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

List of autobiographical works by Lesley Choyce

Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers	Notes
1987	An Avalanche of Ocean	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN   978-0-8649-2069-0 OCLC   16713080	[3]
1993	Transcendental Anarchy: Confessions of a Metaphysical Tourist	Quarry Press	ISBN   978-1-5508-2073-7 OCLC   29255151	[4]
2006	Driving Minnie's Piano: Memoirs of a Surfing Life in Nova Scotia	Pottersfield Press	ISBN   978-1-8959-0085-9 OCLC   70266659	[5]
2009	Seven Ravens: Two Summers in a Life by the Sea	Wolsak and Wynn	ISBN   978-1-8949-8739-4 OCLC   428868517	[6]
2020	Saltwater 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

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

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

Fiction

List of novels by Lesley Choyce

Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers	Notes
1980	Eastern Sure	Nimbus Publishing	ISBN   978-0-9208-5208-8 OCLC   9198150	[19]
1984	Downwind	Creative Publishers	ISBN   978-0-9200-2108-8 OCLC   12694307	[5]
1984	Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance and Other Stories	Blewointment Press	ISBN   9780889710993 OCLC   12215791	[5]
1985	Conventional Emotions	Creative Publishers	ISBN   978-0-9200-2127-9 OCLC   16064324	[20]
1986	The Dream Auditor: Short Stories	Ragweed Press	ISBN   978-0-9203-0463-1 OCLC   16042964	[21]
1988	Coming Up for Air	Creative Publishers	ISBN   978-0-9200-2155-2 OCLC   18644871	[5]
1989	The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson	Thistledown Press	ISBN   978-0-9206-3367-0 OCLC   19848090	[22]
1991	Magnificent Obsessions: A Photonovel	Quarry Press	ISBN   978-1-5508-2020-1 OCLC   24375016	[23]
1992	The Ecstasy Conspiracy	NuAge 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]
1996	Trap Door To Heaven: New Fiction	Quarry Press	ISBN   978-1-5508-2157-4 OCLC   35884855	[26]
1997	Dance the Rocks Ashore: Stories New and Selected	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN   978-0-8649-2218-2 OCLC   36695197	[27]
1998	World Enough: A Novel	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN   978-0-8649-2246-5 OCLC   39714556	[28]
1999	The Summer of Apartment X	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN   978-0-8649-2270-0 OCLC   41224512	[29]
2002	Cold Clear Morning	Porcepic Books	ISBN   978-0-6162-0703-1 OCLC   645763619	[30]
2002	Shoulder the Sky	Dundurn Press	ISBN   978-1-5500-2415-9 OCLC   49795729	[31]
2003	Sea of Tranquility	Simon & Pierre	ISBN   978-1-5500-2440-1 OCLC   51496260	[32]
2007	The End of the World as We Know It	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5379-6 OCLC   85832909	[33]
2008	The Book of Michael: A Novel	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5417-5 OCLC   185023102	[34]
2010	Reaction	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5546-9278-1 OCLC   468103037	[35]
2010	Raising Orion	Thistledown Press	ISBN   978-1-8972-3580-5 OCLC   658581641	[36]
2011	Cold Clear Morning, Revised Edition	Pottersfield Press	ISBN   978-1-8974-2632-6 OCLC   718183124	[37]
2017	The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil	Fernwood Publishing	ISBN   978-1-5526-6920-4 OCLC   968345138	[38]
2019	Broken Man on a Halifax Pier	Dundurn Press	ISBN   978-1-4597-4524-7 OCLC   1083615370	[39]
2023	The 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

Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers	Notes
1990	The Hungry Lizards	Collier Macmillan	ISBN   978-0-0295-3936-1 OCLC   21047461	[40]
1997	Go For it Carrie	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0392-5 OCLC   36044416	[41]
1998	Carrie's Crowd	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0464-9 OCLC   39913883	[5]
1998	Famous at Last	Pottersfield Press	ISBN   978-1-8959-0011-8 OCLC   38748806	[5]
2000	Far Enough Island	Pottersfield Press	ISBN   978-1-8959-0033-0 OCLC   44264978	[5]
2001	Carrie's Camping Adventure	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0534-9 OCLC   46623402	[5]
2003	Carrie Loses Her Nerve	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0592-9 OCLC   51631304
2006	Skunks for Breakfast	Nimbus Publishing	ISBN   978-1-5510-9586-8 OCLC   70676122	[5]
2019	Sid 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

Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers	Notes
1989	Skateboard Shakedown	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0074-0 OCLC   20531329	[42]
1990	Wave Watch	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0080-1 OCLC   22387699	[43]
1991	Wrong Time, Wrong Place	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0098-6 OCLC   24911865	[44]
1991	Some Kind of Hero	Maxwell-Macmillan	ISBN   978-0-0295-4082-4 OCLC   24214591	[40]
1992	Margin of Error: A Young Adult Short Story Collection	Borealis Press	ISBN   978-0-8888-7126-8 OCLC   25548231	[45]
1992	Clearcut Danger	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0213-3 OCLC   27222897	[46]
1993	Full Tilt	Maxwell-Macmillan	ISBN   978-0-0295-4170-8 OCLC   28017647	[5]
1993	Good Idea Gone Bad	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0239-3 OCLC   35228956	[5]
1994	Dark End of Dream Street	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0296-6 OCLC   31651339	[2]
1995	Big Burn	Thistledown Press	ISBN   978-1-8954-4943-3 OCLC   37903397	[5]
1996	Falling Through the Cracks	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN   978-0-8878-0364-2 OCLC   35972578	[47]
1997	Couleurs Troubles	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-2-8905-1646-5 OCLC   36694605	[5]
1999	Roid Rage	Harbour Publishing	ISBN   978-1-5501-7206-5 OCLC   40940413	[48]
2002	Refuge Cove	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5514-3418-6 OCLC   190775200	[5]
2004	Smoke and Mirrors	Boardwalk Books	ISBN   978-1-5500-2534-7 OCLC   56329303	[49]
2004	Thunderbowl	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5514-3444-5 OCLC   190789324	[50]
2005	Sudden Impact	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5514-3476-6 OCLC   60798179	[5]
2006	Deconstructing Dylan	Dundurn Press	ISBN   978-1-5500-2603-0 OCLC   63125414	[51]
2007	Wave Warrior	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5514-3651-7 OCLC   190823590	[5]
2008	Skate Freak	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5546-9043-5 OCLC   228667487	[5]
2008	Hell's Hotel	James Lorimer & Company	ISBN   978-1-5527-7038-2 OCLC   242059264
2009	Living Outside the Lines	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5435-9 OCLC   528728707
2009	Last Chance	James Lorimer & Company	ISBN   978-1-5527-7445-8 OCLC   317743639
2009	Los Pandemonium	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5514-3590-9 OCLC   714568860
2009	Rock!	Hase und Igel	ISBN   978-3-8676-0097-2 OCLC   638368227
2009	Running the Risk	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5546-9027-5 OCLC   714568862
2010	Random: A Novel	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5443-4 OCLC   744495887	[52]
2010	Reckless	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5546-9225-5 OCLC   759836600	[53]
2011	Gone Bad	James Lorimer & Company	ISBN   978-1-5527-7709-1 OCLC   693657636
2011	Dumb Luck	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5465-6 OCLC   704380790	[54]
2011	Zee's Way	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-5514-3448-3 OCLC   811405687
2012	Accro d'la Planche	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-0195-0 OCLC   991213063
2012	Breaking Point	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-0130-1 OCLC   1037467388
2012	Rat	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-0302-2 OCLC   811564928
2013	Crash	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-0523-1 OCLC   836189568	[55]
2013	Jeremy Stone	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5504-2 OCLC   854936681	[56]
2014	Into the Wasteland	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5522-6 OCLC   884480513	[57]
2015	Off the Grid	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-0928-4 OCLC   892779163
2016	Scam	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-1175-1 OCLC   912021496
2017	Identify	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-1407-3 OCLC   953887165	[58]
2017	Closing Down Heaven: A Novel	Red Deer Press	ISBN   978-0-8899-5543-1 OCLC   979991734	[59]
2017	Thin Places	Dundurn Press	ISBN   978-1-4597-3958-1 OCLC   965746847	[60]
2018	The Thing You're Good At	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-1805-7 OCLC   1035244498	[61]
2018	Kryptonite	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-1657-2 OCLC   1009052996
2018	Plank's Law	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-1250-5 OCLC   1313254446
2020	The Ledge	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-2462-1 OCLC   1112356888	[62]
2021	The Rules Have Changed	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-2682-3 OCLC   1158015898
2022	Face the Music	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN   978-1-4598-3289-3 OCLC   1241199420
2025	In 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

Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers	Notes
1982	Re-inventing the Wheel	Fiddle Head Poetry Books	ISBN   978-0-9201-1093-5 OCLC   7632282	[63]
1982	Fast Living	Fiddle Head Poetry Books	ISBN   978-0-8649-2026-3 OCLC   10080713	[64]
1985	The End of Ice	Fiddle Head Poetry Books	ISBN   978-0-8649-2054-6 OCLC   12674467	[65]
1986	To the Top of the Heart	Thistledown Press	ISBN   978-0-9206-3312-0 OCLC   14179134	[66]
1988	The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy	Brandon University	ISBN   978-0-9209-1629-2 OCLC   22278961	[67]
1995	The Coastline of Forgetting	Pottersfield Press	ISBN   978-0-9190-0195-4 OCLC   34647459	[68]
1998	Beautiful Sadness	Ekstatis Editions	ISBN   978-1-8968-6030-5 OCLC   38758099	[69]
2000	Caution to the Wind	Ekstatis Editions	ISBN   9781896860725 OCLC   43978119	[5]
2003	Typographical Eras	Gaspereau Press	ISBN   9781894031714 OCLC   53939739	[5]
2004	Revenge of the Optimist	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN   978-1-8948-0043-3 OCLC   52920548	[5]
2008	The Discipline of Ice	Ekstatis Editions	ISBN   978-1-8974-3021-7 OCLC   276644364	[5]
2012	I'm Alive. I Believe in Everything.	Breton Books	ISBN   978-1-9269-0817-5 OCLC   816765740
2012	All Alone at the End of the World	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN   978-1-7717-1063-3 OCLC   884616489
2017	Climbing Knocknarea	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN   978-1-7717-1243-9 OCLC   1004353269
2020	In Praise of Small Mistakes	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN   978-1-7717-1388-7 OCLC   1149147631
2023	Never the Same Sea Twice	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN   978-1-7717-1497-6 OCLC   1346259692

Discography

List of musical works by Lesley Choyce

Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers	Notes
1996	Long Lost Planet	Pottersfield Press Harbourmaster Music	ISBN   978-1-8959-0003-3 OCLC   63549825 OCLC   229137697	[5]
1998	Sea Level	Pottersfield Press	ISBN   978-1-8959-0022-4 OCLC   43307451	[5]

References

Citations

1. Colombo (1997).
2. Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
3. The Canadian Press (1988); Gale (2010).
4. Heward (1993); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
5. 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. 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).

Works cited

Biographical

• Colombo, John Robert (1997). "Lesley Choyce" . In Benson, Eugene; Toye, William (eds.). The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-1954-1167-6 . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
• "Lesley Choyce". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale. 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

Book reviews

• Nowlan, Michael O. (14 November 1980). "The Pottersfield Portfolio Number 2". The Daily Gleaner . Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• "Community Self-Help: Access to the real world of alternative energy". Times-Transcript . Moncton, NB. 17 October 1980. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Nowlan, Michael O. (29 May 1981). "Book reviews: Eastern Sure by Lesley Choyce". The Daily Gleaner . Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Mitcham, Peter (1982). "Myth and the Myth-Proof". Canadian Literature . 92: 92–94.
• Fee, Margery (1984). "Un/speaking". Canadian Literature . 101: 98–100.
• Carpenter, Tom (August 1986). "The Top of the Heart". Books in Canada. 15 (6): 26.
• Morris, Roberta (1986). "Three from Thistledown". Cross Canada Writers Quarterly. 8 (3–4): 43–44.
• Parr, John (28 June 1986). "Life gets playful but full respect". The Toronto Star . Toronto, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Inbar, Lavinia (1987). "The Space of Images". Canadian Literature . 113–114: 245–247.
• Mills, Sparling (1987). "The Top of the Heart". Poetry Canada Review. 8 (2–3): 41–42.
• Stewart, Jack F. (1987). "Iconographies". Canadian Literature . 112: 166–167.
• Dorsey, Candas Jane (28 March 1987). "Good stuff, and all Canajan, eh..." Edmonton Journal . Edmonton, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• "Winter-surfing humorist has fan club". The Leader-Post . Regina, SK. The Canadian Press. 16 April 1988. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• De Niverville, Peter (May 1989). "The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy". Atlantic Provinces Book Review. 16 (2): 10.
• Woods, Thomas (30 December 1989). "Lyric Atlantic fiction with wisdom, humor: Masterful short-story writer Lesley Choyce avoids the pitfalls of ridiculous caricature". The Vancouver Sun . Vancouver, BC. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Waldschutz, Janice (23 September 1989). "A Nova Scotia life observed with feeling". Telegraph-Journal . Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Nowlan, Theresa (22 December 1989). "A Matter of Choyce: Youths deal with adults in 'Skateboard Shakedown'". The Daily Gleaner . Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Cran, Emily Elizabeth (30 December 1989). "Nuclear war, a widow's journey and more from a Nova Scotia press". Telegraph-Journal . Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Holt, Alison (4 April 1992). "Stranger than truth!". The Kingston Whig-Standard . Kingston, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Robertson, Bill (13 June 1992). "Obsessive writings". Star-Phoenix . Saskatoon, SK. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Bly, David (22 February 1992). "Tales keep tabs on today's hot topics". Calgary Herald . Calgary, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Southall, Elspeth Morgan (2 May 1992). "Wrong Time, Wrong Place by Lesley Choyce". The Kingston Whig-Standard . Kingston, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Cope, Gord (17 October 1992). "Canadians enter an Ark of Ice". Calgary Herald . Calgary, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Russelo, Kristian (16 May 1992). "Kids' lit thrives in the far reaches of Canada". The Windsor Star . Windsor, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Robertson, Bill (8 May 1993). "Patience rewarded for reader of Montreal poet's short stories". Star-Phoenix . Saskatoon, SK. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Heward, Burt (16 October 1993). "Modest Maritime humorist is a hidden treasure". The Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Beckmann, Carrie (15 May 1993). "Teens stand up against community". Star-Phoenix . Saskatoon, SK. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Smith, E. Russell (9 July 1993). "'Brave new world' appears forbidding". The Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Rae, Arlene Pearly (3 July 1993). "Best summer fiction". The Toronto Star . Toronto, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Ware, Randall (18 December 1994). "So close and yet so far". The Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• "Wave Watch by Lesley Choyce". The Kingston Whig-Standard . Kingston, ON. 4 February 1994. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Beaton, Virginia (3 November 1995). "Choyce's Poetry Treks Along Atlantic Coast". The Chronicle Herald . Halifax, NS. p. B2.
• Nowlan, Michael O. (16 February 1995). "When Island Became a Republic". The Daily Gleaner . Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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External links

• Lesley Choyce at IMDb
• Lesley Choyce at Open Library
• Lesley Choyce at Canadian Poetry Online, University of Toronto
• Lesley Choyce and the Surf Poets at Discogs