Harry Bruce

Harry Bruce, a Torontonian by birth and Nova Scotian by ancestry and choice, worked for Ontario newspapers and magazines from 1955-to 1971 before moving to Nova Scotia. In addition to freelance journalism and writing books, he writes and edits, under contract, for the federal government and private industry. Harry graduated from Mount Allison University with a B.A. in Honours English and has given occasional readings and lectures. In 1997, he received the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award nineteen years after winning the award in its inaugural year.

Selected List of Publications:

Never Content: How Mavericks and Outsiders Made a Surprise Winner of Maritime Life. Key Porter Books, 2002. ISBN 1-55263-496-5.
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An Illustrated History of Nova Scotia. Nimbus / Province of Nova Scotia, 1997. ISBN 1-55109-219-0.
     Winner of the 1997 Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Prize.

Corporate Navigator, the Life of F.M. Covert. McClelland & Stewart, 1995. ISBN 0-7710-1709-X.

Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery. Toronto, Seal Bantam Books, 1992. ISBN 0-770-42459-7.

"Fast-paced and filled with personal details, Bruce's biography presents a vivid Maud Montgomery whose lonely and often unhappy early years are seen to provide the factual and psychological inspiration for her two most famous heroines, Anne and Emily."
     - from "Behind the Gables." Atlantic Books Today, Fall 1992.

Down Home: Notes of a Maritime Son. Toronto, Key Porter, 1988. ISBN 1-55013-098-6.
     Winner of the 1988 City of Dartmouth First Annual Book Award.
     Winner of the Booksellers Choice Award.

The Man and the Empire: Frank Sobey. Toronto, Macmillan, 1985. ISBN 0-7715-9834-3.

Each Moment As It Flies. Toronto, Methuen, 1984. ISBN 0-458-98170-2.

A Basket of Apples: Recollections of Historic Nova Scotia. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1982. ISBN 0-19-540393-2.

Lifeline: The Story of the Atlantic Ferries and Coastal Boats. Toronto: Macmillan, 1977. ISBN 0-7705-1608-4.
     Winner of the 1978-Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Trust Award.

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