Co-Author
We Rise Again: More Stories of Hope and Resilience from Nova Scotia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nimbus Publishing, 2021
A follow-up to the national bestseller Stay the Blazes Home, featuring inspiring photos and stories of Nova Scotians during the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Available now from Nimbus Publishing, Chapters/Indigo, Amazon.ca and independent booksellers in Canada!
Author
25 Years of 22 Minutes: An Unauthorized Oral History of This Hour Has 22 Minutes
The final chaotic season of Codco had just wrapped when Mary Walsh sat down at a Toronto bistro with George Anthony, then creative head of CBC TV’s arts programming. She’d been thinking about a news-based comedy show—did he think that would fly? He did. That was the early ’90s. Twenty-five seasons later, hundreds of thousands of Canadians continue to tune in weekly to This Hour Has 22 Minutes for its unashamedly Canadian, biting satirical take on politics and power.
25 Years of 22 Minutes takes readers backstage to hear first-hand accounts of the show’s key moments—in the words of the writers, producers and cast members who were there. Readers will have a front-row seat to the birth of the show—including a crisis that had producers scrambling in the very first episode—and offer an insider’s take on the highs, the lows, and the daily grind behind the scenes at 22 Minutes.
Available now from Nimbus Publishing, Chapters/Indigo, Amazon.ca and independent booksellers in Canada!
Awards
* Winner, Dave Greber Freelance Writers Magazine Award for Social Justice Writing, 2018
* Winner, Canadian Church Press Awards of Merit, 2019 (In-Depth Treatment of a News Event–Magazine)
Why P.E.I. Didn’t Provide Abortions for 35 Years
published in the UC Observer (now Broadview), May 2018
* Winner, George Cadogan Memorial Outstanding Columnist, Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, 2012
For Gay Teachers to Come Out is a Lot Harder Than it Sounds
published in the Halifax West Community Herald, November 14, 2011
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Feature Writing
My Complicated Christmas
Broadview, December 2022
Period Poverty is a Serious Issue in Canada
Broadview (formerly UC Observer), October 2018
Bridgespotting: Halifax’s Big Lift becomes an unlikely tourist attraction
The Walrus, July/August 2016
A Look at the Ethically Complex World of Native Advertising
J-Source, June 2015
Cover Story: Big Death (PDF)
Halifax Magazine, March 2010
Caring for Mom: A tale of red tape (PDF)
Chronicle Herald, June 2007
Ladies On Wheels (PDF)
Halifax Magazine, August 2009
Story and Photography
Live, From the Living Room (PDF)
Halifax Magazine, April-May 2009
Story and Photography
Living Healthy – A Guiding Hand (PDF)
Living Healthy in Atlantic Canada, Fall 2008
Pessimism Can Shorten Your Life (PDF)
Living Healthy in Atlantic Canada, Spring 2009
Commentary
Selected Columns, Halifax Magazine (now Unravel Halifax)
Thank You, Get Out – The Liberals’ message to the film industry is loud and clear (June 2015)
Boys to Men – A little-known program in Spryfield challenges guys to rethink what it means to be a man (March, 2015)
Make Things Right in Africville – It’s time for Halifax to embrace its bold new philosophy (July 2014)