Patrick d’Entremont
Writer

"Tommy’s story is the stuff of real life, crowded with characters whose fates matter, and Acadian Shorelines is 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." - The Seabord Review of Books

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    • 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