The Republic of Nothing Film

A Photo Journey through the Republic of Nothing

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Sunrise over the Atlantic

Map of the Republic

Beached

Bill's Island

Kennetcook Station

Bill's wharf

Bill's Island

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Whalebone Island bridge

100 Wild Islands

Sober Island

Sober Island

Bill's Island

The Bog

Mumified Viking

Everett's Declaration of Independence

Halifax Harbor

View from the Halifax Legislature

Lobby

Legislature Library

Committee Room

Halifax Train Station

Drop Acid Not Bombs

Columbia Protests 1968

Bread and Puppet Theater

Columbia Protests 1968

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Bombing for Virginity

Tear Gas

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1968 St Jean Baptiste Arrests

Sober Island

Eastern Shore

Whalebone Pond

Silver Path of Moonlight

Eastern Shore

Sober Island

Ironbound

Eastern Shore General Store

Still water

Vietnam

Grunts

Wheelchair

Little Tancock Island

Little Tancock Church

Lunenburg

Peggy's Cove

Lunenburg

Port Dufferin

Sober Island Cemetery

St Michaels

Tor Bay

Screenplay by Jeff Mueller Based on the Novel by Lesley Choyce

Reviews
"A triple-decker of a yarn shot through with mythic possibilities, it's part fairy tale, part adventure story and part coming-of-age testimonial; it manages to be earnest and absurd, poetic and humorous all at once ... a pleasure to read." (Globe and Mail 2012-08-27)
"Reminiscent, both in wit and sensibility, of Stephen Leacock." (Quill & Quire 2012-08-27)
"A little gem of a story that should be granted its appropriate label as a Canadian version of [Salman Rushdie's] Midnight's Children." (Montreal Gazette 2012-08-27)
"Radiant with energy." (Winnipeg Free Press 2012-08-27)
"The Republic of Nothing is an unpredictable universe ... It's this unpredictability that makes the novel a success." (Calgary Herald 2012-08-27)
"Choyce has mastered the skill of an old-fashioned story-teller." (Cormorant 2012-08-27)
"Choyce takes this deceptively simple story and ... fills it with characters who are wry, warm, funny, and magical. This is by far the author's best novel." (Canadian Book Review Annual 2012-08-27)
"The Republic of Nothing definitely has something to it." (FFWD 2012-08-27)
"The Republic of Nothing is the product of a sprawling and original literary imagination, bustling with colourful and sympathetic characters, bursting with fanciful incident, and propelled by a relentless narrative drive. It is, quite simply, a good read." (Pottersfield Portfolio 2012-08-27)
"This is Choyce's best book yet ... a reminder that we all need to keep a little creative anarchy in our lives." (Mail-Star 2012-08-27)

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Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Available on Amazon.com