The Write Way

1988 Goose Lane Editions	Currents In The Stream is an affectionate portrait of the Miramichi by a son of the river. Wayne Curtis describes communities from Juniper to Loggieville and some of the notable people and events which have contributed to the story of this special region. Writing about founders and settlers, poets and musicians, politicians and poachers, as well as the ballads and songs that draw on the Irish tradition, Curtis offers an introduction to the vivid history of the Miramichi Valley.
1994 Goose Lane Editions	One Indian Summer is a powerful and eloquent novel about a boy whose coming-of-age on the Miramichi River coincides with the death of his father and the end of the family farm. "This is very fine writing. Its closeness to detail vibrates with an honesty which bears witness to lives lived humbly and poignantly. It resonates with truth, and the insights are of a very high order. Wayne Curtis is a splendid writer." ~ Alister MacLeod "When I read this novel, I was struck by the maturity, intelligence and sensitivity of its author. In it Wayne Curtis conveys the essence of what it is like to grow up in the Miramichi valley during the years following World War ll." ~ Fred Cogswell
1994/1996 Goose Lane Editions	In Fishing the Miramichi, Wayne Curtis shares stories from decades of fishing and guiding. Setting his angling tips and character sketches of outfitters and guides within the context of responsible sportsmanship, he composes a lyrical tribute to the river that he calls home. "The best little book about the Miramichi you're likely to find for many seasons to come." ~ Atlantic Salmon Journal
1997 Goose Lane Editions	More than twenty of the Miramichi River's most experienced guides told Wayne Curtis their best stories for River Guides of the Miramichi. Guides including Renate Bullock, Eugene Harris, Ernest Long, Bill MacKay, and the author's own father John Curtis, show the strength, skill, sense of humour, and love of the river and its great Atlantic salmon that have become famous throughout the angling world. "A garland of local lore gathered by a fishing poet." ~ Gene Hill, Field & Stream
1998 Nimbus Publishing	Wayne Curtis' short story collection Preferred Lies explores the underlying tension between his characters' inner passions and persona they present to the world. The complexity of relationships from childhood through old age shapes their lives and both helps and hinders their freedom to become, essentially, themselves. Poignant and tender, these stories carry their characters along myriad paths to self-deception about who they are and what they need. "The prose of Wayne Curtis is beautiful to read, for no detail escapes his discerning eye."~ Books in Canada
1999 Nimbus Publishing	In Last Stand, we discover that clear-cutting applies not only to forests but to the human heart: the result - a barren landscape - is the same. Just as age-old trees are felled by modern equipment, so do history and heredity conspire to undermine intention and desire. We might expect that tracing family roots in familiar territory would leave small margin for the same failures, but we find that human folly is no student of history. Curtis illustrates with prose as clear and steady as the river that travels through it that we are all too easy prey to our own demons. "A sensitive and insightful writer of the short story, Curtis' prose has a solid core and a rhythm that carries the reader along." ~ Sinclair Ross
2000 Nimbus Publishing	Whether depicting the loss of childhood loves, the comic campfire talk of once-a-year visitors, or one man’s desperate mid-life struggle to bring home a fish, Curtis portrays the growing pains of his Miramichi people with empathy, humour, and vivid description in stories held together by the rhythm of his language, by the voice of the river itself. "Curtis has an eye for the telling detail, giving us the most information in the fewest possible words." ~ New Brunswick Reader
2005 Bawdy House Press	Green Lightening, Some of these poems appeared in literary journals such as the New Muse and Cormorant. Others have appeared in the New Brunswick Reader. Many have been read by the author on CBC Radio in his Post Card Series in the autumn of 2001. "Wayne Curtis has a warmth in his command of language and a genuine insight in his description of place and time." ~ David Adams Richard
2005 Dreamcatcher Publishing	In Monkeys in a Looking Glass, Curtis draws upon his travels to give readers a portrait of the young Che Guevara in love for the first time and to describe the fear and exhilaration of Pamplona's "running of the bulls." At the same time, he applies his discerning eye to things closer to home: a man searching for his family roots in the goldfields of the Yukon; and ex-convict looking for love at a singles' dance, a young family chasing a dream in rural New Brunswick. Readers will finish this book knowing a good deal more about the human condition than when they started. "A seductive storyteller wholly immersed in the world he vividly creates, Curtis reveals himself to be a lyrical and sensuous stylist." ~ The Globe and Mail
2006 Goose Lane Editions	Wild Apples marks Wayne Curtis’s return to the embrace of home and the colourful lives of the people who inspire him. Simple pleasures, like fishing on the Miramichi River, and even chores--cutting wood, planting beans, and picking crabapples--call forth homespun recollections. The birth of his sister at Christmastime, the story of his mother in her own words, and a memorable trip to the circus embody unexpected moments of family love. His meditations on public figures, such as Robert Frost and Lord Beaverbrook, cast a new, humane light on these icons. "Curtis' prose is more true to life than most current short fiction." ~ Quill and Quire
2008 Lion's Head Press	Night Train to Havana , Night Train to Havana is a riveting story of love and deception set in a land still scarred by the hardships of a forty year revolution. Part travelogue, part love story, it follows one man's journey into the clutches of seduction, revealing much about the collision of global politics and human desire. Wayne Curtis has travelled frequently to Cuba to observe first hand the struggles and triumphs of the Cuban people. "A seductive storyteller wholly immersed in the world he vividly creates, Curtis reveals himself to be a lyrical and sensuous stylist." ~ The Globe and Mail
2010 Pottersfield Press	Long Ago and Far Away , is a memoir set in the Miramichi. It reflects how a family lived and prospered through the late 1880s, when Wayne Curtis''s grandfather was a young man. The story follows the lives of Wayne and his father, chronicling Wayne''s youth and adult years in rural New Brunswick. He brings back to life an extraordinary time and place and reflects upon the changes that have all but erased those days gone by. The memoir tells the story of the rough and rowdy Miramichi of the past when the hunting and killing of wild animals was very much the norm and people struggled to survive off the land. "Of all Canadian writers, Wayne Curtis is the one I keep coming back to. He is perhaps the greatest unsung talent in the country." ~ David Adams Richards
2012 Goose Lane Editions	Of Earthly and River Things: An Angler's Memoir , Wayne Curtis voyages back through the tributaries of his past, throwing a pastoral net over the backwaters of his childhood to ensnare the sepia-tinged moments of love, loss, and life lessons gleaned through his rise to maturity on the waterways of New Brunswick.
Fall 2014 Pottersfield Press	Sleigh Tracks in New Snow: Maritime Christmas Stories , is a collection of Christmas stories set mostly in rural New Brunswick - principally the Miramichi Region - in a bygone day and age. The stories range from the early 1950s to the 21st century, as Wayne Curtis recounts the old Christmases of his boyhood and more modern incarnations of the holiday. In this entertaining book, Curtis honours the deeply held traditions and rituals that made celebrating Christmas such a special time for his family and community.
March 2016 Pottersfield Press	In The Country , is a collection of Wayne Curtis’s unflinching but lovingly told stories of the hardships of rural life for his generation. Despite an abiding love for the natural settings in which he himself grew up, Wayne describes the restrictions facing young people who yearned for a life beyond the farm. Country life, with its tranquility and beauty, its seasonal rhythms and gifts, also held many boys and girls back from achieving their potential.

For information on purchasing any of these books or to contact the author:
waynecurtis@rogers.com