Books & Publications

Celebrated Mi’kmaw artist behind The Thundermaker returns with a new story about friendship and the importance of traditional knowledge — now in pa...

For A Taste of Acadie, Melvin Gallant and Marielle Cormier-Boudreau travelled all over Acadia, from the Gaspé Peninsula to Cape Breton, from the ti...

Leonard "Len" Keith and Joseph "Cub" Coates grew up in the rural New Brunswick village of Havelock in the early 20th century. The two were neighbou...

"Andrew Hunter has looked with fresh eyes at [Colville's] paintings and made a coherent argument that Colville deserves to be understood far beyond...

20 years after its first publication, the book that charmed them all is back in print in a hardcover gift edition. Maud Lewis has become one of Can...

Government House Halifax is the home of the Sovereign’s representative in the Province of Nova Scotia and the ceremonial home of all Nova Scotians....

The 100 block of Vancouver's West Hastings Street is the gateway to one of the most contested and controversial inner-city neighborhoods in North A...

Our Grandmothers’ Words Traditional Stories For Nurturing    Author:   Prune Harris, Murdena Marshall, Diana Denny,     Publisher:  Cape Breton Uni...

From the Publisher: A full-colour, narrative and illustrated critical art history of the works of iconic Nova Scotia artist Maud Lewis. “Rather tha...

Colleen Wolstenholme: ComplicationsRay Cronin2021 / Canadian Art, Biography, Artists /9781554472147 / Trade paper / 64 ppA Gaspereau Field Guide to...

The poems in Annick MacAskill’s debut collection No Meeting Without Body are confident and crisp. Departing from works of art and literature, histo...

Emma FitzGerald sketches Halifax and its residents vividly, in colour. She effortlessly catches moments in the life of the city. While she draws, s...

A colourful pop-up book featuring 6 full-colour scenes of Halifax and area, suitable for all ages Nova Scotia is home to some of the most beautiful...

I take Liberties—poetic—and take License to relate her story In her voice, to tell History Who she was—as I hear her say Or sing. […] But still you...

Finally, the remarkable story of honourary Newfoundlander Lanier Phillips is available for young children in this heartwarming picture book. A youn...

The Cheticamp rug hooking tradition is prized the world over. The most celebrated fibre artist from this tradition is undoubtedly Elizabeth LeFort ...

In Pantry and Palate, journalist Simon Thibault explores his Acadian roots by scouring old family recipes, ladies’ auxiliary cookbooks, and folk wi...

A powerful reimagination of what it was like to live in Africville in the 1960s through the eyes of a young girl. Winner of the Lillian Shepherd Me...

A radical re-examination of art in Nova Scotia and the place of folk art in the cultural hierarchy of the twentieth century. Folk art emerged in tw...

To lead a creative life is to experience dizzying highs and gloomy lows, and Deanne Fitzpatrick, a veteran textile artist and entrepreneur, has bee...

Maud Lewis 1-2-3 is a wonderful first counting book and introduction to the joy-filled art of Nova Scotia’s most famous folk painter, Maud Lewis. E...

The National Gallery is fortunate to hold such an outstanding selection of paintings that reflect the Post-Impressionists' enthusiasm for the expre...