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Northern Bull

By (author): Michelle Swallow

Over the course of one bitterly cold winter day in Yellowknife, Northern Bull takes readers on a joyful and hilarious journey of love and friendship as a quirky cast of characters sets out to find a missing moose head.


It’s a cold, dark January day in Yellowknife. A down-on-his-luck fisherman, Jacques, needs to convince his landlord not to tear down his ramshackle house. But when his volatile hunting buddy, Craig, accuses him of stealing a prized moose head, Jacques must put everything aside to find the bull before midnight, or there’s no telling what Craig might do.


Meanwhile, Jacques’s next-door neighbour Maggie is trying to face her fears by writing a story for the annual community burlesque show. But when she accidentally breaks Jacques’s window, she is determined to help save his home and find the moose head—and maybe something more.


Over a single day, with flashbacks to the hunting trip that started it all and culminating in a wild night no one in Yellowknife will ever forget, we follow Jacques, Maggie and a quirky cast of supporting characters as they race against time—on snowmobiles—to find the moose, brave the stage, and take a chance on themselves and on love. A hilarious and charming ode to life in the north.

AUTHOR

Michelle Swallow

Based in Yellowknife, Michelle Swallow is a long-time resident of the Northwest Territories and has lived in Norman Wells, Aklavik, Inuvik, and Hay River. Her non-fiction book, The Mackenzie River Guide, has helped paddlers travel down Canada’s longest river for over a decade. Northern Bull is her debut novel.


Reviews

Quickwitted bighearted and richly observed Swallows debut novelNorthern Bullis the most fun youll have at forty below A rollicking celebration of love community and Canadas north by a writer to watch Just try to keep up

—Ali Bryan author ofCoq

Northern Bullis a surefooted exhilarating debut full of humour and heart featuring a raucous cast of loveable weirdos an unforgettable setting and a wild ride of a story that will leave you breathless laughing and wishing it would never end With this novel Michelle Swallow has firmly planted herself among the funniest and most original of Canadian writers and I cant wait to see what she does next

—Amy Jones author ofWere All In This TogetherandPebble amp Dove

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Details

Dimensions:

264 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * .65in
340.00gr

Published:

January 21, 2026

Publisher:

Freehand Books

ISBN:

9781997534051

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Humorous / General

Language:

eng

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