Instructions for the Drowning is a short story collection explores themes of love and fear, delusion and idealism and the ironic ways we come up short despite trying our very best.
Instructions for the Drowning is a book by Steven Heighton. The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong Chafe co-created and was head writer and showrunner of CBC TV series Republic of Doyle. He is currently a writer and producer on the CBC series Son of a Critch. Perry Chafe is a TV writer producer and songwriter from St.
As the mystery unravels, Pierce is forced to abandon his child-like innocence and face the harsh realities of growing up. Along the way, they encounter merciless bullies, brutal storms and magnificent sea creatures. When the community is hit hard by the disappearance of a teenaged girl named Anna, Pierce and a group of friends embark on an epic journey to find her. He's determined to save up enough to fix his dad's boat and take it out to sea himself. It's the early 1990s and 12-year-old Pierce Jacobs is struggling to come to terms with his fisherman father's death at sea. (Simon & Schuster, submitted by Perry Chafe)Ĭloser by Sea is a coming-of-age story set in a small island community dealing with a local fishing industry on the brink of collapse. Beaton has also published two children's books, King Baby and The Princess and the Pony.Ĭloser by Sea is a novel by Perry Chafe. Beaton's success continued with the book Step Aside, Pops, which won the 2016 Eisner Award for best humour publication. The sassy historical webcomic gained a following of 500,000 monthly visitors and was eventually turned into a bestselling book. Kate Beaton is a cartoonist from Nova Scotia who launched her career by publishing the comic strip Hark! A Vagrant online. Kate Beaton's affecting Ducks dives into the lonely life of labour in Alberta's oil sands With the goal of paying off her student loans, Kate leaves her tight-knit seaside Nova Scotia community and heads west, where she encounters harsh realities, including the everyday trauma that no one discusses.ĭucks won Canada Reads 2023, when it was championed by Jeopardy! star Mattea Roach. (Morgan Murray, Drawn & Quarterly)ĭucks is an autobiographical graphic novel that recounts author Kate Beaton's time spent working in the Alberta oil sands. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is a book by Kate Beaton.
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