Patrick d’Entremont
Writer

I write literary fiction set in rural Nova Scotia, based on my Acadian heritage and my childhood growing up in the 1960s. Readers have told me these stories evoke laughter and tears, with their snappy dialogue, distinct characters, and unique and vivid settings.

Now Available!

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"Acadian Shorelines" now available here:

  • Atlantic News, Halifax, NS
  • Barrington Bargain Centre, Barrington, NS
  • Bookmark, Halifax, NS
  • The Book Shed, Hubbards, NS
  • Carrefour Atlantic Emporium, Halifax, NS
  • Dartmouth Book Exchange, Dartmouth, NS
  • The Happy Duck, Truro, NS
  • Halifax Rust Check, Bayer's Lake, NS
  • Indigo, Mic Mac Mall, Dartmouth, NS
  • Indigo, Bayer's Lake, NS
  • The Inside Story, Greenwood, NS
  • Le Musée des Acadiens, West Pubnico, NS
  • La Pharmacie, West Pubnico, NS
  • Shore Thing, Liverpool, NS
  • Tusket Archives, Tusket, NS
  • Le Village Historique Acadien, West Pubnico, NS
  • The Wandering Griffin, Argyle, NS
  • Woozles, Halifax, NS
  • The Write Cup, Saint John, New Brunswick
  • Online:
  • Amazon.ca
  • Amazon.com
  • Indigo.ca
  • Barnes and Noble

Upcoming book launch:

August 27, 2026 - Halifax Central Library, BMO Community Room (2nd floor), 7 p.m.

Acadian Shorelines

(OC Publishing)

"A delightful novel, bittersweet, comical, and immersive."

Once exposed to the world around him via television and U.S. radio stations, a teenager in an Acadian village in the 1960s finds himself questioning everything about himself and his upbringing.

What Readers Are Saying

"An assured work of fiction by a writer who knows his subject matter intimately. The novel is wise, funny, surprising and compassionate. An absolute delight.”
— Ian Colford, The Seaboard Review of Books

“Acadian Shorelines is a funny, tenderhearted tale about a teenage Acadian boy coming of age in Nova Scotia. All of the important touchpoints are there: school, friends, family, sports and girls. d’Entremont has written a delightful debut.”
— Jane Doucet, Author, Fishnets & Fantasies

"An original and compelling coming-of-age story… inherently fascinating and memorable from start to finish."
— Midwest Book Review, Small Press Bookwatch.

“I laughed and I laughed and then I cried. A lovely, warm story, so full of humour and heart and nostalgia of the very best kind.”
— Marianne Ward, Editor

"Like relishing a 3-scoop literary ice-cream cone — a taste of Annie Proulx, Stephen Leacock and Stuart McLean."
— Debra Amirault Camelin, Author, Nathalie: An Acadian's Tale of Tragedy and Triumph.

 

“A delightful novel, bittersweet, comical and immersive, where calamities — small and large — occur to beloved characters in a distinctly Canadian community. Narrated with equal parts wry humour and a compassion for the younger self that only comes with hindsight, this is a book you’ll want to share."
— Nicola Davison, award-winning author of In The Wake and Decoding Dot Grey