

A micropress that began with letterpress.


Mr. Beagle and the Quidi Vidi Caper
The fourth instalment in Lori Doody's beloved mystery series

When the Banyan Sways
Four folktales from across India, told in English and Tamil
Newest Arrivals
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Good Liar, The
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Year With the Seals, A
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Boy Who Became a Parrot, The: A foolish biography of Edward Lear, who invented nonsense
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Celebrating Tara Bryan
Tara Bryan was a dear friend of the press; her impact on the provincial and the national book arts community was enormous. So we're delighted to work with the Tara Bryan Legacy Fund to help celebrate and extend her work.
Full details about book artist/paper engineer Shawn Sheehy's September visit to St. John's can be found in our NEWS section. Below, sign up for his pop-up workshop (for adult participants) and see samples of his, and Tara's, work.
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Pop-up Workshop with Shawn Sheehy (appropriate for ages 16+)
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Welcome to the Neighborwood
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Beyond the Sixth Extinction: A post-apocolyptic pop-up
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Making Bread (not bombs)
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Millie's Picks
Millie is our press cat. Each month she picks a few of her favourite reads.
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Bog Myrtle
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Sea is Not Made of Water, The: Life between the tides
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Vanishing Treasures: A bestiasry of extraordinary endangered creatures
Vendor:Katherine RundellRegular price $36.00 CADRegular priceUnit price / per
Latest News
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Canadian Independent Bookstore Day
Saturday April 26th is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Come join us in Tors Cove for a day of good fun and great books. We'll be celebrating with a sale of 15%...
Canadian Independent Bookstore Day
Saturday April 26th is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Come join us in Tors Cove for a day of good fun and great books. We'll be celebrating with a sale of 15%...
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Celebrating Wonderful Children's Books
Congratulations to the finalists for the NL Book Award for children's literature: Cara Kansala (The Ewe Who Knew Who Knit You), Kate Sparkes (Scars and Seams), and our own Lori...
Celebrating Wonderful Children's Books
Congratulations to the finalists for the NL Book Award for children's literature: Cara Kansala (The Ewe Who Knew Who Knit You), Kate Sparkes (Scars and Seams), and our own Lori...
Running the Goat Collection
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Out on the Trail
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Mr. Beagle and the Quidi Vidi Caper
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When the Banyan Sways: Folktales from India
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Kuekuatsheu Creates the World
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Take a trip along the Irish Loop and stop in at Running the Goat in Tors Cove. You'll find a cozy bookstore with a wide range of interesting titles, prints, cards and local products. We might even be working on our vintage printing presses.
Our summer hours are Thursday to Tuesday 10:30am to 5pm; closed Wednesday. Otherwise by chance or appointment. Drop-ins outside of our regular hours are warmly welcomed. If we're around, we'll do our best to accommodate you.
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Land Acknowledgement
Running the Goat respectfully acknowledges the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland), the land on which it operates and creates, as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, whose culture has been irrecoverably lost, and the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq. And we acknowledge Labrador as the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Innu of Nitassinan, the Inuit of Nunatsiavut, and the Inuit of NunatuKavut. We are grateful to live and work here, and to share stories that respect and celebrate its cultures and traditions.

Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides gratefully acknowledges support for its publishing activities from Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation through its Publishers Assistance Program; the Canadian Department of Heritage through the Canada Book Fund; and the Canada Council for the Arts through its Literary Publishing Projects Fund.
This website has been supported through a generous grant from CelebrateNL as part of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Year of the Arts.