Such a Winter's Day

Discover the complicated and beautiful veneer of one person’s life while at the same time celebrating the meaningful arc of social change and evolving gay rights. This is a story of challenge, ambition, love and heartbreak and a story of acceptance, forgiveness, friendship and hope.

The ANNEtholology

Created by: Deirdre Kessler, Hope Dalvay, Judith Graves, Matthew Dawkins, Mere Joyce, Natasha Deen, Paul Coccia, Shari Green, Susan White, Susie Moloney

Join ten of Canada’s top young adult fiction writers as they set Canada’s favourite red-haired orphan, Anne Shirley, on brand new adventures. With its futuristic settings, cybernetic beings, ghosts, mysterious books and boxes, and racial and sexual diversity in its cast of characters, The ANNEthology offers serious “scope for the imagination” for all readers.

The Way I Feel

No Problem is too big to run away from.

Ginny Collins has never run away from anything-not her complicated family of origin, and not her lonely marriage. But when am old postcard falls out of her mother-in-law’s photo album, Ginny is overtaken with the need to do just that.

Jasper's Road

Life on the Walton Lake Road changes for Jasper Williams when Jake Turner moves to the farm to be fostered by Rachel and Ryan. Jasper finds his confidence shaken and the very essence of who he believes himself to be and where he belongs, undermined.

The Wright Retreat

The Wright Retreat is an irresistable celebration of story, friendship and the astonishing power of connection.

Skyward

A hopeful story about a crumbling dystopia, Skyward is a reminder of what happens when we put money before people, and how love is the best resistance.

When the Hill Came Down

When the Hill Came Down explores greed, jealousy, love, loyalty and the very fabric of a community full of stories whose threads intertwine.

Maple Sugar Pie

One family’s story of deep fractures, estrangement and a journey back to forgiveness.

Waiting for Still Water

A sweeping story of love and redemption.

Ten Thousand Truths

A moving story of losing family but finding a new one.

The Sewing Basket

Dealing with a parent’s illness can be difficult at any age.

The Year Mrs. Montague Cried

A touching, powerful story of family, loss and the healing power of narrative.

The Memory Chair

Sitting in Gram’s favorite chair, Betony is transported into the past and uncovers a terrible, shameful family secret.

Headliner

Franny Callaghan, just the awkward kid in a family that used to look like everyone else’s.

Fear of Drowning

An epic family saga set against the backdrop of two world wars, earthquakes, epidemics, predjudice, social injustice, greed and ambition.

ABOUT

Susan White

Susan White was born in New Brunswick and as a teenager her family moved to the Kingston Peninsula and she only left long enough to earn her BA and BEd at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. She and her husband raised four children and ran a small farm while she taught elementary school. Since retiring she is grateful to now have the time to work on her writing. She is the author of Waiting for Still Water, Maple Sugar Pie and four middle-grade novels, including the Ann Connor Brimer Award winning novel The Year Mrs. Montague Cried

Latest Blog PostS

One Zac and Two Paiges

One Zac and Two Paiges

Yesterday I had a WISP author visit at Harry Miller Middle School. After accepting the invitation a month ago I felt moments of doubt and apprehension. The Pandemic put a stop to my fairly busy author visit schedule and there has only been a trickle since . Realizing the energy it takes to engage...

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I Have the Choice

I Have the Choice

This week I made the difficult decision to step away from Facebook. Thoughts of getting off FB have been simmering for quite some time. I have done a day here and there where I deliberately stayed off for the entire day. I have weighed the pros and cons and made lists of the positive and negative...

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Attitude, Gratitude and Fortitude

Attitude, Gratitude and Fortitude

In the last few days I have found myself saying this three word phrase. I like the sound and I really like the focus these words give me no matter the challenge , worry or concern troubling me. My perspective toward whatever the situation is totally in my control even though the situation usually...

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