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Lesley Choyce

Photo: Larry Battle 1988

Lesley Choyce was born in New Jersey in 1951 and moved to Canada in 1978 and became a citizen. He teaches part-time at Dalhousie University, runs Pottersfield Press, and has written 40 adult and young-adult books. His YA novels concern things like skateboarding, surfing, racism, environmental issues, organ transplants, and rock bands. Lesley surfs year round in the North Atlantic and is considered the father of transcendental wood-splitting. He has worked as a rehab counsellor, a freight hauler, a corn farmer, a janitor, a journalist, a lead guitarist, a newspaper boy and a well digger. He lives in a 200-year-old farm house at Lawrencetown Beach overlooking the ocean. He also hosts a nationally syndicated TV talk show in Halifax. His recent novel, The Republic of Nothing, is currently being developed as a feature-length movie. Along with the Surf Poets, he has released a poetry/music album titled, Long Lost Planet.

E-mail: c/o Writers' Union of Canada
Phone number:
c/o Writers' Union of Canada

Publications

Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea. Toronto: Penguin Books Canada, 1996.
The Trap Door to Heaven. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1996.
The Republic of Nothing. Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 1994.
Good Idea Gone Bad. Halifax, NS: Formac Publishing, 1993.
The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson. Saskatoon, SK: Thistledown Press, 1989.

Awards

Authors Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters, co-winner, 1995.
The Dartmouth Book Award, 1990, 1995; shortlisted, 1991, 1992, 1993.
Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature, 1994; shortlisted 1992, 1993.
Shortlisted, The Stephen Leacock Medal, 1987.
The Order of St. John Award of Merit.
Links:
Website
http://www.LesleyChoyce.com
,
Blog
http://www.myspace.com/lesleychoyce
,
Podcast
http://www.LesleyChoyce.blogspot.com
Eligible for National Public Readings Program :
Yes

WITS

Presentation Length:
60 min.
Genre:
Fiction
Grades:
4-8
Audience size:
flexible
Northern OAC WITS:
No
Two sessions:
$200
Three sessions:
$400
Two sessions:
$100
Three sessions:
$250
GST:
GST not applicable