCLC   51631304
2006Skunks for Breakfast Nimbus Publishing ISBN   978-1-5510-9586-8 OCLC   70676122 [5]
2019Sid the Kid and the Dryer: A Story About Sidney Crosby Nimbus Publishing ISBN   978-1-7710-8775-9 OCLC   1111801562

Young adult literature

List of young adult novels by Lesley Choyce
YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes
1989Skateboard Shakedown Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0074-0 OCLC   20531329 [42]
1990Wave Watch Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0080-1 OCLC   22387699 [43]
1991Wrong Time, Wrong Place Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0098-6 OCLC   24911865 [44]
1991Some Kind of Hero Maxwell-Macmillan ISBN   978-0-0295-4082-4 OCLC   24214591 [40]
1992Margin of Error: A Young Adult Short Story CollectionBorealis Press ISBN   978-0-8888-7126-8 OCLC   25548231 [45]
1992Clearcut Danger Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0213-3 OCLC   27222897 [46]
1993Full Tilt Maxwell-Macmillan ISBN   978-0-0295-4170-8 OCLC   28017647 [5]
1993Good Idea Gone Bad Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0239-3 OCLC   35228956 [5]
1994Dark End of Dream Street Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0296-6 OCLC   31651339 [2]
1995Big Burn Thistledown Press ISBN   978-1-8954-4943-3 OCLC   37903397 [5]
1996Falling Through the Cracks Formac Publishing Company ISBN   978-0-8878-0364-2 OCLC   35972578 [47]
1997Couleurs Troubles Red Deer Press ISBN   978-2-8905-1646-5 OCLC   36694605 [5]
1999Roid Rage Harbour Publishing ISBN   978-1-5501-7206-5 OCLC   40940413 [48]
2002Refuge Cove Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5514-3418-6 OCLC   190775200 [5]
2004Smoke and Mirrors Boardwalk Books ISBN   978-1-5500-2534-7 OCLC   56329303 [49]
2004Thunderbowl Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5514-3444-5 OCLC   190789324 [50]
2005Sudden Impact Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5514-3476-6 OCLC   60798179 [5]
2006Deconstructing Dylan Dundurn Press ISBN   978-1-5500-2603-0 OCLC   63125414 [51]
2007Wave Warrior Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5514-3651-7 OCLC   190823590 [5]
2008Skate Freak Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5546-9043-5 OCLC   228667487 [5]
2008Hell's Hotel James Lorimer & Company ISBN   978-1-5527-7038-2 OCLC   242059264
2009Living Outside the Lines Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5435-9 OCLC   528728707
2009Last Chance James Lorimer & Company ISBN   978-1-5527-7445-8 OCLC   317743639
2009Los Pandemonium Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5514-3590-9 OCLC   714568860
2009Rock!Hase und Igel ISBN   978-3-8676-0097-2 OCLC   638368227
2009Running the Risk Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5546-9027-5 OCLC   714568862
2010Random: A Novel Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5443-4 OCLC   744495887 [52]
2010Reckless Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5546-9225-5 OCLC   759836600 [53]
2011Gone Bad James Lorimer & Company ISBN   978-1-5527-7709-1 OCLC   693657636
2011Dumb Luck Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5465-6 OCLC   704380790 [54]
2011Zee's Way Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-5514-3448-3 OCLC   811405687
2012Accro d'la Planche Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-0195-0 OCLC   991213063
2012Breaking Point Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-0130-1 OCLC   1037467388
2012Rat Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-0302-2 OCLC   811564928
2013Crash Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-0523-1 OCLC   836189568 [55]
2013Jeremy Stone Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5504-2 OCLC   854936681 [56]
2014Into the Wasteland Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5522-6 OCLC   884480513 [57]
2015Off the Grid Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-0928-4 OCLC   892779163
2016Scam Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-1175-1 OCLC   912021496
2017Identify Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-1407-3 OCLC   953887165 [58]
2017Closing Down Heaven: A Novel Red Deer Press ISBN   978-0-8899-5543-1 OCLC   979991734 [59]
2017Thin Places Dundurn Press ISBN   978-1-4597-3958-1 OCLC   965746847 [60]
2018The Thing You're Good At Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-1805-7 OCLC   1035244498 [61]
2018Kryptonite Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-1657-2 OCLC   1009052996
2018Plank's Law Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-1250-5 OCLC   1313254446
2020The Ledge Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-2462-1 OCLC   1112356888 [62]
2021The Rules Have Changed Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-2682-3 OCLC   1158015898
2022Face the Music Orca Book Publishers ISBN   978-1-4598-3289-3 OCLC   1241199420
2025In The Kingdom of Cheese There Are No Heroes Moose House Publications ISBN   978-1-9981-4969-8 OCLC   1499591813

Poetry

List of poetry by Lesley Choyce
YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes
1982Re-inventing the WheelFiddle Head Poetry Books ISBN   978-0-9201-1093-5 OCLC   7632282 [63]
1982Fast LivingFiddle Head Poetry Books ISBN   978-0-8649-2026-3 OCLC   10080713 [64]
1985The End of IceFiddle Head Poetry Books ISBN   978-0-8649-2054-6 OCLC   12674467 [65]
1986To the Top of the Heart Thistledown Press ISBN   978-0-9206-3312-0 OCLC   14179134 [66]
1988The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy Brandon University ISBN   978-0-9209-1629-2 OCLC   22278961 [67]
1995The Coastline of Forgetting Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-0-9190-0195-4 OCLC   34647459 [68]
1998Beautiful SadnessEkstatis Editions ISBN   978-1-8968-6030-5 OCLC   38758099 [69]
2000Caution to the WindEkstatis Editions ISBN   9781896860725 OCLC   43978119 [5]
2003Typographical Eras Gaspereau Press ISBN   9781894031714 OCLC   53939739 [5]
2004Revenge of the OptimistEkstasis Editions ISBN   978-1-8948-0043-3 OCLC   52920548 [5]
2008The Discipline of IceEkstatis Editions ISBN   978-1-8974-3021-7 OCLC   276644364 [5]
2012I'm Alive. I Believe in Everything.Breton Books ISBN   978-1-9269-0817-5 OCLC   816765740
2012All Alone at the End of the WorldEkstasis Editions ISBN   978-1-7717-1063-3 OCLC   884616489
2017Climbing KnocknareaEkstasis Editions ISBN   978-1-7717-1243-9 OCLC   1004353269
2020In Praise of Small MistakesEkstasis Editions ISBN   978-1-7717-1388-7 OCLC   1149147631
2023Never the Same Sea TwiceEkstasis Editions ISBN   978-1-7717-1497-6 OCLC   1346259692

Discography

List of musical works by Lesley Choyce
YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes
1996Long Lost Planet Pottersfield Press
Harbourmaster Music
ISBN   978-1-8959-0003-3 OCLC   63549825 OCLC   229137697 [5]
1998Sea Level Pottersfield Press ISBN   978-1-8959-0022-4 OCLC   43307451 [5]

References

Citations

  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. 1 2 Russelo (1992); Gale (2010).
  41. The Hamilton Spectator (1997); Gale (2010).
  42. Nowlan (1989); Gale (2010).
  43. The Kingston Whig-Standard (1994); Gale (2010).
  44. Bly (1992); Southall (1992); Gale (2010).
  45. Rae (1993); Gale (2010).
  46. Beckmann (1993); Gale (2010).
  47. Cran (1997); Gale (2010).
  48. Challen (1999); Gale (2010).
  49. Hume (2004); Gale (2010).
  50. Goodall (2004); Gale (2010).
  51. Larking (2006); Gale (2010).
  52. Peters (2011); Matthews (2011).
  53. Draper (2010).
  54. Wilson (2011).
  55. Kyle (2013).
  56. Kirkus Reviews (2014).
  57. Lapenskie (2015).
  58. Waggoner (2017).
  59. Bucklin (2017).
  60. Wiersema (2016).
  61. Kirkus Reviews (2018).
  62. Kirkus Reviews (2019); Rothstein (2020).
  63. Mitcham (1982); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
  64. Fee (1984); Gale (2010).
  65. Stewart (1987); Gale (2010).
  66. Carpenter (1986); Morris (1986); Inbar (1987); Mills (1987); Gale (2010).
  67. De Niverville (1989); Gale (2010).
  68. Beaton (1995); Bowling (1996); Cran (1997); Gale (2010).
  69. Williams (1998); Gale (2010).

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