Lesley Choyce



Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) is a Canadian poet and author of novels, non-fiction, and children's books.

Life
Born in Riverside Township, New Jersey, he was educated at Rutgers University, CUNY, and Montclair State University. He emigrated to Canada in 1979 and lives in East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.

Choyce is a part-time instructor at Dalhousie University, host of the television series Choyce Words and Off the Page, and Founding Director of Pottersfield Press.

Novelist and poet. Surfs the North Atlantic year-round. Runs a literary publishing house and teaches English at Dalhousie University. Hosts "Off the Page" a nationally broadcast program on BookTelevision. Author of more than seventy books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens and children.

Recognition
His writing has earned him several awards, including two Dartmouth Book Awards and the Ann Connor Brimer Award.

Poetry

 * Re-Inventing the Wheel (1982)
 * Fast Living (1982)
 * The End of Ice (1985)
 * To the Top of the Heart (1986)
 * The Man who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy'. Brandon, MB: Dollarpoems, 1988.
 * The Coastline of Forgetting (1995)
 * Beautiful Sadness (1998)
 * Caution to the Wind (2000)
 * The Discipline of Ice. Victoria, BC: Ekstasis Editions, 2009.

Biographical

 * Transcendental Anarchy: Confessions of a Metaphysical Tourist. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1993.
 * Driving Minnie's Piano: Memoirs of a Surfing Life in Nova Scotia (2006)
 * Seven Ravens: Two summers in a life by the sea. Hamilton, ON.: Wolsak & Wynn Pub., 2009.

Fiction

 * Eastern Sure (1980)
 * Downwind (1984)
 * Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance and Other Stories (1984)
 * Conventional Emotions. St. John's, NL: Creative Publishers, 1985.
 * The Dream Auditor (short stories). Charlottetown, PEI: Ragweed Press, 1986.
 * Coming Up for Air (1988)
 * The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson (1989)
 * Magnificent Obsessions: a photonovel. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1991.
 * Ark of Ice: Canadian futurefiction. Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1992.
 * The Ecstasy Conspiracy (1992)
 * The Republic of Nothing. Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane, 1994.
 * Dance the Rocks Ashore (1997)
 * World Enough (1998)
 * The Summer of Apartment X (1999)
 * Clear Cold Morning. Vancouver : Beach Holme Publishing, 2002.
 * Shoulder the Sky (2002)
 * Sea of Tranquility (2003)
 * Smoke and Mirrors (2004)
 * Thunderbowl. Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, ©2004.
 * Deconstructing Dylan. Toronto : Dundurn Group, ©2006.
 * The End Of The World As We Know It (2007)
 * The Book of Michael. Calgary : Red Deer Press, 2008.
 * Reaction. Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, 2010.

Non-fiction

 * An Avalanche of Ocean: The life and times of a Nova Scotia immigrant. Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 1987.
 * December Six/The Halifax Solution (1988)
 * Nova Scotia Shaped by the Sea: A Living History. Toronto and New York: Viking, 1996.
 * The Coasts of Canada: A history. Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 2002.
 * Pottersfield Nation: East of Canada. East Lawrencetown, NS: Pottersfield Press, 2004.
 * How to Fix Your Head. Hamilton, ON : Poplar Press, 2011.

Children's literature

 * Skateboard Shakedown (1989)
 * The Hungry Lizards (1990)
 * Wave Watch (1990)
 * Wrong Time, Wrong Place (1991)
 * Some Kind of Hero (1991)
 * Margin of Error (1992)
 * Clearcut Danger (1992)
 * Full Tilt (1993)
 * Good Idea Gone Bad. Halifax, NS: Formac Pub., 1993.
 * The Dark End of Dream Street (1994)
 * Big Burn (1995)
 * Go For it Carrie (with Mark Thurman). Halifax, NS: Formac, 1997.
 * Carrie's Crowd (with Mark Thurman). Halifax, NS: Formac Pub., 1998.
 * Famous at Last (1998)
 * Roid Rage (1999)
 * Far Enough Island (2000)
 * Carrie's Camping Adventure (with Mark Thurman). Halifax, NS: Formac, 2001.
 * Refuge Cove. Victoria, BC; Custer, WA: Orca Book Publishers, 2002.
 * Shoulder the Sky. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2002.
 * Carrie Loses Her Nerve (with Mark Thurman). Halifax, NS: Formac, 2003.
 * Skate Freak. Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, 2008.
 * Running the Risk. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 2009.
 * Living Outside the Lines. Toronto, ON: Red Deer, 2010.
 * Reckless. : Victoria, BC ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, 2010.
 * Random (2010)
 * Dumb Luck (2011)
 * Gone Bad. Toronto: J. Lorimer, 2011.
 * Rat (2012)

Edited

 * ''The Mi'kmaq Anthology (edited by Lesley Choyce and Rita Joe). Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1997.
 * Nova Scotia : a traveller's companion : over 300 years of travel writing.
 * The Mi'kmaq anthology. Volume 2 : In celebration of the life of Rita Joe (edited by Lesley Choyce; Theresa Meuse-Dallien; Rita Joe; Julia Swan). Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 2011.

Discography

 * Long Lost Planet. Halifax, NS: Harbourmaster Music, [1995?]. (music/poetry by Leslie Choyce and the Surf Poets)
 * Sea Level. Halifax: Deep Nine/Pottersfield, 1998. (music/poetry by Lesley Choyce; Doug Barron; Jason McGroarty; Roland Blinn; Phil Walling; Rose Vaughan; John Sayre)