Books
In Future Possible, Mireille Eagan and other writers and artists navigate the tangled histories and cultures of Newfoundland and Labrador to investigate the visual output and to write the narrative that it has created. The result is an ambitious volume, arising from a two-part exhibition of the same name at The Rooms, that provides a multi-vocal, multi-faceted history spanning pre- and post-Confederation Newfoundland.
Jerry Evans, a Master Printer and multi-media artist of Mi?kmaq heritage, has been making and sharing his art and identity?on paper, skin, leather, and with light?since the 1980s. Through his work and life, Evans continues to seek connection to what was and, critically, to what is.
Weljesi is the much-anticipated first major survey of his work.
Regarded as one of Canada's finest still life realist artists, Mary Pratt's luminescent paintings form the visual focus of Goose Lane Edition's Mary Pratt, a career retrospective that examines every aspect of this unique artist's creative journey. Featuring seventy-four full colour reproductions of Pratt's most renowned works and a complete chronology of her career, including a selected list of her solo and group exhibitions.
Soft cover
160 pages
Charting a decade of Ned Pratt's breathtaking photography and echoing his aesthetic, this beautifully designed book presents Ned Pratt's works in formal conversation with each other. Stark imagery of buildings is juxtaposed with forays into abstraction and celebrations of the inherent geometry of natural forms whether a single wave crashing over a wall or stones cracked by freezing and thawing.
Hardcover
120 pages
With essays by Darryn Doull and by award-winning author Megan Gail Coles, Philippa Jones: Suspended documents and reflects on this powerful exhibition, mounted at The Rooms in Winter 2019. This immersive installation of large drawings and paintings, interactives, and a celestial sculpture of thousands of orbs containing plant and animal fragments gave viewers a unique perspective on the cycles of life.
Focuses on Christopher Pratt's paintings of the last decade, each revealing his observations of a place changing even as it endures. Beginning in 2005, Pratt started to travel by car to "everywhere I've ever been," recording his travels in his "car books," in his memory, and, ultimately, in his paintings.
This exquisite book, featuring essays by exhibition curator Mireille Eagan, archivist Larry Dohey, and Pratt himself, examines Pratt's interest in and preoccupation with transformation, the act of remembering, and his abstractions of the ineffable.
Soft cover
104 pages
Noted Kent scholar and independent curator Jake Milgram Wien writes about Rockwell Kents remarkable paintings from the time period of 1910-1915.This is the first catalogue of Kent's Newfoundland based works.
26.67cm x 21.59cm x .635cm
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Marcus Gosse is a Mi'kmaq Artist and Member of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band. Marcus incorporates the Mi'kmaq Eight-Pointed Star, double curve designs, applique designs, Mi'kmaq hieroglyphs and petroglyphs into his artwork. His new Mi'kmaq Family Colouring Book titled: "Colouring Mi'kma'ki-A Colouring Book of Mi'kmaq Territory" is composed of 28 pages and features a Biography, Mi'kmaq Eight-Pointed Star Description, Table of Contents with Mi'kmaq Words and Colouring Page Descriptions, and 26 beautiful pages to colour. Everyone in the family can colour together and learn about the beauty of Mi'kmaq Culture.
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Marcus Gosse introduces us to the Mi'kma'ki language in Volume 2 of his Colouring Mi'kma'ki series.
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In Volume 3 of his Colouring Mi'kma'ki series, Marcus Gosse introduces us to counting in the Mi'kma'ki langua
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In this Mi'kma'ki activity book created by Marcus Gosse, you are asked to fill in the blanks, practice your pronounciation, and colour the images. This is volume 4 in his Couloring Mi'kma'ki series.
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In this Mi'kma'ki colouring book created by Marcus Gosse, he explores the hieroglyphs of the NL Mi'kmaq. This is volume 5 in his Couloring Mi'kma'ki series.
A visually stunning, often humorous book of verse, All Around the Circle celebrates the landscape and spirit of outport Newfoundland. How did Aunt Maud?s cat manage to sail across the tickle? Why is Heloise the chicken so worried? With a colourful cast of characters, tall tales, and vibrant artwork, Cara Kansala, artist of the wildly popular Grumpy Goat Gallery, offers a tongue-twisting playful read that will delight kids from five to ninety-five.
Once upon a fine morning, a little shed awakens to discover she isn?t quite the same as she used to be. Uncertain and feeling as if she no longer fits in, she decides to leave home and sets out to sea. All alone on the wide, wide ocean, she meets an extraordinary new friend who sees how special she really is, and with newfound confidence, the little red shed returns home and inspires everyone to cherish their differences.
Building on the success of Capelin Weather and The Puffin Problem, Lori Doody is back with a delightfully witty book about two mallard ducks who plague a moose. One day a moose walks into town, and inexplicably, two mallards tag along. The moose wants nothing more than to get rid of those pesky mallards, but they follow him everywhere. He can?t duck them at the harbour?they?re afraid of the seagulls; downtown, the pigeons give them pause. No matter where he goes, those mallards follow. Until, that is, the moose finds the perfect solution?duck, duck, goose.
Dimensions::
9 x 7
Number of Pages::
44
With quiet wit and whimsy, Doody reveals what happens when Newfoundland and Labrador's official bird heads for the bright city lights. This puffin problem needs an imaginative solution, and a smart, small person comes up with the just the trick to get those birds back out to sea.
Young readers will have great fun finding all the puffins hiding in Doody's lovely illustrations. Older readers will enjoy how the illustrations also play with the province's already playful language. There's something for readers of every age on every page.
The book includes some fun and interesting puffin facts as well.
Dimensions:
9 x 7
Number of Pages:
44
When low-level flying by NATO jets upsets their way of life, Nanass, a young Innu girl, is eager to join her father and the other members of her Sheshatshiu community in protest. Then her father and other protesters are arrested.
Nanass has little to comfort her, except her father?s well-worn ball cap and the promise of the land itself that the Innu people will one day triumph.
Nutaui?s Cap has been translated into two dialects of Innu-aimun, which appear alongside the English; it includes a glossary, map, and backgrounder to tell more of the Innu?s story.
This book is a co-publication by Mamu Tshishkutamashutau Innu Education and Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides
Dimensions:
9 x 9
Number of pages:
68
In the early 1970s, artist Gerald Squires moved, with his wife and two young daughters, into the abandoned lighthouse-keeper?s house in Ferryland, Newfoundland. Shortly after their arrival, they had a visitor who claimed to be the former constable of the area and regaled them with stories of the place and its previous occupants. A visitor, they soon learned, who was more than he appeared to be.
Dimensions:
8 x 11
Number of pages:
36
Helen is a fine hand with a slingshot, and more than at home in the woods. After all, she was raised by bears. When she stumbles upon three evil giants, she hatches the perfect plan to rid the land of them. Well, almost perfect?.
Andy Jones?s hilarious new folktale adaptation/middle reader is jam-packed with adventure and tales of adventure. It celebrates brave and resourceful girls, blended families, and storytelling itself, and features delightfully quirky illustrations by Katie Brosnan.
Dimensions:
8.5 x 10
Number of pages:
72
A true classic cookbook featuring the foods of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Join professional forager Shawn Dawson on a guided tour of the forests, fields, bogs, barrens, cliffsides and shorelines of Newfoundland. Along the way, you?ll learn to identify more than 50 edible plants?including trees, weeds, berries, and fruit?and how and when to harvest them sustainably. Includes recipes from Newfoundland & Labrador?s best known chefs.
Rock Recipes 2: More Great Food From My Newfoundland Kitchen ignores the trends and fads to serve up real food perfected in a real home kitchen. With eye- widening main dishes, easy sides, and lip-smacking desserts, Parsons delivers great fare for any occasion. Featuring beautiful and helpful full-colour photos for every recipe and enlightening cooking tips gleaned from years of experience, Rock Recipes 2 makes preparation easy and family mealtime the highlight of every day.
Pages: 264
Dimensions: 7.75 ? .75 ? 9.125 in
Weight: 1 kg
Break out your mixing bowls and preheat the oven because Barry C. Parsons, the bestselling cookbook author and creator of the phenomenal RockRecipes.com, is back with an extra helping of delicious recipes to delight everyone at your dinner table.
Pages: 264
Dimensions: 7.75 ? 9.125 in
Weight: 1.0 kg
Preserve and organize all your treasured family recipes -- past, present, and future -- in this attractive recipe journal.
Record the recipe, the source, and why it holds special meaning for your family, as you create a treasure-trove of delicious and nostalgic memories!
Journal includes recipe pages for Appetizers; Soups, Salads, & Sandwiches; Side Dishes; Main Courses; Desserts; Beverages; and More Recipes.
You'll also find measurement equivalents, substitution suggestions, kitchen tips, a glossary of cooking terms, and more.
Pretty ribbon bookmark keeps your place.
Inside back cover pocket for extra notes and other mementos.
Sturdy hardcover binding.
Measures 6-1/4 inches wide by 8-1/4 inches high.
144 pages.
The Ode to Newfoundland with illustrations by artist Brend McClellan.
Saltwaterr Gifts is the latest book from the award winning knitting duo of Christine LeGrow and Shirley A. Scott.
Knitted gifts are treasured in Newfoundland, whatever the season. Designs unique to this storied island are made to keep loved ones warm all year long?even during early summer when icebergs chill the air.
Pages 216
Photographer Michael Winsor shares some of his best images in this lovely little picture book.