Pictou Bee Press

12/22/2025

Have a haggerrific Christmas holiday season!

12/22/2025

An enthusiastic review of "The Crow That Wouldn't Go" in "CanLit for LittleCanadians"!

Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators

12/12/2025

Merry Christmas from the staff at The Pictou Bee Press.

Shiloh and Chelsea were not happy about this photo shoot. They reminded us that staff photos of them wearing goofy looking hats was not in their contract. They have asked us to compensate them with an additional Christmas bonus.

Any suggestions about how we might respond to this demand?

12/09/2025

The Pictou Bee Press is serving up four books published this past year as Christmas fare. Enjoy!

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Copies of our books may be purchased online from The Pictou Bee Press (pictoubeepress.com), or in person at The Curious Cat Tea & Books, 33 Church Street (Antigonish Mall), Antigonish; Happenstance Ltd., 260 Main Street , Antigonish; Antigonish 5¢ to $1, 145 Main Street, Antigonish; STFX Store, Bloomfield Centre, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish; Antigonish Heritage Museum, 20 East Main Street, Antigonish; Karen Siderio Megronigle, 6440 Hwy 337, Cape George; Glenhill Berry Farm, 2146 Lochaber Road Highway #7, Antigonish; The McCulloch House Museum & Genealogy Centre, 86 Haliburton Road, Pictou; The River Gallery on Water Street ~ 49 Water St., Pictou NS!; Sea Glass Coffee House, 27 Water Street, Pictou; Mrs. MacGregor’s Shortbreads, 59 Water St, Pictou; read it again new& used books and gifts, 203 Archimedes Street, New Glasgow; John Marshall Antiques, 65 Provost Street, New Glasgow; The Overstreet Cafe, 727 River John Station Road, River John; Lismore Sheep Farm, 389 Louisville Rd, River John; Green Thumb Farmers Market, 4681 Highway 4, Westville; Maritime Mosaic, 129 Victoria Street East, Amherst; Amherst Artisan Gallery, 142 South Albion Street (Amherst Mall), Amherst; Highland Village Museum, 4119 Highway 223, Iona; Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College, 51779 Cabot Trail, St. Ann's; and Mabou Gaelic & Historical Society-An Drochaid, 11513 Nova Scotia Trunk 19, Mabou.

12/06/2025

Hope to see you at the Christmas Extravaganza at Dayle's Grand Market in Amherst today.

12/01/2025

St. Andrews’s Day Adventures of the Haggis

St. Andrew’s Day is one of the favourite days for the haggis. They know that hibernation is coming soon, so this day gives them one more opportunity to frolic.

They spent the day in all manner of activities: waving the Scottish flag; taking turns sitting in the old family Orkney chair; refighting the Battle of Culloden; rolling in the moss; and visiting Big Haggis MacAskill.

They debated going wild swimming but it was too chilly, so they decided to chase some wooly sheep instead. A meal of haggis was turned down for obvious reasons.

The haggis ended the day looking at old paintings of misty glens in Scotland and listening to Scottish ballads on the Victrola.

Many a tear was shed into an evening well lubricated with Highland dew and punctuated with boozy songs.

[As clearly evident to all, these images and text were not AI-generated.]

11/30/2025

Happy St. Andrew’s Day!

Be sure to hug a haggis today to mark the occasion. Perhaps even read your copy of “Hanging Out with the Haggis.”

Note the baby haggis in the picture on the left. We found him at Happenstance Ltd. in Antigonish. He wanted to come home with us. How could we resist!

11/25/2025

A Reason to Celebrate!

Come to The Curious Cat Tea & Books on November 29th to celebrate the debut of Antigonish’s Sophie Joy Lawrence as a children’s book illustrator!

Sophia collaborated with author Laurie Stanley-Blackwell on the new children’s book "My Best Friend Forever" published by The Pictou Bee Press.

Signed copies of "Hanging Out with the Haggis" will also be available at the event. The Haggis will be on hand to take photos with young readers.

It will also be possible to purchase advance copies of the Gaelic-English children’s book "Meeting the New Neighbours"– just in time for Christmas!

11/24/2025

Ken Kingston at Antigonish’s 989XFM Radio Station did a splendid interview with Sophia Lawrence, who is the illustrator of one of our recent books, “My Best Friend Forever.”

Here is the link to Ken’s article and a brief clip from the interview.

A new children's book has several ties to Antigonish. "My Best Friend Forever", is the story of a young girl who shares her experience with a friend loaded with personality that captures the magic of childhood friendships. The book was written by retired St. FX History professor Laurie Stanley-Black...

11/22/2025

Thank you to everyone to attended the book signing of "The Crow That Wouldn't Go" at the Antigonish 5¢ to $1.

If you weren't able to make it to this event and meet author Matea Drljepan, please note that there are still some signed copies of "The Crow That Wouldn't Go" available at the store.

The perfect Antigonish Christmas present that mails easily. It's sure to please young and old, far and wide!

Antigonish 5¢ to $1 also has copies of two other new books published by The Pictou Bee Press -- "My Best Friend Forever" and "Meeting the New Neighbours" by author Laurie Stanley-Blackwell.