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An illustration by Duncan Major from 'Dirty Jobs', it is all green with pencil shading and white highlights. A hand held in an 'okay' symbol in front of a large jerry-rigged pump sits on a lawn, a long curling hose trails from it to a tank in the back of a pick-up truck. There is a row of white laundry hanging on a line in the background

There’s a hilarious recitation for every occasion in HALF THE LIES YOU TELL ARE NOT TRUE.

World Plumbing Day? Sure thing: ‘Dirty Jobs’ is a tall tale of outport septic misadventure.

Ask for HALF THE LIES at your local bookstore, or order it at www.runnignthegoat.com

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The cover of Jack and Mary and a review quote over an image of cherry cake. [text in image] What sets this tale apart is the seamless blend of humour, adventure, and strong character work. The narrative’s rhythm and expressive language evoke oral storytelling traditions, making it a joy to read aloud. Both cake and book will be consumed with a smile

A lovely review of Andy Jones's JACK AND MARY IN THE LAND OF THIEVES on canadiancookbooks.ca!

Read the full review, pick up a copy of the book, and then enjoy a beautiful piece of cherry cake from Noreen Lewis's recipe.

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13 hours ago

A stack of books featured by the Writers Trust Amplified Voices program. They are Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related by Jenny Heijun Wills; Brown by Kamal Al-Solaylee; The Strangers by Katherena Vermette; Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira; Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Malaga; and Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi.

A sign for the Amplified Voices program in from top a stack of books. Text on the sign not repeated in the post reads "Join us as we spotlight 25 books by diverse, talented alumni who have won book props since the organization's inception in 1976."

We're happy to partner with The Writers Trust again this year as they celebrate their 50th anniversary for the WT Amplified Voices program, which promotes Canadian BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ authors.

Thanks to the Writers Trust for sending us these books, which we'll be giving away on Indie Bookstore Day!

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An illustration by Veselina Tomova from Spirited Away. A young white girl with red pigtails floats in the air as her father looks on in shock below. She looks scared. The air around her swirls with twigs and leaves. Two spectral horses gallop past above the tree-line

Malevolent winds, mysterious pipers, unlucky places, strange processions, and pursuing lights. Tom Dawe’s gorgeous collection of Newfoundland fairy stories, SPIRITED AWAY, is a great way to dig into our province's rich fairy lore.

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An illustration by Caroline Clarke from The Mystery of the Portuguese Waltzes. Tamara, a young white girl with short blond hair, playing a red accordion. She is sitting down, and has he eyes closed. She looks content

Fog pressed against her bedroom window, blurring the view . On clear days, Tamara watched the heaving steel-grey sea meet the quieter inner-harbour waters. Maybe music comes from exactly that place where rough and calm seas meet.
-THE MYSTERY OF THE PORTUGUESE WALTZES

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2 days ago

A hedgehog with a small bow tie squints at his alarm clock. The clock reads 5:05am

Don’t worry Wilhelm, we’re all a little discombobulated by the time change today!

Illustration by Anna Sarvira from WILHELM, THE HEDGEHOG.
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3 days ago

[text in image] We'd pass girls picketing everywhere we went. I should say about that, I think. How "girls" was a word we sued for ourselves. It was a word we were proud of, a word that held us together, even though some of us were beyond "girls" when it came to age. Reen, of course, but all sorts of others. Still, there were so many of us that were younger. Me. Angelika, Rebekkah, Paolina, Rachele. So many of us that were not even twenty yet. And how else would we call ourselves" Wasn't men that were filling those great sewing rooms, was it? It wasn't. Wasn't at all.

A vintage photo of a row of smiling women protesters from 1910. They are wearing long skirts, coats, and several o them have fashionable big-brimmed hats

TO SEE THE STARS is a powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl from outport Newfoundland as she finds her voice amid the early workers' rights movement in 1900's New York.

A moving tribute to the women of that era, and a great read for #InternationalWomensDay.

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3 days ago

Guilty by Definition, a novel by Susie Dent

Wildly Different: how five women reclaimed nature in a man's world by Sarah Lonsdale.

More new books in our Tors Cove shop!

We're open Friday - Sunday, 10:30 - 4, or you can find them all on our website. www.runningthegoat.com

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4 days ago

An illustration by Bill Pechet from Hare B&B. Harry, a hare in blue light overalls and square glasses, stands in a doorway holding a tray with a white bowl and pitcher on it. There is a stopwatch hanging at her waist. A smaller hare peeks around the doorframe into the room.

Harry here to remind you that the clocks are hopping forward tomorrow morning.

She's a strong proponent of planning ahead and recommends resetting yours before you go to bed tonight to avoid confusion.

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4 days ago

A photo looking across the snowy community towards the ocean and the islands. The sky is blue, and the sun is reflecting off the water.

It's a gorgeous winter day in Tors Cove today!

If you want to take advantage of the sun to enjoy a drive up the Shore, the shop is open 10:30-4, and is full of great books.

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5 days ago

An illustration from a Wonderful Bigness. A caricature of two small woman with brilliant smiles. One stands singly behind the other, resting her hands on her sister’s shoulders. They look like they’re sharing a good joke, or some fun gossip. One is wearing a headband to hold her curly black hair back from her face, and the other is wearing a beautiful flowered shirt. Behind them, there’s an arc of glowing stage lights

Meet Mary and Cack. Both fashion lovers, they made their own clothes and were always looking sharp. They’d be front-row at all the shows in the 1970’s, and could be found hanging out with the musicians.

Read about them and the rest of the Daly clan in A WONDERFUL BIGNESS runningthegoat.com
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6 days ago

Would a new audiobook help to get you on the go?

We've partnered with Libro.fm, so you can take advantage of their great catalogue of audiobooks, and support our little shop while you're at it.

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1 week ago

The cover of The Degrees of Barley Lick by Susan Flanagan, against a black and white photo of an old-growth forest

Need something to read while traveling? No need to fill your backpack with heavy books.

THE DEGREES OF BARLEY LICK is just one of the great ebooks we have available through our website: runningthegoat.com/collections/...

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1 week ago

A photo of a 'delivered by goat express' sticker on a brown paper bag. There is an illustration of a leaping goat on the sticker.

Feel like a new book, but not a drive?

The Goat Express delivers between Tors Cove and St. John’s for only $5. Browse our digital shelves, choose ‘local delivery’ at checkout, and have your order brought to your door within a few days!

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1 week ago

Part of an illustration from Puffin Circus 1 2 3. Three puffins juggling. They are all wearing bowties and born hats with colourful ribbons above the brim. One is juggle bowling pins, one is juggling balls, and one is juggling blue rings with a puffin outside of the frame

Did you know that one collective noun for a group of puffins is a circus? Lori Doody took that as inspiration for her latest book, a counting board book for her littlest readers: PUFFIN CIRCUS 1 2 3!

Ask for it at your local independent bookstore, or find it at www.runningthegoat.com

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1 week ago

An illustration by Manon Gauthier from All of Us. A cardboard and paper collage of animals on the savannah. There is an antelope, a warthog, a rhinoceros, an elephant, a wildebeest, and two birds. They all have round staring eye looking out at you, and heads or bodies made from a large oblong shape.

An illustration of an animal cell, showing its internal structure. It is the same oblong shape used for the animal's heads and bodies.

On #WorldWildlifeDay, pick up a copy of Manon Gauthier's ALL OF US, which cleverly celebrates biological diversity and the animal cell that links us all, through charming collage illustrations of animals from around the world.

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1 week ago

"Here's a queer, ultra-modern, historic St. John's where scientific advancement smacks up against potent magic and ancient lore." Lisa Moore

You can order URCHIN through our website, where you can also download the ebook or audiobook, brilliantly read by author Kate Story.
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An illustration by Sahar Abdallah from A little Halwa and a Big Family. A row of four Afghan children standing from youngest to oldest. They all have light brown skin, black hair, and small mischievous smiles. The smallest child has a hand on her older brother's shoulder; he has a hand on his older brother's shoulder; and the older brother is whispering in his older sister's ear. She has one hand on her chin, and looks like she is planning something

Have you heard the news? A LITTLE HALWA AND A BIG FAMILY, by Farid Bazger and Sahar Abdallah, is coming out this month!

Pre-order this sweet story about clever kids, tasty treats, and the love of family on our website, or ask for it at your local independent bookstore.

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1 week ago

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We've got all the books we carry on our website, and it's very easy to navigate; you can search for a specific title, or browse books by category.

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Don't see the book you want on our website? Drop us a line. We're always happy to order a book in for you, if we're able.

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1 week ago

Departures, a novel by Julian Barnes; The Distance of a Shout, selected poems by Michael Ondaatje; The Sea Child, a novel by Linda Wilgus; The Correspondent, a novel by Virginia Evans.

It's Different This Time by Joss Richard.

ANTIFA: the anti-fascist handbook by Mark Bray, with new introduction by Joshua Clover; An regular and a graphic edition of On Fascism: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder. The graphic edition is illustrated by Nora Krug.; A paperback copy of Invisible Prisons: Jack Whelan's story of survival, solitary confinement, and his tireless fight for justice by Jack Whelan and Lisa Moore; and Shady Characters: the secret life of punctuation, symbols, and other typographical marks by Keith Houston

New and restocked in our Tors Cove shop: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and another Canada Reads title!

We're open Friday - Sunday, 10:30 - 4, or find them all online at www.runningthegoat.com

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1 week ago

Janet Peter is minding this shop for us this week. She recommends Sally Rooney's INTERMEZZO. "My recommendation. A departure from her exploration of romatic relationships. This is a profound study in grief and familial tensions."

Stop by the shop Fri- Sun, 10:30 -4, to get more recommendations!

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1 week ago

An illustration by Duncan Major from Bingo Bear Vs Super Nan. A polar bear and an old woman face off across a table full of bingo cards, as a crowd looks on. Nan is an old woman with short curly grey hair, glasses, and a determined expression on her face. She has a bingo dabber in each hand. The polar bear only has one bingo dabber, and is sweating

[text in image]“Under the B,” he said again. “Under the B,” once more. And then he stuck his finger out, and pointed at the door. Aunt Josie jumped up from her chair, and said, “My jumpins, Roy! Never mind ‘Under the B,’ what number is it, b’y?”But not a word came out of Roy, he sat there like a block. “Roy,” said Jim, “I’m all mixed up. You call B9 or not?” And then Roy got his senses back and got his mouth in gear, “A bbb.., a bbb..., a bbb..., a bear!” The players finally turned around to saw what Roy had seen. A polar bear was standing there, ’bout ten feet tall and mean. He showed his teeth, he clicked his claws, he let the great big roar. And just like that all hands jumped up and scravelled out the door. Well, not quite all, my friends, you see, there were still three remaining. Roy was frozen to his chair, and Josie was complaining. The thought she’d lose the big jackpot tormented her, and drove her. Then the bear walked up, looked at her cards, and said “Missus, move over!” Now, Josie wasn’t one to be afraid of much in life, And Uncle Jim would often say, “Don’t try and cross the wife.” But neither was she stunned, and so she up and crossed the hall. The bear sat down, looked at the cards, and said, “Now caller, CALL!”

Did you know that polar bears are fiercely competitive bingo players? Well, maybe not all of them, but the one in Dave Paddon’s ‘Bingo Bear vs Supernan’ certainly is.

Find its story among the hilarious recitations in HALF THE LIES YOU TELL ARE NOT TRUE.

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Running the Goat Books & Broadsides Running the Goat Books & Broadsides is a micro press that publishes children's literature of exceptional quality. The press also publishes a line of letterpress-printed books, chapbooks, broadsides, a...

And I do not see how any reader can go through this book without seeing the world in a richer, more nuanced, and more colourful way."
~Deborah Furchtgott, The Children's Bookroom, on THE POSSIBLE LIVES OF WH, SAILOR

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An illustration by Bushra Junaid from The Possible Lives of WH, Sailor. Seen from back on, a pair of bare Black feet stand on a sandy beach. They are lapped by the gently moving surf, and reflected in the wet sand behind them. The mood of the image is reflective and peaceful

"We see, running through her words, which rock like a boat on gently rolling waves, so many ways that Black lives have always been part of the world we live in, whether in the USA, Canada, or anywhere in the world.
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Cover of the book My Bunny Lies Over the Ocean by Bill Richardson and Bill Pechet. The cover is colourful: blue, green, and cream with brownish highlights. The text looks handwritten and is decorated with hearts. A cartoonish picture of a bunny on a towel, enjoying a day at the beach, suggests the tone of the story to come.

#Reading today: a sweet little text: MY BUNNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN (Bill Richardson, text; Bill Pechet, images). When Bunny goes missing after a day at the beach, a team effort brings Bunny home. I enjoyed it; you will too!

#kids #books #writing #ReadAloud #funny
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1 week ago

An illustration by Denise Gallagher from Peg Bearskin. Peg and the prince holding hands, leaning towards each other and smiling. They are both similarly square-faced, with messy hair and hairy arms. There is a castle in the background

It’s #TellAFairyTaleDay!

With text transcribed from a live storytelling event, it’s no wonder that reading PEG BEARSKIN feels like having someone tell you a story.

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2 weeks ago

An illustration by Bill Pechet from Lola Flies Alone. Two overlapping sketches of Lola napping. Lola is a young girl with fluffy blond hair, wearing a unicorn hat and a tutu. In one sketch she is cuddling a smaller child on her lap, in the other she is by herself. Both Lolas are dreaming the same dream in a thought bubble. The thought bubble has fairies flying around a castle by a lake.]

After the last week, we imagine you could use a short trip to Napland.

If that’s not on the table and you need something to entertain the kids, LOLA FLIES ALONE is a silly story that’s sure to delight. You can find the ebook on our website.

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2 weeks ago

An illustration by Lori Doody from Paint the Town Pink. A busy sidewalk in front of the storefront for Some Saucy. All the people on the sidewalk are wearing different colours of pink shirts, dresses and pants. One window of the shop has pink suits in it, the other has fancy pink dresses. Both widows are decorated with plastic lawn flamingos. A pink flaming stands on the store's front step watching all the people walk past

Rose the flamingo and her St. John’s neighbours will be wearing pink this #PinkShirtDay as a reminder to everyone to embrace each other’s differences and be kind to one another.

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2 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

A quote from the review, below the covers of the two inns dialect editions of Kuekuatsheu Creates the World. [text in image] Classroom Connection: this book was designed to be a teaching tool for students who are learning the Innu-aimun language and will be a valuable resource for both cultural connections and the simple, seay-to-read story. For all students, it presents one of many creation stories that could be used in a comparison study. There is an opportunity to create Venn diagrams with these stories. Examples might be the story of Noah's Ark or the Anansi stories from Africa. The theme of the little animal who is the hero while the larger, more predictable animals fail can lead to fascinating parallels in both literature and the student's experience of how something small can be the very thing to solve a big problem. The drawings on bright backgrounds of colour will lend themselves to students creating similar pictures, outlining shapes in their pictures with black Sharpies and an aura of light. review by Betty Schultze.

Delighted to see KUEKUATSHEU CREATES THE WORLD reviewed in Canadian Teacher Magazine!

Ask for it at your local independent bookstore, or order it online at www.runningthegoat.com

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