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Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Musts

Learn the best-kept secrets of Canada’s charming northeastern province with this insider’s guide for new visitors and longtime lovers of the region.

From whale-watching on the shore of St. Vincent’s and hiking Terra Nova to kissing the cod and catching greasy pigs at the largest garden party in the world, this essential volume explores the easternmost Canadian province. Highlighting the suggestions of notable Newfoundlanders and Labradorians from across the island—including comedian Mary Walsh, artist Brenda McLellan, Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle, and Premier Danny Williams—this guide supplies lists of all the secret places locals and tourists simply must discover.

Janice Wells

JANICE WELLS is originally from Corner Brook and now lives in St. John’s. She has traveled to 16 countries on three continents and visited many a place she could imagine living, if only they were surrounded by the sea and peopled by Newfoundlanders. Since 1998 Wells has produced the popular weekly column Definitely Not Martha Stewart, entertaining readers in The St. John’s Telegram, The Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Corner Brook’s The Western Star. Her 2007 book of the same name was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. She is also the author of three other books: the best-selling The Gin & Tonic Gardener (now in paperback), Another Splash of the Gin & Tonic Gardener and Frank Moores: The Time of His Life. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Toronto Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette, The Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Gardening, Garden Making and Downhome. Favourable reviews of her work have appeared in The Literary Review of Canada, as well as The Los Angeles Times, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Tampa Tribune and AARP The Magazine. Wells and her partner Bill MacDonald, known to her readers as “Newman,” recently purchased an intrepid motor home, fondly dubbed “the Starship Enterprise,” to better explore her beloved province.

MacIntyrePurcell Publishing, Inc.