Chocolate River Publishing

12/06/2024

Thank you Acorn Press for making sure that Camelia Airheart continues to fly

New release FOLLOW THE GOOSE BUTT to Prince Edward Island spotted at Chapters Moncton Yay!😀

12/11/2022

Great Black Friday specials at Christmas at Crandalls

28/10/2022

Introducing the new APMA database of Atlantic books for Atlantic classroom to teachers at the NSTAL conference with the new ED of the APMA Karen Cole. Getting some great comments on the website www.atlanticbooks.ca/ABC

26/10/2022

Calling all teachers and librarians. The APMA has just launched a website featuring Atlantic books that can be searched by grade level and and curriculum stream. If you are looking to add quality local books to your classroom, check it out. They are offering a discount until November 30. We'd loved to know what you think of the site and using local books in classrooms www.atlanticbooks.ca/ABC

16/09/2022

September 17 is I'm buying an NB Book Day. Don't forget to visit your local bookstore , buy a book and enter the contest.

19/08/2022

So excited. The Gaelic translation of Disaster at the Highland Games on the shortlist for the Gaelic literature award. Kudos to Braden Press, Nathasha Pilotte, Riel Nason, and Morag Ann MacNeill

The shortlists for the Gaelic Literature Awards 2022 have been announced. Prizes are to be awarded in four categories for […]

30/05/2022

Great chance to win some books and a pass to the Highland Games.

Who LOVES made-in-the-Maritimes children's books AND fun family adventures? Then this giveaway is for YOU!

This package includes:
📖 an autographed copy of Disaster at the Highland Games
📖 an English copy of Fionn MacCool and the Salmon of Knowledge
📖 a French copy of Fionn MacCool et le saumon de la sagesse
📖 a French copy of Allons à Tantramar
📖 an English copy of Follow the Goose Butt, Camelia Airheart!, Follow the Goose Butt to Nova Scotia, and a Take off to Tantramar
🌀 and a weekend family pass to the Highland Games!

Thanks to Chocolate River Publishing & Bradan Press for the books, and the Moncton Highland Games for the weekend pass!

TO CLAIM: You MUST be able to pick up the books in person at the Games in Moncton on June 18, 2022.

TO ENTER: Simply comment below & tell us about a children's book you love to read, a funny story about your own disaster at an event, or what you're looking forward to most at this year's Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish Festival!

DETAILS: Contest is running on both Facebook & Instagram. Only one prize package is available. Winner will be chosen at random from comments on both platforms. Contest closes 11:59pm Atlantic time on June 1, 2022.

PS: Pickle Planet's Jenna Morton & Daubney's Adrift will be at the Moncton Market on Saturday, June 11 to share some of these stories & other Scottish tales as part of the Sprouts program. Bring the kiddos - and the authors themselves will be at the Games on Saturday, June 18!!

For more on the 16th annual Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish Festival, host of the 22nd annual Scottish Masters Athletics International Masters World Championships, visit: https://monctonhighlandgames.com/schedule

11/05/2022

So excited to have Riel Nason's Disaster at the Highland Games on this illustrious short list.

18/04/2022

Thank you for the wonderful review of A Calf for Olive Canadian Review of Materials. Four stars!!

Olive looked at her mother, who wasn’t smiling. Her mother didn’t have to say a word. Olive got the message. In the MacGregor farmhouse, everyone was expected to be polite and respectful. Olive may have been born with cerebral palsy, but that didn’t give her an excuse to take her grumpy mood o...

08/04/2022

Odette Barr is off to introduce Camelia to Nova Scotia kids at the Funny Pages Festival on April 22nd.

30/03/2022

If you are ever wondering what publishers do all day, here's a series of videos put out by the Association of Canadian Publishers that highlights what people in the various roles do. And in a small press like ours many of those roles will be filled by the same person.

A Day in the Life: Inside the Canadian Publishing IndustryHave you ever wondered about all the people working behind the scenes to bring your favourite books to life? “A Day in the Life: Inside the Canadian Publishing Industry” is a video series highlighting different roles across the independen...