Local Authors
Here is a listing of the books we have by authors from Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario.
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* denotes books that are only available in Brodie's Special Collection.
Anthologies
- 807 : a Northwestern Ontario literary review - edited by Rosalind Maki and Deborah deBakker
- Brandy & summer wine : an anthology of personal poems, critiques & biographies from the Bell, Book & Candle Poetry Club of Thunder Bay - compiled by Bill MacDonald
- Core samples : poems from Northwestern Ontario by Mary Frost, Sharon Irvine, Sue Blott, Sherri Lankinen, and Cathy Carroll
- Echoes of Thunder - by the Writers’ Circle ; edited by Catherine Bodnarchuk et al.
- Flying colours : new stories from Northwestern Ontario - edited by Rosalind Maki
- NOWW : the magazine of Northwestern Ontario writers workshop - edited by Rosalind Maki and Deborah deBakker
- Reflections of Thunder - by the Writers’ Circle ; edited by Meghan Hanbury et al
- Rigor : lyric poems - by Creative Writing Students at Lakehead University *
- Thunder on the Bay - by the Writers’ Circle
- Thundering - by the Writers’ Circle
- Voice of Thunder - by The Writers’ Circle; edited by Irene Warmenhoven
Abramsky, David
Aggarwal, Arjun
Anderson, Heather
Andra-Warner, Elle
- Edmund Fitzgerald: the legendary Great Lakes shipwreck
- Hudson’s Bay Company adventures: tales of Canada’s early fur traders
- Hudson’s Bay Company adventures: the rollicking saga of Canada’s fur traders
- Life in a thundering bay: voices from Thunder Bay’s past
- The Mounties: tales of adventure and danger from the early days
- Movers and Mavericks: Thunder Bay’s famous, infamous and not-so famous
- Robert Service: a great Canadian poet’s romance with the north
- Sentimental Journeys
- The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Arthur, Elizabeth
Autio, Karen - You can read our interview with her on tbplofftheshelf.com.
Baarschers, William H., 1932-
Barr, Elinor
- Annotated bibliography of English-language books and articles relating to the Swedish experience in Canada *
- The frontier as experienced on the Precambrian Shield:a study of Ignace, Ontario from 1883 to 1908 *
Bartsch, Werner
- Exit with excellence : how one unusual shutdown transformed mining traditions, Caland Ore Co. Ltd., Atikokan, Ontario, 1960-1980 *
- Practical visionaries : innovators in learning and change *
Beadle, Gert
Beaulieu, Michel S.
- Celluloid dreams : an illustrated history of early filmmaking at the Lakehead, 1900-1931
- Essays in Northwestern Ontario working class history : Thunder Bay and its environs
- Final fantasy and philosophy : the ultimate walkthrough
- Labour at the Lakehead : ethnicity, socialism, and politics, 1900-35
- The lady lumberjack : an annotated collection of Dorothea Mitchell's writings
- The little Third Reich on Lake Superior : a history of Canadian internment Camp R - Completed and edited by Michel S. Beaulieu
- North of Superior : an illustrated history of northwestern Ontario
- Pulp friction : communities and the forest industry in a globalized world
Beck, Jenny
Belrose, David
Benedet, David A.
- Great Lakes Marine Archives ship plan collection *
- Port Arthur built : an illustrated history of the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company 1910-1993
Bertrand, J.P. (1880-1964)
Black, Arthur
- Arthur! Arthur! More comic sketches from the master’s pen
- Back to Black: comic sketches
- Basic Black: the wit and whimsy of Arthur Black
- Black & White and Read all over
- Black by Popular Demand: more wit and whimsy
- Black gold: nuggets from a lifetime of laughs
- Black in the saddle again
- Black is the new green
- Black tie and tales
- Creative Canada Creatif welcomes you to Thunder Bay *
- Fifty shades of Black
- Old Fort William: not the definitive, authorized, shrinkproof, cling-free story
- Pitch Black
- Planet Salt Spring (cd book only)
- That old Black magic
Black, Jessica
- The anti-inflammation diet and recipe book : protect yourself and your family from heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, allergies-- and more
- Living with Crohn's & colitis cookbook : nutritional guidance, meal plans, and over 100 recipes for improved health and wellness
Blazino, Darryl
Braun, Harold S.
Brown, Loranne
Buffett, Bryan
Burkowski, Gordon
Burnford, Sheila
- Bel-Ria: dog of war
- The fields of noon *
- The incredible journey
- Mr. Noah and the second flood
- One woman’s Arctic
- Without reserve
Butcher, Scott - You can read our interview with him on tbplofftheshelf.com.
Campbell, George
- The final adventure of Old Fort William : being a short chronicle of the life, times and re-birth of the fort on the Kaministiquia.
- Paddlers of the north
- Performance *
- The spirit, the lamp, and the key : being a brief chronicle history of St. Joseph's Hospital, Thunder Bay during its first 100 years *
- Thunder Bay's real giant : being a very brief summary of the fascinating life and achievements of Mr. C.D. Howe *
- The town that arrested a train
Carroll, Mae
Chambers, Lee - You can read our interview with him on tbplofftheshelf.com.
Chacaby, Ma-nee
Chapman, Marilyn
Christie, Michael - You can read our interview with him on tbplofftheshelf.com.
Ciemny, Anne
Collins, Ken
Coslett, Jim
Craib, Karen
D’Acre, Jacqueline
Danton, Cindy
Dawson, K.C.A. (Kenneth C.)
- Algonkians of Lake Nipigon : an archaeological survey *
- Archaeological shore survey at Pukaskwa Park, Ontario, 1974 *
- The Kaministikwia Intaglio dog effigy mound. *
- The McCluskey site *
- Original people and Euro-Canadians in northwestern Ontario : the road west, the hinge of a developing state *
- The Potato Island site, District of Kenora, Ont. *
- Prehistory of northern Ontario *
- A preliminary archaeological investigation of the North West Company Post on the Kaministiquia River, Fort William 1800-1821 *
Dean, Pauline
- Manitouwadge : cave of the Great Spirit *
- Old Fort William... : ... past & present
- Sagas of Superior, the island sea... and its Canadian shore
- Thoughts in flight *
Dick, Leonard G.
Dickson, H. Leighton
- Cold stone and ivy
- Songs in the year of the cat
- To journey in the year of the tiger
- To walk in the way of lions
Driben, Paul
- Aroland is our home: an incomplete victory in applied anthropology *
- The generation of power and fear: the Little Jackfish river hydroelectric project and the Whitesand Indian Band *
- The northern economy: benefits, problems, and prospects *
- When freedom is lost : the dark side of the relationship between government and the Fort Hope Band *
Ferrante, Bonnie
Fiddler, Thomas
Frim, Rose
Fulford, Hazel
- When trains stopped in Dinorwic : the story of Eric Rhind *
- The Gold Rock letters : secrets of Watson's Point
- The Morrisseau papers : an inside story
- Sign from above : a Red Lake mystery
- Wabigoon burning : and other stories
- Yellow brick roads to Gold Rock : chasing the dream *
Galgut, Damon
Haggarty, Holly
Hanschke, Violet
Hatton, C. Nathan
Henderson, E. Marion
- James Henderson, 1849-1899 : with Sandford Fleming's preliminary survey for C.P.R. north of Lake Superior *
- The McKellar story : McKellar pioneers in Lake Superior's mineral country, 1839 to 1929
- Miss E. Marion Henderson : resume. *
Hurrell, T.S.
Jewell, Margaret
Johnston, Harcourt T.
Jones, Amy
Jones, Marianne
- Here, on the ground
- Highway 17: a collection of poems *
- Robert Davidson: eagle of the dawn
- The serenity stone murder
Karlstedt, Fiona
Kenny, George
Khani, Derek
Klein, J.M.
Kleitsch, Christel
Kosoris, Alexander - You can read our interview with him on tbplofftheshelf.com.
Kouhi, Elizabeth
- Escape to White Otter Castle
- Growing Masks
- Jamie of Fort William
- Jamie of Thunder Bay
- Maggie’s Lighthouse Summer
- Michael Builds a Frog House
- Naming: poems
- No Words in English: a novel
- North Country Spring: a book of verse for children
- Round Trip Home
- Sarah Jane of Silver Islet
- The story of Philip
- Trick or treat by the Railway Tracks
- Waiting for Greening: poems
Krys, Michelle - You can read our interview with her on tbplofftheshelf.com.
Laderoute, David
Landiak, Olga
Lavoie, Edgar J.
- And the Geraldton way: a history of Geraldton and district up to 1947
- Muskeg tours: historic sites of the Little Long Lac Gold Camp
- The Beardmore relics
Liman, Claude
- Barnabas Snug Harbour
- Branches : fifty years of family secrets : a sentimental history of Fort William and Port Arthur
- Catwalk : a feline odyssey
- Christmas Eve at Silver Islet : a winter pilgrimage
- Close the door softly and other stories
- Clowns in the closet : the life and times of Uncle Sol
- Confessions of a Cornish miner : Silver Islet 1870-1884
- Daughters of the sun : a winter at St.-Tropez
- Emanations of Silver Islet
- Further emanations of Silver Islet : volume II
- Goodbye Picadilly! : a Silver Islet shipwreck
- The great millenium Mount Everest cat expedition & other stories
- Happy-go-lucky : Silver Islet shenanigans
- The holly tree
- Home before dark : tales out of school
- A house in the country and other stories
- Hyenas in the streets : a novel
- Lamplight : a Silver Islet saga
- On Mink Mountain
- Oscar the institutional cat : a feline autobiography
- Patagonian odyssey : a travel memoir
- The quarry
- Requiem for Aunt Rose & other stories
- Ruby's last ride and other stories
- Shadows at sunset : a memoir
- Shaganash : Lake Superior lighthouse
- Sirens
- Skull rock scandal, or confessions of a chambermaid : one woman's life and death at Silver Islet
- Soothsayer
- Still more emanations of Silver Islet, volume III *
- Stinging nettles : a summer at Silver Islet
- Stone stairs and steeple bells : the short, shocking life of Leonard Roche
- Through a dark cloud shining
- The true "Intrepid" : Sir William Stephenson and the unknown agents
- Trout tales & salmon stories *
- Tyke and Dusty : a biography of two house cats
- Vive Zigoto! travels through the South of France with a lady journalist and her cat
- Voyage of the Pelican : a Thunder Bay odyssey
- The whales of Superior & other scandalous tales from the Kestitupa
- Windows on the street : a saga
MacDonald, Jake
- The bridge out of town
- Houseboat chronicles : notes from a life in Shield country
- Indian river : a novel
- Lakes, lures and lodges : an angler's guide to Western Canada
- Raised by the river
Martell, Kurt
Matthews, Tim
Mauro, Joseph (1931-2001)
- Index to Thunder Bay : a history *
- Thunder Bay : a city's story
- Thunder Bay: a history : the golden gateway of the great Northwest.
- My rambling heart : an autobiography *
McGregor, Ted
McLeod, Heather
McLuhan, Elizabeth
- Altered egos : the multimedia work of Carl Beam *
- Daphne Odjig : a retrospective 1946-1986 *
- Norval Morrisseau and the emergence of the image makers *
- Vision circle : the art of Roy Thomas : a retrospective exhibition
Mead, Florence
Michalyshyn, Peter B.
Michels, R.E.
Morrison, Jean
- Labour pains : Thunder Bay's working class in Canada's wheat boom era
- Superior rendezvous-place : Fort William in the Canadian fur trade
- The North West Company in rebellion : Simon McGillivray's Fort William notebook, 1815
Muchano, Tonya
Mullo, Marc
Neill, Owen
- Eye of the wolf
- Gone to gossamer *
- Hey now, brown cow..ch? : mocha words for coffee hounds *
- High tide, moon ride *
- It's about time : poems over the shoulder *
- My wild colonials *
- She said, he said : a creative dialogue *
- She said, he said, Act II, Scene II : the dialogue continues *
- She said, he said, Act III, Scene III : the dialogue continues *
- Six windows of the giant *
- Voices in Sherwood
Onchulenko, Gene
- Beaconsfield, Mohawk and the Red Barges : the Campbell fleets *
- The Carryore, Nipigon and Labrador fleets *
- Our tradition carries on : 98th Convention of the International Ship Masters' Assocication *
- The ships of the Paterson fleet *
Parent, Shaun
- Climber's guide to the ice of Orient Bay *
- Climbing guide to the Thunder Bay area
- A guide to rock climbing routes at the scenic bluffs of Thunder Bay
- North of Superior Orient Bay ice climber's guide : a climber's guide to the ice of Orient Bay, Kama Bay, Ice Station Superior *
Peacock, Shane - You can read our interview with him on tbplofftheshelf.com.
- The artist and me
- Becoming Holmes: the boy Sherlock Holmes, his final case
- Bone beds of the badlands: a Dylan Maples adventure
- The dark missions of Edgar Brim
- Death in the air
- Double you
- The dragon turn
- Eye of the crow
- Last message
- The secret fiend
- Vanishing girl
Pendziwol, Jean E. - You can read our interview with her on tbplofftheshelf.com.
- Dawn watch
- Marja’s skis
- No dragons for tea: fire safety for kids (and dragons)
- Once upon a dragon: stranger safety for kids (and dragons)
- Once upon a northern night
- The red sash
- The tale of Sir Dragon: dealing with bullies for kids (and dragons)
- A treasure at sea for dragon and me: water safety for kids (and dragons)
Petrone, Penny
- Breaking the mould
- Embracing Serafina
- First people, first voices
- Native literature in Canada: from the oral tradition to the present
- Northern voices: Inuit writing in English
- Schoolmarm
Piniuta, Harry
Pinola, Salme
- Aamun valjetessa *
- En ole yksin *
- The fatherless *
- Hän tyyntää myrskyn *
- Saaran uni
- Vanha kirkon kello soi
Poindexter, Ellafern
- And time remembered : first of a trilogy
- High noon *
- I never measured my life out by the teaspoon
- Potpourri
- Spirit soaring
- Together is an oasis in the sand
Potestio, John
- The history of the Italian Mutual Benefit Society (1929-1984) *
- In search of a better life : emigration to Thunder Bay from a small town in Calabria
- In their footsteps : reflections on the legacy of Italian immigrants to Thunder Bay
- The Italians of Thunder Bay
- The memoirs of Giovanni Veltri
- The R. F. Welch (Veltri) Company
- Thunder Bay's people
Pringle, John
Pucci, Antonio
- The Italian community in Fort William's east end in the early twentieth century : a thesis submitted in partical fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History of Lakehead University. *
- Societa Italiana di Benevolenza - Principe di Piemonte, 1909-2009 *
- Thunder Bay's people
Raffo, Peter
- From institution to community : a transformation of psychiatric hospital services
- Responding to unmet needs : 125 years in the community
- The Thunder Bay amalgamation oral history project : catalogue and guide to the collection *
Ranta, Mike
Reguly, Lorraine
Reid, Dorothy M. (-1974)
- Jackpine *
- Magic carpet stories (cd book only)
- Tales of Nanabozho
Richthammer, John
Schacter, Mark
Shaffer, Paul
Schoemperlen, Diane
- At a loss for words: a post-romantic novel
- By the book: stories and pictures
- Forms of devotion
- Hockey night in Canada and other stories
- In the language of love: a novel in 100 chapters
- The man of my dreams: stories
- Names of the dead: an elegy for the victims of September 11
- Our lady of the lost and found: a novel
- Red plaid shirt: stories new and selected
- This is not my life: a memoir of love, prison and other complications
Sitch, Bert
Skelton, Joan
- The barn's on fire and Kay's down the well
- Rescue from Grampa Woo *
- The survivor of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Skinner, Doc
Slipperjack, Ruby
- Dog tracks
- Honour the sun: extracted and revised from the diary of the Owl
- Little voice
- Silent words
- These are my words: the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens
- Weesquachak and the lost ones
Stevens, James R.
- Angelique abandoned: Isle Royale 1845-1846
- Killing the shamen
- Paddy Wilson’s gold fever
- A Picasso from the north country: the wild journey of Canadian artist, Norval Morrisseau
- Roy Thomas: the spirit of Ahnisnabae art
- Sacred legends of the Sandy Lake Cree
- Searching for the Hudson Bombers: lads, love & death in World War Two
- Wild on the Superior frontier: a romance of settlers lives, Lake Superior 1845-1900
Strathbogey, James (alias Bill MacDonald)
Strickland, Helen Moore
Sutherland, William S.
Swanson, Betty
Thode, Vanessa Ricci
Thomas, Lucy
Thompson, Brad
Villeneuve, Jocelyne
Wagamese, Richard
- Dream wheels: a novel
- Embers: one Ojibway’s meditations
- For Joshua: an Ojibway father teaches his son
- Him standing
- Indian horse
- Medicine Walk
- The Next Sure Thing
- One Native Life
- One Story, One Song
- A quality of light
- Ragged Company
- Runaway dreams: poems
Weller, Duncan
- Big electric cat
- The boy from the sun
- The love ant
- Night wall
- Rocket fish: 9 shorts, 2 novellas, 1 fable
- Spacesnake
- Tettrennial drift: poetry and drawings
- The Ugg and the drip
Westland, E. Reid
White, Sonna
Wickman, Percy (1941-)
Wilkins, Charles
- Breakaway: hockey and the years beyond
- Breakfast at the Hoito and other adventures in the boreal heartland
- The circus at the edge of the earth: travels with the Great Wallenda Circus
- High on the big stone heart: and further adventures in the boreal heartland
- In the land of long fingernails: a gravedigger’s memoir
- Old Mrs. Schmatterbung and other friends
- The story of the Port Arthur Clinic 1923-2000
- Walk to New York: a journey out of the wilds of Canada
- When the final buzzer sounds: NHL greats share their stories of hardship and triumph: an anthology
- The wild ride: a history of the North West Mounted Police, 1873-1904
- A wilderness called home: dispatches from the wild heart of Canada
Willard, Sybil
Yahn, Terrence
Young, Jessica - You can read our interview with her on tbplofftheshelf.com.
Zawadowski, Leo