About Patrick d'Entremont, Author of On Acadian Shores

I am a former columnist with the Chronicle Herald newspaper and belong to the Writers’ Council of the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia. Acadian Shorelines is my debut novel. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I spent the bulk of my professional life as an IT entrepreneur and business writer.

Having lived to this grizzled old age means I have perspective on life, which I put to good use in narrating the thrills and misfortunes of Tommy Breau, a teenage Acadian boy who just wants to get out and see the world. But I know now what he didn’t know then, and there’s the story.

I grew up in West Pubnico, Nova Scotia, a fishing community founded by returning exiles following the Acadian expulsion of 1755. I write stories that depict growing up in such a milieu and how it shaped who I became as an adult. I have found that this coming-of-age reminiscing resonates with many people, whether or not of Acadian descent. A brief excerpt from my novel was shared and thumbs-upped over three thousand times on Facebook.

Acadian Shorelines is being published by OC Publishing in the summer of 2026. I am also working on a sequel to this novel as well as a prequel.