X
Contacting facebook
Please wait...
 
Error! Cannot reach service.
The 49thShelf
Sign up here

Forgot password?

The Only Site Devoted Entirely to Canadian Books

  • Find your next great Canadian read
  • Connect with other book lovers
  • Keep up on the latest in Canadian books and authors
About the Author

Edward Riche

Edward Riche is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and playwright. His previous novels include Rare Birds, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring William Hurt and Molly Parker, and his second novel, The Nine Planets, won the Thomas Head Raddall Award. His writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and the Telegram. Edward lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Books by this Author
Easy to Like

Easy to Like

edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover Paperback
0 ratings
rated!
rated!
comments: 0
reviews: 0

Nominated for the BMO Winterset Award and the ReLit Award

From award-winning author Edward Riche comes an immensely readable and sharp novel about "C"-list screenwriter and wannabe vintner Elliot Johnson. With his life growing more ruinous by the day -- his writing career is on the rocks, his struggling vineyard is being investigated by the feds, an …

More Info
Included in the sponsored collection Great Canadian eBooks from Great Canadian Publishers    
Rare Birds

Rare Birds

edition:Paperback
0 ratings
rated!
rated!
comments: 0
reviews: 0
tagged :

Now a Major Motion Picture from Lions Gate Films, Starring William Hurt, Molly Parker and Andy Jones

Dave Purcell is ready to call it quits on his marriage and his restaurant, The Auk. His wife has left for a posting at a Washington D.C. think tank and the restaurant, built on a remote cliff on Push Cove, Newfoundland, never really took off. Dave sp …

More Info
Excerpt

"The dining room was a festival.  Every bite of salad sprayed cool juices, tasting of green and sun and earth.  The wines were rubies and topaz in the candlelight.  Tables were talking to one another.  Elbows hung over the backs of chairs.  The air was jagged with laughter.  It was the party to end all parties."

close this panel
Show editions
close this panel

User Activity

more >
Paid Advertisement
Paid Advertisement
You can do more on 49th Shelf when you're a member.

Check it out!