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Notes on a Writer's Life is the author's account of his more than fifty years as a writer. It chronicles his early childhood, his high school years of turmoil and rebellion, and his uneasy relationship with both publishers and academics. Throughout, Richards records his continuou...

The author reflects upon his hunting experiences and the joy that these pursuits have brought him.

David Adams Richards is one of Canada's greatest writers, his place in the pantheon ensured by seventeen novels of consistent power and vision. He is also the author of four marvelous non-fiction ruminations on religious faith, hockey, hunting and fishing and their roles in his a...

"From one of Canada's most celebrated and controversial novelists comes a tale of dark aspirations, betrayal and murder. When Jamie Musselman's father is found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, it doesn't take long for rumours and suspicions about Jamie to swirl throu...

"John Delano is a broken man, seemingly at the end of everything: the end of his legendary but controversial career as a police officer; the end of his sad and difficult marriage; the end of his years-long search for the truth of what happened to his missing son; the end of his f...

"When John Delano is asked by the sister of Orville MacDurmot to investigate his violent death and the accusations of murder that haunted his final days, Delano embarks on a journey that will pull him deep into Miramichi's shadowy history and the pasts of those who conspired agai...

With a voice as Canadian as winter, David Adams Richards reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul. The lyrical narrative of Hockey Dreams flows from Richards' boyhood games on the Miramichi to heated debates with university professors who dare to back the wrong team. ...

"Mary Cyr opens in Mexico, just as a disaster strikes a small town: a coal-mine has collapsed, with six men trapped inside. Less than forty-eight hours later, the authorities summarily decide to abandon all hope of finding survivors and seal up the mine entrance--willfully oblivi...

Mary Jameson, the widow of a lumber magnate, hopes to stymie the prophecy she receives from a fortune-tellerthat her oldest son will be powerful and her younger son will bring glory upon the family, but they will be the end of the family. When Will Jameson, the brash older brothe...

"Wild Green Light is a collaboration that brings together the poetry of acclaimed author David Adams Richards and award-winning writer Margo Wheaton. Drawing upon a fiercely shared passion for the natural world - as well as a literary friendship that has spanned more than two dec...

For twenty years, Alex Chapman has been at war with his great-uncle James, the man Alex blames for ruining his life. When a chance meeting gives Alex the information that James possesses a winning lottery ticket, he knows that his uncle must never see the money.

It is the summer of 1974 and the senseless murder of a young woman changes the lives of an entire community. the events are set in motiion when the friendship between the son of a local judge and a farmhand ends in bitter misunderstanding. The two become involved with seemingly d...