Are you interested in reading and discussing books by Allisonian authors?
Join the Mount Allison Alumni Book Club!
The virtual MtA Alumni Book Club aims to meet three times a year to discuss books by Allisonian authors. Join us to read, discuss, and submit questions to our authors.
2022-2023 books
The first book for the 2022-2023 season is A Womb in the Shape of a Heart: My Story of Miscarriage and Motherhood by Joanne Gallant ('08), which we will discuss on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 7 PM (AST). Register to attend.
For our second meeting, we will be joined by alumni children's book authors Nicholas Oldland (’94), Angela Peter-Paul (’99), Florence Mazerolle (’99), Whitney Moran (’08), and Tess Casher (’23) to discuss their inspiration and process. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 7 PM (AST). Register to attend.
2021-2022 books
For its inaugural season, the Mount Allison Alumni Book Club read and discussed three books written by Allisonian authors:
- Lay Figures by Dr. Mark Blagrave ('77)
- The Sound of Fire by Renée Belliveau ('17)
- Hammer & Nail: Notes of a Journeywoman by Kate Braid (’67)
If you are interested in joining the book club, there are two ways that you can join:
- 1) Sign up to be on the email list (simply message alumni@mta.ca and express interest)
- 2) Join the Facebook Group where you can find out more about the books the club is reading, take part in discussion questions, and get reminders about upcoming meetings.
The meetings are only an hour-long, with small breakout rooms introduced throughout which allow members the chance to meet new people and express their thoughts!
Books by Allisonian Authors
The Alumni Book Club is proud to showcase Allisonian authors and their works. The list below is divided by class decade and alphabetized by last name of author. If you know of any books (all forms of literature) by an MtA alum that we have not yet added to our list, please let us know by emailing alumni@mta.ca
1950s
| Author | Book | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Black, J. Larry ('58) | Russia After 2020: Looking Ahead after Two Decades of Putin | Politics |
| Return of the Cold War. Ukraine, the West, and Russia | Politics | |
| The Russian Presidency of Dmitry Medvedev. The Next Step Forward, or Merely a Time Out? | Politics | |
| Black's War. From New Brunswick's 8th Hussars to California's Corlett's 'Long Knives,' 1940-44 | History | |
| Russia After 2012: Continuity, Change, or Revolution? | Politics | |
| From Putin to Medvedev: Continuity or Change? | Politics | |
| The Gouzenko Affair. Canada and the Beginnings of Cold War Counter-Espionage | History | |
| Vladimir Putin and the New World Order | Politics | |
| The Peasant Kingdom. Canada in the 19th Century Russian Imagination | History | |
| Russia Faces NATO Expansion | Politics | |
| Canada in the Soviet Mirror. Ideology and Perception in Soviet Foreign Affairs, 1917-1991 | History | |
| Colwell, Frederic S. ('56) | Rivermen: A Romantic Iconography of the River and the Source | Literary Cri ticism |
| A Feast of Ashes | Fiction | |
| Dewar, Robert ('57) | Human Factors in Traffic Safety (co-authored with Paul Olson) | Academic |
| Forensic Aspects of Driver Perceptions and Response (co-authored with Paul Olson and E. Farber) | Academic | |
| Griffin, Jean (Connell) ('55) | If You Can't, I Will | Fiction |
1960s
| Author | Book | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Braid, Kate ('67) | Hammer & Nail: Notes of a Journeywoman | Memoir |
| Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man's World | Memoir | |
| Emily Carr: Rebel Artist | Biography | |
| Red Bait! Struggles of a Mine Mill Local (co-authored with Al King) | ||
| Elemental | Poetry | |
| Rough Ground Revisited | Poetry | |
| Turning Left to the Ladies | Poetry | |
| A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems | Poetry | |
| Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keefe's Journey with Emily Carr | Poetry | |
| To this Cedar Fountain | Poetry | |
| Covering Rough Ground | Poetry | |
| Cameron, Ian ('64) | Quarantine, What is Old is New: Halifax and the Lawlor's Island Quarantine Station: 1866-1938 | History |
| Fowler, Albert ('66) | Peacetime Padres: Canadian Protestant Military Chaplains, 1945-1995 | History |
| Lockerby, Earle ('62) | Pathways to the Present: A History of Hamilton, PEI | Social history |
| Deportation of the Prince Edward Island Acadians | History | |
| Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour & Grand-Pré (co-authored with Joanthan Fowler) | History | |
| Lockerby, Earle ('62) & Douglas Sobey ('69) | Samuel Holland: His Work and Legacy on Prince Edward Island | History, Geography |
| MacLachlan Gray, John ('68) | Not Quite Dead | Historical fiction, mystery |
| The Fiend in Human | Mystery, Detective | |
| The White Angel | Historical fiction, mystery | |
| Vile Spirits | Historical fiction, mystery | |
| White Stone Day | Mystery | |
| Sanford, Emerson ('64) & Beck, Janice Sanford ('97) | Life of the Trail (8-volume series) | Travel guide |
| Swan, D. Alan ('67) | Bad Things... | Fiction, Mystery |
| Drugs, Liars, and Cats | Fiction, Mystery | |
| Wolfe, Douglas ('68) | Moose and the Wolfe | Memoir |
1970s
| Author | Book | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Atkinson, L.P. Suzanne ('72) | Emily's Will Be Done | Biography |
| Ties That Bind | Psychological fiction | |
| Station Secrets: Regarding Hayworth Book I | Suspense | |
| Hexagon Dilemma: Regarding Hayworth Book II | Suspense | |
| Segue House Connection: Regarding Hayworth Book III | Suspense | |
| Diner Revelations: Regarding Hayworth Book IV | Suspense | |
| No Visible Means: A Stella Kirk Mystery #1 | Mystery | |
| Didn't Stand A Chance: A Stella Kirk Mystery #2 | Mystery | |
| Sand In My Suitcase: A Stella Kirk Mystery #3 | Mystery | |
| Fictional Truth: A Stella Kirk Mystery #4 | Mystery | |
| Mallory Gorman Won't be Buried Today: A Stella Kirk Mystery #5 | Mystery | |
| Blagrave, Mark ('77) | Lay Figures | Historical fiction, Literary |
| Salt in the Wounds | Literary fiction | |
| Silver Salts | Historical fiction, Literary | |
| Blair, Peggy ('77) | Hungry Ghosts | Mystery, Detective |
| The Beggar's Opera | Mystery, Detective | |
| The Poisoned Pawn | Mystery, Detective | |
| Umbrella Man | Mystery, Detective | |
| Boyd, David K. R. ('74) | The Adventures of Wordsy and Jess (series) | Children's books |
| Champlain Summer | Children's book | |
| Looking for a Hero (trilogy) | Young Adult | |
| On the Lines: the Adventures of a Linesman in the N.H.L. (co-authored with Ron Finn) | Biography | |
| The Adventures of Milo the Wonderdog (series) | Children's books | |
| Timeline (series) | Children's books | |
| Aftermath | Young Adult | |
| Runner | Young Adult | |
| The Grief Team (as David Collins) | Adult | |
| My Mom Always Yells Too Loud in the Arena and Other Poems About Hockey | Children's book | |
| The Reflecting Man (series) | Adult | |
| Boyd, Harris ('73) | Travels and Tribulations | Autobiography |
| Briggs, Sandy ('75) | Earle J. Briggs: An Honourable Life | Biography |
| My Mountains: Excerpts from a Life in Progress | Memoir | |
| Greenland 1977: A Personal Account of the 1977 University of St. Andrews Greenland Expedition | Non-fiction | |
| Brown, Linda Dawn ('73) | Finding Us | Children's book |
| Calcott, Rhian ('74) | The Last Goin' Off | Historical fiction |
| Coulter Sanford, Janet ('71) | Memories on the Bounty | Memoir |
| Eden Hermann, Lorraine (Boyd) ('70) | Research Methods in International Business | Business |
| The Economics of Transfer Pricing | Business | |
| The Ethical Professor: A Practical Guide to Research, Teaching, and Professional Life | Academic | |
| Governance, Multinationals and Growth | Business | |
| Taxing Multinationals: Transfer Pricing and Corporate Income Taxation in North America | Business | |
| Multinationals in North America | Business | |
| Multinationals in the Global Economy | Business | |
| Retrospectives on Public Finance | Business | |
| Multinationals and Transfer Pricing | Business | |
| Hannah, Don ('73) | Ragged Island | Fiction |
| Shoreline: Three Plays by Don Hannah | Drama | |
| The Cave Painter and the Woodcutter | Drama | |
| The Wedding Script | Drama | |
| The Wise and Foolish Virgins | Fiction | |
| While We're Young | Drama | |
| Harding, Suzanne (Brewer) ('79) & Williamson, Sara ('10) (illustrator) | I Keep the Purple Ones | Children's book |
| MacLeod, Susan ('76) | Dying for Attention: A Graphic Memoir of Nursing Home Care | Memoir, Graphic |
| Smith-Nochasak, Anne M. ('77) | A Canoer of Shorelines | Magic realism |
| Stallworthy, Bob ('72) | Under the Sky Speaking | Poetry |
| From a Call Box | Poetry | |
| Optics | Poetry | |
| Things that Matter Now | Poetry | |
| Impact Statement | Poetry | |
| Steeves, Gary ('72) | Tranquility Lost: The Occupation of Tranquille and Battle for Community Care in BC | Biography |
| Verschuren, Annette ('78) | Bet on Me: Leading and Succeeding in Business and in Life | Self-help |
1980s
| Author | Book | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barr, Odette ('88) | Follow the Goose Butt, Camelia Airheart! | Children's book | |
| Follow the Goose Butt to Nova Scotia | Children's book | ||
| Take off to Tantramar | Children's book | ||
| Teaching at the Top of the World | Memoir | ||
| Colbourne, Rick ('84) | Indigenous Wellbeing and Enterprise: Self-Determination and Sustainable Economic Development | Indigenous, Business, Community | |
| Crooks, James ('80) | We Find Ourselves Put to the Test: A Reading of the Book of Job | Philosophy, Religion | |
| Hanomansing, Ian ('83) | Pandemic Spotlight: Canadian Doctors at the Front of the COVID-19 Fight | Biography, Health | |
| Henry, Bonnie and Lynn ('86) | Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe: Four Weeks that Shapes a Pandemic | Biography, Memoir | |
| Jobb, Dean ('80) | Daring, Devious, and Deadly: True Tales of Crime and Justice from Nova Scotia's Past | True crime | |
| Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated a Nation | True crime, Biography | ||
| Madness, Mayhem, and Murder: More True Tales of Crime and Justice from Nova Scotia's Past | True crime | ||
| The Acadians: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph | History | ||
| The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer | True crime, Biography | ||
| Rhindress, Charlie ('86) | Flying on Her Own | Drama | |
| I'm Not What I Seem: The Many Stories of Rita MacNeil's Life | Biography | ||
| Stompin' Tom Connors: The Myth and the Man | Biography | ||
| Rose, Stefan A. ('87, '89, '91) | The House that Stands | Poetry, Chapbook | |
| Grand River: Grand Conversations | Poetry, Chapbook, Pictorial |
1990s
| Author | Book | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Beck, Janice Sanford ('97) | No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schaffer Warren | Biography |
| Life on the Trail (8-volume series) (co-authored with Emerson Sanford ('64)) | Travel | |
| Betasamosake Simpson, Leanne ('95) | A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin | Indigenous, History, Politics |
| As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance | Indigenous, History, Politics | |
| Dancing on our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence | Indigenous, Politics | |
| Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories and Songs | Indigenous, Short stories | |
| Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies | Indigenous, Poetry | |
| Rehearsals for Living (co-authored with Robyn Maynard) | Indigenous, Non-fiction | |
| The Gift is in the Making: Anishinaabeg Stories | Indigenous, Stories | |
| This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories | Indigenous, Short stories | |
| Cooke, Krista ('96) | Material Traces of War: Stories of Canadian Women and Conflict, 1914-1945 | Biography, History |
| Crockett, Rigel ('97) | Fair Wind and Plenty of It: A Modern-Day Tall-Ship Adventure | Biography, Travel |
| Duffin, Andrew ('90) | Plowed Under: Agriculture and Environment in the Palouse | History |
| Eaton, Chris ('94) | Symphony No. 3 | Historical fiction, Biographical |
| The Grammar Architect | Literary fiction | |
| The Inactivist | Fiction | |
| Glenn Norris, Laurie ('95) | Cumberland County: Facts and Folklore | Social Science, History |
| Found Drowned | Historical fiction, Mystery | |
| Haunted Girl: Esther Cox and the Great Amherst Mystery | Historical non-fiction | |
| Halebsky, Judy ('96) | Sky=Empty | Poetry |
| Space/Gap/Interval/Distance | Poetry | |
| Spring and a Thousand Years (Unabridged): Poems | Poetry | |
| Tree Line | Poetry | |
| Yuba Flows | Poetry | |
| Johansen, K. V. ('90) | Blackdog | High fantasy |
| Gods of Nabban | High fantasy, Supernatural | |
| Nightwalker | High fantasy | |
| Pippin and Pudding | Children's book | |
| The Last Road | High fantasy | |
| The Leopard | High fantasy | |
| The Shadow Road | High fantasy | |
| LeBlanc, Michael ('93, '95) | The 10 Habits of Happy Couples: An Essential Guide on How to Create and Maintain a Loving Relationship | Self-help |
| Mazerolle, Florence & Peter-Paul, Angela ('99) | Four Languages (series) | Children's book, Indigenous |
| Oldland, Nicholas ('94) | Hockey in the Wild | Children's book |
| One Wild Christmas | Children's book | |
| Walk on the Wild Side | Children's book | |
| Up the Creek | Children's book | |
| Dinosaur Countdown | Children's book | |
| The Busy Beaver | Children's book | |
| Making the Moose Out of Life | Children's book | |
| Big Bear Hug | Children's book | |
| Peters, Amanda ('99) | The Berry Pickers | Fiction, Indigenous |
| Ryan, Tom ('99) | A Giant Man from a Tiny Town: A Story of Angus MacAskill | Children's book |
| Big Time | Young Adult, Romance | |
| I Hope You're Listening | Fiction, LGBTQ+ | |
| Keep This to Yourself | Young Adult, Mystery | |
| Pop Quiz | Young Adult, Performing Arts | |
| When You Get the Chance | Young Adult, LGBTQ+ | |
| Tansey, Claire ('97) | Uncomplicated | Cookbook |
| Dinner, Uncomplicated | Cookbook | |
| Turner, Natasha ('93) | The Carb Sensitivity Program | Self-help |
| The Hormone Diet | Self-help | |
| Winger, Rob ('97) | It Doesn't Matter What We Meant: Poems | Poetry |
| Muybridge's Horse | Poetry | |
| Old Hat | Poetry | |
| The Chimney Stone | Poetry |
2000s
| Author | Book | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Beaton, Kate ('05) | Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands | Adult graphic novel |
| Hark! A Vagrant | Comic | |
| King Baby | Children's book | |
| The Princess and the Pony | Children's book | |
| Besner, Linda ('03) | Feel Happier in Nine Seconds | Poetry |
| Callaghan, Jodie ('05) | The Train | Children's book, Indigenous |
| Finlay, Triny ('00) | Histories Haunt Us | Fiction |
| Myself a Paperclip | Poetry, Mental Health | |
| Phobic | Poetry | |
| Splitting Off | Poetry | |
| Gallant, Joanne ('08) | A Womb in the Shape of a Heart: My Story of Miscarriage and Motherhood | Autobiography, memoir |
| Hathaway, Luke ('01) | All the Daylight Hours: Poems | Poetry |
| Groundwork | Poetry | |
| The Affirmations | Poetry | |
| Years, Months, and Days | Poetry | |
| Houle, Jennifer ('04) | The Back Channels | Poetry |
| Virga | Poetry | |
| Kerr, Matthew P. M. ('06) | The Victorian Novel and the Problems of Marine Language | Literary criticism |
| Moran, Whitney ('08) | East Coast Crafted: The Essential Guide to the Beers, Breweries, and Brewpubs of Atlantic Canada (co-authored with Christopher Reynolds) | Non-fiction, Travel |
| I Want to Build a Seahouse | Children's book | |
| Myles, David ('03) | Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo | Children's book |
| Theobald, Andrew ('00) | "Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers": Canadian Internment Camp B, 1940-1945 | History |
| The Bitter Harvest of War: New Brunswick and the Conscription Crisis of 1917 | Biography, History | |
| Trafford, Matthew J. ('02) | The Divinity Gene | Fiction |
| Tuner, Ryan ('00) | What We're Made Of | Short stories |
| Half-Sisters and Other Stories | Short stories | |
| Winter, Bess ('08) | Machines of Another Era | Short stories |
2010s
| Author | Book | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Allaby, Patrick ('15) | Martin Peters | Comic |
| The Water Lover | Biographical, Comic | |
| Belliveau, Renée ('17) | The Sound of Fire | Historical fiction, Literary |
| Les étoiles à l'aube | Memoir | |
| de Niverville, Abigail ('15) | I Knew Him | Young Adult fiction, LGBTQ+ |
| Midnight | Poetry | |
| Poems Worth Saving | Poetry | |
| We Go Together | Young Adult fiction, LGBTQ+ | |
| Gould, Xavier ('17) | Des fleurs comme moi | Poetry, LGBTQ+ |
| Hassencahl-Perley, Emma ('17) | Wabanaki Modern (co-authored with John Leroux) | Non-fiction, Indigenous Art |
| McKnight, Lori ('12) | Rebecca | Children's book |
| Zarum, Dave ('11) | NBA 75: The Definitive History | Sports, non-fiction |