Corey Redekop's review of The Republic of Nothing

Ever loved a book? I mean, really loved a book? Loved it so much that your passion overwhelms your common sense, and you'd punch another human being rather than hear a negative word said about it? 

Click here to read Cory Redekop's full review.

Random, a new young adult novel by Lesley Choyce (EXCERPT: Chapter 1)

Click here to read an excerpt from Random, a new novel by Lesley Choyce.

Skate Freaks readers in Kenya

Children in Kenya reading my book, Skate Freak.

Photos courtesy of Eric Walters.

Raising Orion, a new novel by Lesley Choyce (EXCERPT: Chapter 1)

Click here to read an excerpt from Raising Orion, a new novel by Lesley Choyce.

Bookbuzzr.com and Freado.com bring you an excerpt from Random and Raising Orion

Reminder: two new novels September 2010 by Lesley Choyce

Two new novels are being released this month. You can read the first chapter from Random (Red Deer Press) by clicking here and later this week an excerpt from Raising Orion (Thistledown Press) will be available. 

This is a busy month for updates so please feel free to follow me on Twitter and Facebook for news.

Word On The Street Sunday, September 26, 2010

Just to let you know that next Sunday is Word on the Street from 11 am to 5 pm.


I'll be at Victoria Park in Halifax across from the Public Gardens reading from Raising Orion, my new novel at 12:30 and from Random, the new YA novel at 4 pm. Should be fun.

Click here to read excerpts as they become available. 

New novels this fall

This September, Nova Scotian author Lesley Choyce is releasing his first novel for adults in more than seven years called Raising Orion, published by Thistledown Press. He's also celebrating the publication of Random, a young adult novel coming out from Red Deer Press. Choyce is also one of three featured surfers in the documentary Winter Wave Riders (Hemmings House Productions) which is being screened at the Halifax Film Festival this month. In addition, he is also part of a unique poetry-music collaboration with Toronto singer-songwriter Jason McGroarty and soon to release an album blending spoken word and pop music. His previous two CDs were with the band The SurfPoets.

Lesley Choyce is a novelist and poet living at Lawrencetown Beach in Nova Scotia. He surfs in the North Atlantic year-round. He also runs a literary publishing house and teaches English at Dalhousie University. He is the host of a regular nationally-broadcast program on BookTelevision called Off the Page with Lesley Choyce. Choyce is the 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 for the young adult novel Good Idea Gone Bad. His work has been translated into Spanish, French, Danish and German.

Choyce will be available for interviews this fall in Halifax and Toronto. He will be reading from his two new books at Word on the Street in Halifax on September 28.