Lesley Choyce


Biography

Novelist and poet. Surfs the North Atlantic year-round. Runs a literary publishing house and teaches English at Dalhousie University. Hosts "Off the Page" a nationally broadcast program on BookTelevision. Author of more than seventy books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens and children. His writing has earned him several awards, including two Dartmouth Book Awards and the Ann Connor Brimer Award.

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Books

Cold Clear Morning    by Lesley Choyce
Price: $7.98 USD. 97260 words. Published by Pottersfield Press  on September 13, 2011. Fiction.

Taylor Colby and his childhood sweetheart Laura abandoned their Nova Scotia coastal village home for a life in the high-octane world of rock music in California.
Nova Scotia Shaped by the Sea: A Living History    by Lesley Choyce
Price: $14.95 USD. 120290 words. Published by Pottersfield Press  on June 26, 2011. Nonfiction.

The history of Nova Scotia is an amazing story of a land and people shaped by waves and tides, the winds and the wonder of the North Atlantic. Lesley Choyce weaves the legacy of this unique coastal province, piecing together the stories written in the rocks, the wrecks, and the record books of human glory and human error.
Peggy’s Cove: The Amazing History of a Coastal Village    by Lesley Choyce
Price: $9.95 USD. 24630 words. Published by Pottersfield Press  on June 15, 2011. Nonfiction.

Here is the complete history of the famous cove and the unique village that hosts thousands of visitors each year. The story begins with the formation of the rocks along these shores and the impact of the glaciers. The Mi'kmaq were the first to live here in the summers, harvesting the riches of the sea.
Driving Minnie's Piano: Memoirs of a Surfing Life in Nova Scotia    by Lesley Choyce
Price: $9.95 USD. 63270 words. Published by Pottersfield Press  on March 21, 2011. Nonfiction.

Novelist Lesley Choyce weaves together his real-life adventures living by the sea at Lawrencetown Beach on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. He writes of his love for the rugged coast and tells tales of the ordinary and the extraordinary. His story involves accounts of what it's like surfing in the Canadian North Atlantic through all four seasons, including the frigid depths of winter.

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