Lesley Choyce bibliography

Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) is a Canadian writer and publisher from Nova Scotia who has written an extensive body of literature. Choyce founded the publisher Pottersfield Press in 1979, which publishes books of regional interest for Atlantic Canada. This bibliography lists his autobiographical works, anthologies, children's and young adult literature, fiction and non-fiction, poetry, and musical works.

Autobiographical

List of autobiographical works by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1987	An Avalanche of Ocean	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN 978-0-8649-2069-0 OCLC 16713080
1993	Transcendental Anarchy: Confessions of a Metaphysical Tourist	Quarry Press	ISBN 978-1-5508-2073-7 OCLC 29255151
2006	Driving Minnie's Piano: Memoirs of a Surfing Life in Nova Scotia	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0085-9 OCLC 70266659
2009	Seven Ravens: Two Summers in a Life by the Sea	Wolsak and Wynn	ISBN 978-1-8949-8739-4 OCLC 428868517
2020	Saltwater Chronicles: Notes on Everything Under the Nova Scotia Sun	Nimbus Publishing	ISBN 978-1-7710-8826-8 OCLC 1134391898

Anthologies

List of anthologies edited by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1971-1985	The Pottersfield Portfolio, Volumes 1-7	Pottersfield Press	OCLC 1264909793
1977	Alternating Current: Renewable Energy for Atlantic Canada	Wooden Anchor Press	ISBN 978-0-9205-6002-0 OCLC 5887439
1977	Chezzetcook	Wooden Anchor Press	ISBN 978-0-9205-6001-3 OCLC 15852940
1980	ACCESS: Atlantic Canada Community Energy Strategy Sourcebook	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-0-9190-0101-5 OCLC 228895054
1981	Visions from the Edge: An Anthology of Atlantic Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-0-9190-0104-6 OCLC 10213901
1984, 1989	The Cape Breton Collection	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-0-9190-0115-2 OCLC 11102803
1992	Ark of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-0-9190-0173-2 OCLC 28024846
1997	The Mi'kmaq Anthology	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0004-0 OCLC 36695018
2001	Atlantica: Stories from the Maritimes and Newfoundland	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN 978-0-8649-2309-7
2004	Pottersfield Nation: East of Canada	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0063-7 OCLC 55510877
2005	Nova Scotia: A Traveller's Companion: Over 300 Years of Travel Writing	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0072-9 OCLC 60369549
2009	Nova Scotia: Visions of the Future	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8974-2607-4 OCLC 300582784
2011	The Mi'kmaq Anthology, Volume 2: In Celebration of The Life of Rita Joe	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8974-2629-6 OCLC 726556292
2016	Nova Scotia Love Stories	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8974-2680-7 OCLC 930042084
2017	The Nova Scotia Book of Fathers	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-9882-8608-2 OCLC 994869088
2021	Down Home for Christmas: Holiday Stories From Atlantic Canada	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-9897-2569-6 OCLC 1256821573
2023	State of the Ark: Canadian Futurefiction	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-9907-7033-3 OCLC 1381680875
2023	High Water Mark: Atlantic Canadian Stories 1983–2023	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-9907-7021-0 OCLC 1350540421

Non-fiction

List of non-fiction works by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1977	Edible Wild Plants of the Maritimes	Wooden Anchor Press	ISBN 978-0-9205-6000-6 OCLC 15853094
1988	December Six/The Halifax Solution: An Alternative to Nuclear War	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-0-9190-0145-9 OCLC 16581330
1997	Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea: A Living History	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-0-6163-7536-5 OCLC 1011704642
2000	Your Guide to Getting Published	Coles Publishing	ISBN 978-0-7740-0615-6 OCLC 44751663
2002	The Coasts of Canada: A History	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN 978-0-8649-2360-8 OCLC 50185968
2007	Nova Scotia: Shaped By the Sea, Revised Edition	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0094-1 OCLC 163697522
2008	Peggy's Cove: the Amazing History of a Coastal Village	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-9897-2552-8 OCLC 1232108444
2011	How to Fix Your Head	Wolsak and Wynn	ISBN 978-1-8949-8754-7 OCLC 701589969
2020	Nova Scotia: Shaped By the Sea, Revised 4th Edition	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-9897-2515-3 OCLC 1159000655
2022	Around England with a Dog	Rocky Mountain Books	ISBN 978-1-7716-0452-9 OCLC 1340957227

Fiction

List of novels by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1980	Eastern Sure	Nimbus Publishing	ISBN 978-0-9208-5208-8 OCLC 9198150
1984	Downwind	Creative Publishers	ISBN 978-0-9200-2108-8 OCLC 12694307
1984	Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance and Other Stories	Blewointment Press	ISBN 9780889710993 OCLC 12215791
1985	Conventional Emotions	Creative Publishers	ISBN 978-0-9200-2127-9 OCLC 16064324
1986	The Dream Auditor: Short Stories	Ragweed Press	ISBN 978-0-9203-0463-1 OCLC 16042964
1988	Coming Up for Air	Creative Publishers	ISBN 978-0-9200-2155-2 OCLC 18644871
1989	The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson	Thistledown Press	ISBN 978-0-9206-3367-0 OCLC 19848090
1991	Magnificent Obsessions: A Photonovel	Quarry Press	ISBN 978-1-5508-2020-1 OCLC 24375016
1992	The Ecstasy Conspiracy	NuAge Editions	ISBN 978-0-9218-3319-2 OCLC 27068372
1994	The Republic of Nothing	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN 978-0-8649-2493-3 OCLC 78042666
1996	Trap Door To Heaven: New Fiction	Quarry Press	ISBN 978-1-5508-2157-4 OCLC 35884855
1997	Dance the Rocks Ashore: Stories New and Selected	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN 978-0-8649-2218-2 OCLC 36695197
1998	World Enough: A Novel	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN 978-0-8649-2246-5 OCLC 39714556
1999	The Summer of Apartment X	Goose Lane Editions	ISBN 978-0-8649-2270-0 OCLC 41224512
2002	Cold Clear Morning	Porcepic Books	ISBN 978-0-6162-0703-1 OCLC 645763619
2002	Shoulder the Sky	Dundurn Press	ISBN 978-1-5500-2415-9 OCLC 49795729
2003	Sea of Tranquility	Simon & Pierre	ISBN 978-1-5500-2440-1 OCLC 51496260
2007	The End of the World as We Know It	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5379-6 OCLC 85832909
2008	The Book of Michael: A Novel	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5417-5 OCLC 185023102
2010	Reaction	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5546-9278-1 OCLC 468103037
2010	Raising Orion	Thistledown Press	ISBN 978-1-8972-3580-5 OCLC 658581641
2011	Cold Clear Morning, Revised Edition	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8974-2632-6 OCLC 718183124
2017	The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil	Fernwood Publishing	ISBN 978-1-5526-6920-4 OCLC 968345138
2019	Broken Man on a Halifax Pier	Dundurn Press	ISBN 978-1-4597-4524-7 OCLC 1083615370
2023	The Untimely Resurrection of John Alexander MacNeil: A Novel	Fernwood Publishing	ISBN 978-1-7736-3639-9 OCLC 1379426797
2026	No More Fridays	Fernwood Publishing	ISBN 978-1-7736-3804-1 OCLC 1548740425

Children's literature

List of children's books by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1990	The Hungry Lizards	Collier Macmillan	ISBN 978-0-0295-3936-1 OCLC 21047461
1997	Go For it Carrie	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0392-5 OCLC 36044416
1998	Carrie's Crowd	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0464-9 OCLC 39913883
1998	Famous at Last	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0011-8 OCLC 38748806
2000	Far Enough Island	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0033-0 OCLC 44264978
2001	Carrie's Camping Adventure	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0534-9 OCLC 46623402
2003	Carrie Loses Her Nerve	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0592-9 OCLC 51631304
2006	Skunks for Breakfast	Nimbus Publishing	ISBN 978-1-5510-9586-8 OCLC 70676122
2019	Sid the Kid and the Dryer: A Story About Sidney Crosby	Nimbus Publishing	ISBN 978-1-7710-8775-9 OCLC 1111801562

Young adult literature

List of young adult novels by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1989	Skateboard Shakedown	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0074-0 OCLC 20531329
1990	Wave Watch	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0080-1 OCLC 22387699
1991	Wrong Time, Wrong Place	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0098-6 OCLC 24911865
1991	Some Kind of Hero	Maxwell-Macmillan	ISBN 978-0-0295-4082-4 OCLC 24214591
1992	Margin of Error: A Young Adult Short Story Collection	Borealis Press	ISBN 978-0-8888-7126-8 OCLC 25548231
1992	Clearcut Danger	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0213-3 OCLC 27222897
1993	Full Tilt	Maxwell-Macmillan	ISBN 978-0-0295-4170-8 OCLC 28017647
1993	Good Idea Gone Bad	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0239-3 OCLC 35228956
1994	Dark End of Dream Street	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0296-6 OCLC 31651339
1995	Big Burn	Thistledown Press	ISBN 978-1-8954-4943-3 OCLC 37903397
1996	Falling Through the Cracks	Formac Publishing Company	ISBN 978-0-8878-0364-2 OCLC 35972578
1997	Couleurs Troubles	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-2-8905-1646-5 OCLC 36694605
1999	Roid Rage	Harbour Publishing	ISBN 978-1-5501-7206-5 OCLC 40940413
2002	Refuge Cove	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5514-3418-6 OCLC 190775200
2004	Smoke and Mirrors	Boardwalk Books	ISBN 978-1-5500-2534-7 OCLC 56329303
2004	Thunderbowl	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5514-3444-5 OCLC 190789324
2005	Sudden Impact	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5514-3476-6 OCLC 60798179
2006	Deconstructing Dylan	Dundurn Press	ISBN 978-1-5500-2603-0 OCLC 63125414
2007	Wave Warrior	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5514-3651-7 OCLC 190823590
2008	Skate Freak	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5546-9043-5 OCLC 228667487
2008	Hell's Hotel	James Lorimer & Company	ISBN 978-1-5527-7038-2 OCLC 242059264
2009	Living Outside the Lines	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5435-9 OCLC 528728707
2009	Last Chance	James Lorimer & Company	ISBN 978-1-5527-7445-8 OCLC 317743639
2009	Los Pandemonium	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5514-3590-9 OCLC 714568860
2009	Rock!	Hase und Igel	ISBN 978-3-8676-0097-2 OCLC 638368227
2009	Running the Risk	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5546-9027-5 OCLC 714568862
2010	Random: A Novel	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5443-4 OCLC 744495887
2010	Reckless	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5546-9225-5 OCLC 759836600
2011	Gone Bad	James Lorimer & Company	ISBN 978-1-5527-7709-1 OCLC 693657636
2011	Dumb Luck	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5465-6 OCLC 704380790
2011	Zee's Way	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-5514-3448-3 OCLC 811405687
2012	Accro d'la Planche	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-0195-0 OCLC 991213063
2012	Breaking Point	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-0130-1 OCLC 1037467388
2012	Rat	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-0302-2 OCLC 811564928
2013	Crash	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-0523-1 OCLC 836189568
2013	Jeremy Stone	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5504-2 OCLC 854936681
2014	Into the Wasteland	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5522-6 OCLC 884480513
2015	Off the Grid	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-0928-4 OCLC 892779163
2016	Scam	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-1175-1 OCLC 912021496
2017	Identify	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-1407-3 OCLC 953887165
2017	Closing Down Heaven	Red Deer Press	ISBN 978-0-8899-5543-1 OCLC 979991734
2017	Thin Places	Dundurn Press	ISBN 978-1-4597-3958-1 OCLC 965746847
2018	The Thing You're Good At	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-1805-7 OCLC 1035244498
2018	Kryptonite	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-1657-2 OCLC 1009052996
2018	Plank's Law	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-1250-5 OCLC 1313254446
2020	The Ledge	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-2462-1 OCLC 1112356888
2021	The Rules Have Changed	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-2682-3 OCLC 1158015898
2022	Face the Music	Orca Book Publishers	ISBN 978-1-4598-3289-3 OCLC 1241199420
2025	In The Kingdom of Cheese There Are No Heroes	Moose House Publications	ISBN 978-1-9981-4969-8 OCLC 1499591813

Poetry

List of poetry by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1982	Re-inventing the Wheel	Fiddle Head Poetry Books	ISBN 978-0-9201-1093-5 OCLC 7632282
1982	Fast Living	Fiddle Head Poetry Books	ISBN 978-0-8649-2026-3 OCLC 10080713
1985	The End of Ice	Fiddle Head Poetry Books	ISBN 978-0-8649-2054-6 OCLC 12674467
1986	To the Top of the Heart	Thistledown Press	ISBN 978-0-9206-3312-0 OCLC 14179134
1988	The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy	Brandon University	ISBN 978-0-9209-1629-2 OCLC 22278961
1995	The Coastline of Forgetting	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-0-9190-0195-4 OCLC 34647459
1998	Beautiful Sadness	Ekstatis Editions	ISBN 978-1-8968-6030-5 OCLC 38758099
2000	Caution to the Wind	Ekstatis Editions	ISBN 9781896860725 OCLC 43978119
2003	Typographical Eras	Gaspereau Press	ISBN 9781894031714 OCLC 53939739
2004	Revenge of the Optimist	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN 978-1-8948-0043-3 OCLC 52920548
2008	The Discipline of Ice	Ekstatis Editions	ISBN 978-1-8974-3021-7 OCLC 276644364
2012	I'm Alive. I Believe in Everything.	Breton Books	ISBN 978-1-9269-0817-5 OCLC 816765740
2012	All Alone at the End of the World	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN 978-1-7717-1063-3 OCLC 884616489
2017	Climbing Knocknarea	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN 978-1-7717-1243-9 OCLC 1004353269
2020	In Praise of Small Mistakes	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN 978-1-7717-1388-7 OCLC 1149147631
2023	Never the Same Sea Twice	Ekstasis Editions	ISBN 978-1-7717-1497-6 OCLC 1346259692

Discography

List of musical works by Lesley Choyce
Year	Title	Publisher	Identifiers
1996	Long Lost Planet	Pottersfield Press Harbourmaster Music	ISBN 978-1-8959-0003-3 OCLC 63549825 OCLC 229137697
1998	Sea Level	Pottersfield Press	ISBN 978-1-8959-0022-4 OCLC 43307451
2021	The Trouble With Everything	Pottersfield Press Harbourmaster Music	ISBN 978-1-9897-2547-4 OCLC 1267682875

References

Citations

1 2 Colombo (1997).
1 2 3 Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ The Canadian Press (1988); Gale (2010).
↑ Heward (1993); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gale (2010).
↑ Fertile (2009).
↑ Colford (2020).
↑ Nowlan (1980); Gale (2010).
↑ Times-Transcript (1980); Gale (2010).
↑ Cope (1992); Smith (1993); Gale (2010).
↑ Nowlan (2002); Klager (2002); Gale (2010).
↑ Hardwick (2014).
↑ Cran (1989); Gale (2010).
↑ Hickey (1996); Steeves (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Stewart (2002); Wilson (2003); Bielawski (2003); Cran (2003a); Gale (2010).
↑ Hayes (2011).
↑ Rai (2021).
↑ Gow (2022).
↑ Nowlan (1981); Gale (2010).
↑ Parr (1986); Gale (2010).
↑ Dorsey (1987); Gale (2010).
↑ Woods (1989); Waldschutz (1989); Armitage (1995); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Holt (1992); Robertson (1992); Gale (2010).
↑ Robertson (1993); Gale (2010).
↑ Ware (1994); Nowlan (1995); Simpson (1995); Armitage (1995); Clare (2007); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ McNaughton (1996); Cran (1997); Gugeler (1997); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Van Luven (1997); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Wigston (1998); Forsythe (1999); Gale (2010).
↑ Brouwer (1999); Gale (2010).
↑ Blevins (2002); Chute (2003); Gale (2010).
↑ Toten (2003); Cran (2003c); Gale (2010).
↑ Garvie (2003); McNairn (2003); Cran (2003b); Gale (2010).
↑ Marshall (2007); Gale (2010).
↑ Kirkus Reviews (2008); Gale (2010).
↑ Dawley (2010).
↑ Kienlen (2011).
↑ Brunet (2012).
↑ CBC Radio (2017); Carter (2018).
↑ Jabbour (2019); CBC Books (2021).
↑ McBriarty (2023).
↑ CBC Books (2026).
1 2 Russelo (1992); Gale (2010).
↑ The Hamilton Spectator (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Nowlan (1989); Gale (2010).
↑ The Kingston Whig-Standard (1994); Gale (2010).
↑ Bly (1992); Southall (1992); Gale (2010).
↑ Rae (1993); Gale (2010).
↑ Beckmann (1993); Gale (2010).
↑ Cran (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Challen (1999); Gale (2010).
↑ Hume (2004); Gale (2010).
↑ Goodall (2004); Gale (2010).
↑ Larking (2006); Gale (2010).
↑ Peters (2011); Matthews (2011).
↑ Draper (2010).
↑ Wilson (2011).
↑ Kyle (2013).
↑ Kirkus Reviews (2014).
↑ Lapenskie (2015).
↑ Waggoner (2017).
↑ Bucklin (2017).
↑ Wiersema (2016).
↑ Kirkus Reviews (2018).
↑ Kirkus Reviews (2019); Rothstein (2020).
↑ Mitcham (1982); Colombo (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Fee (1984); Gale (2010).
↑ Stewart (1987); Gale (2010).
↑ Carpenter (1986); Morris (1986); Inbar (1987); Mills (1987); Gale (2010).
↑ De Niverville (1989); Gale (2010).
↑ Beaton (1995); Bowling (1996); Cran (1997); Gale (2010).
↑ Williams (1998); Gale (2010).

Works cited

Biographical

Colombo, John Robert (1997). "Lesley Choyce". In Benson, Eugene; Toye, William (eds.). The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1954-1167-6. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
"Lesley Choyce". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale. 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

Book reviews

Nowlan, Michael O. (14 November 1980). "The Pottersfield Portfolio Number 2". The Daily Gleaner. Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Community Self-Help: Access to the real world of alternative energy". Times-Transcript. Moncton, NB. 17 October 1980. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Nowlan, Michael O. (29 May 1981). "Book reviews: Eastern Sure by Lesley Choyce". The Daily Gleaner. Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Mitcham, Peter (1982). "Myth and the Myth-Proof". Canadian Literature. 92: 92–94.
Fee, Margery (1984). "Un/speaking". Canadian Literature. 101: 98–100.
Carpenter, Tom (August 1986). "The Top of the Heart". Books in Canada. 15 (6): 26.
Morris, Roberta (1986). "Three from Thistledown". Cross Canada Writers Quarterly. 8 (3–4): 43–44.
Parr, John (28 June 1986). "Life gets playful but full respect". The Toronto Star. Toronto, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Inbar, Lavinia (1987). "The Space of Images". Canadian Literature. 113–114: 245–247.
Mills, Sparling (1987). "The Top of the Heart". Poetry Canada Review. 8 (2–3): 41–42.
Stewart, Jack F. (1987). "Iconographies". Canadian Literature. 112: 166–167.
Dorsey, Candas Jane (28 March 1987). "Good stuff, and all Canajan, eh..." Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Winter-surfing humorist has fan club". The Leader-Post. Regina, SK. The Canadian Press. 16 April 1988. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
De Niverville, Peter (May 1989). "The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy". Atlantic Provinces Book Review. 16 (2): 10.
Woods, Thomas (30 December 1989). "Lyric Atlantic fiction with wisdom, humor: Masterful short-story writer Lesley Choyce avoids the pitfalls of ridiculous caricature". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, BC. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Waldschutz, Janice (23 September 1989). "A Nova Scotia life observed with feeling". Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Nowlan, Theresa (22 December 1989). "A Matter of Choyce: Youths deal with adults in 'Skateboard Shakedown'". The Daily Gleaner. Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Cran, Emily Elizabeth (30 December 1989). "Nuclear war, a widow's journey and more from a Nova Scotia press". Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Holt, Alison (4 April 1992). "Stranger than truth!". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Robertson, Bill (13 June 1992). "Obsessive writings". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon, SK. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Bly, David (22 February 1992). "Tales keep tabs on today's hot topics". Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Southall, Elspeth Morgan (2 May 1992). "Wrong Time, Wrong Place by Lesley Choyce". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Cope, Gord (17 October 1992). "Canadians enter an Ark of Ice". Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Russelo, Kristian (16 May 1992). "Kids' lit thrives in the far reaches of Canada". The Windsor Star. Windsor, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Robertson, Bill (8 May 1993). "Patience rewarded for reader of Montreal poet's short stories". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon, SK. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Heward, Burt (16 October 1993). "Modest Maritime humorist is a hidden treasure". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Beckmann, Carrie (15 May 1993). "Teens stand up against community". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon, SK. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Smith, E. Russell (9 July 1993). "'Brave new world' appears forbidding". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Rae, Arlene Pearly (3 July 1993). "Best summer fiction". The Toronto Star. Toronto, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Ware, Randall (18 December 1994). "So close and yet so far". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Wave Watch by Lesley Choyce". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, ON. 4 February 1994. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Beaton, Virginia (3 November 1995). "Choyce's Poetry Treks Along Atlantic Coast". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, NS. p. B2.
Nowlan, Michael O. (16 February 1995). "When Island Became a Republic". The Daily Gleaner. Fredericton, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Simpson, Peter (14 January 1995). "Absurd island, or absurd world?". Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Armitage, Andrew (8 April 1995). "Novels full of wonderful characters: Discover a Choyce treasure". The Sun Times. Owen Sound, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
McNaughton, Janet (September 1996). "Trap Door to Heaven (review)". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Hickey, Kathleen (September 1996). "Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea – From the Beginning of Time (review)". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Bowling, Tim (October 1996). "Hiking Sage". Books in Canada. 25 (7): 13.
Cran, E. E. (1 March 1997). "Full of mud and periwinkles: Nova Scotia's most versatile writer is chock-full of surprises in every genre". Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Steeves, Andrew (1 March 1997). "Personal, poetic history: Lesley Choyce introduces a varied view of Nova Scotia". Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Van Luven, Lynne (17 August 1997). "Solid stories populated with folk worth knowing". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Gugeler, Joy (17 May 1997). "Life, love, morality – a Choyce experience". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, BC. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Sportive springtime reads". The Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, ON. 10 May 1997. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Williams, Leigh Anne (30 August 1998). "Journeys of Beauty". Sunday Herald. Halifax, NS. p. C8.
Wigston, Nancy (17 October 1998). "Redeeming the quintessential Canadian male loser". The Toronto Star. Toronto, ON. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Brouwer, Adair (July 1999). "The Summer of Apartment X (review)". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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Klager, Tara (16 February 2002). "'Atlantica' hits you where you live". Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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Toten, Teresa (February 2003). "Shoulder the Sky (review)". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Bielawski, Ellen (23 February 2003). "More storytelling would help: Author's strength is Maritimes, Arctic coverage comes up short". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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McNairn, Dana (8 June 2003). "Powerful pull of the sea at heart of wise story". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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External links

Lesley Choyce at IMDb
Lesley Choyce at Open Library
Lesley Choyce at Canadian Poetry Online, University of Toronto
Lesley Choyce and the Surf Poets at Discogs

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