All Together Now

A Newfoundlander's Light Tales for Heavy Times

By: Alan Doyle

Narrated by: Alan Doyle

National Bestseller

One of Newfoundland's funniest and most beloved storytellers offers his cure for the Covid blues.

Is there a more sociable province than Newfoundland and Labrador? Or anywhere in Canada with a greater reputation for coming to the rescue of those in need?

At this time of Covid, singer, songwriter and bestselling author Alan Doyle is feeling everyone's pain. Off the road and spending more days at home than he has since he was a child hawking cod tongues on the wharfs of Petty Harbour, he misses the crowds and companionship of performing across the country and beyond. But most of all he misses the cheery clamour of pubs in his hometown, where one yarn follows another so quickly "you have to be as ready as an Olympian at the start line to get your tale in before someone is well into theirs already." We're all experiencing our own version of that deprivation, and Alan, one of Newfoundland's finest storytellers, wants to offer a little balm.

All Together Now is a gathering in book formal—virtual Newfoundland pub. There are adventures in foreign lands, including an apparently filthy singalong in Polish (well, he would have sung along if he'd understood the language), a real-life ghost story involving an elderly neighbour, a red convertible and a clown horn, a potted history of his social drinking, and heartwarming reminiscences from another past world, childhood—all designed to put a smile on the faces of the isolated-addled.

Alan Doyle has never been in better form—nor more welcome. As he says about this troubling time: "We get through it. We do what has to be done. Then, we celebrate. With the best of them."

Critic reviews

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2021

Thoroughly entertaining!

I loved this book and the Audible version was even better to hear him tell the stories. The perfect thing to pick you up in these crazy times!

Awesome!

So great to hear from you Alan! You captured the Newfie personality perfectly! What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon laughing along with you. It takes me home.
Thanks!

Grab a chair and raise a jar

A delightful read mimicking hanging at the pub with friends spinning yarns. Another solid effort by Alan Doyle

what are you at

wonderful way to feel like Alan is sitting on the otherside of the kitchen table telling you the stories of a troubadour.
i am so glad Alan narrated his own book. leaves me smiling, as I'm sure he meant to.

always great

always love these books by Mr. Doyle. this one is no different! quick and easy listen, just like pulling up a bar stool.