Books

The cover of Joan Baxter's book, The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest" with that title and the author's name in black print over a photograph of the mill spewing dense clouds of smoke and steam from several stacks, into a grey-blue sky.The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest

Pottersfield Press, 2018, (ISBN 978-1-988286-17-4), paperback and e-pub

In her seventh book, Joan Baxter explores the power that a single industry can wield on a province. The book won the 2018 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing, and was shortlisted for three other awards.

 

The cover of Joan Baxter's book, Seven grains of Paradise: A Culinary Journey in Africa" with the title and author's name in write font, superimposed on an image of two smiling Burkinabe women on the side of a narrow highway in Burkina Faso, standing in front of their large metal bowls of fruits and nuts harvested from Indigenous trees.Seven Grains of Paradise: A Culinary Journey in Africa

Pottersfield Press, 2017 (ISBN 978-1-988286-02-0), paperback and e-pub

In her sixth book, “Seven Grains of Paradise,” Joan Baxter challenges many myths and explores the wealth of African food cultures and knowledge, foods and crops, and farming know-how.

 

The cover of Joan Baxter's book, Dust From Our Eyes: An Unblinkered Look at Africa, with the title in red and black font, superimposed over part of a map of West Africa, with a smiling woman carrying an umbrella against the sun and a baby on her back on the right.Dust From Our Eyes: An Unblinkered Look At AfricWolsak & Wynn, 2008 (ISBN 978-1-894987-30-1), second edition 2010 (ISBN 978-1-894987-47-9); world edition, 2011, Fahamu Books

Shortlisted for the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Dust From Our Eyes should be compulsory reading for all Westerners…” Gerald Caplan, author of The Betrayal and Africa.

The cover of Joan Baxter's book The Hermit of Gully Lake: The Life and Times of Willard Kitchener MacDonald, with the text superimposed on a photograph of a bearded man holding an old guitar and staring at the camera, seated in green foliage.The Hermit of Gully Lake: The Life and Times of Willard Kitchener MacDonald

Pottersfield Press, 2005. ISBN 1-895900-70-0.

Short-listed for the Booksellers’ Choice Award at the 2006 Atlantic Book Awards

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A Serious Pair of Shoes: An African Journal

Pottersfield Press, 2000. ISBN 1-895900-30-1. Winner of the 2001 Evelyn Richardson Award

 “required reading for anyone who cares for Africa.” – Toronto Star

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Strangers Are Like Children: Stories of Africa

Short fiction collection. Pottersfield Press, 1996. ISBN 0-919001-98-X.

“In Strangers Are Like Children, Joan Baxter reveals herself to be a new writer of immense talent and promise. The book deserves the highest praise.” – The Globe and Mail

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Graveyard for Dreamers: One Woman’s Odyssey in Africa

Pottersfield Press, 1994. ISBN 0-919001-88-2.

“. . . a richly inviting book.” – The Globe and Mail

“. . . a magical book” – Peter Gzowski