Harry Bruce (8 July 193418 August 2024) was a Canadian writer and journalist who published articles in newspapers and magazines across Canada, as well as 22 books. The following lists his non-fiction and biographical works, together with selected articles and interviews.

Books YearTitlePublisherIdentifiersNotes1968 The Short Happy Walks of Max Macpherson Macmillan of Canada 1975 Nova Scotia A. Hawke 1977 Lifeline: The Story of the Atlantic Ferries and Coastal Boats Macmillan of Canada 1979 The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur McClelland & Stewart 1982 A Basket of Apples: Recollections of Historic Nova Scotia Oxford University Press 1984 Each Moment as it Flies Methuen Publishing 1984 The Gulf of St. Lawrence Oxford University Press 1985 Movin' East: The Further Writings of Harry Bruce Methuen Publishing 1985 Frank Sobey: The Man and the Empire Macmillan of Canada 1987 A Century at Central Trust: The Story of its Growth Nimbus Publishing 1988 Down Home: Notes of a Maritime Son Key Porter Books 1991 Atlantic Canada Key Porter Books 1992 Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery Seal Bantam Books 1995 Corporate Navigator: The Life of Frank Manning Covert McClelland & Stewart 1997 The Pig that Flew: The Battle to Privatize Canadian National Douglas & McIntyre 1997 An Illustrated History of Nova Scotia Nimbus Publishing 2000 Tall Ships: An Odyssey Key Porter Books 2002 Never Content: How Mavericks and Outsiders Made a Surprise Winner of Maritime Life Key Porter Books 2009 Page Fright: Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers McClelland & Stewart 2020 Halifax and Me Pottersfield Press 2021 The Perfect Day and Other Stories Pottersfield Press 2024 Characters Along the Road Pottersfield Press

Articles DateTitlePublicationNotesReferences1968 March Trials of a WASP in Backwoods Quebec The Star Weekly Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1968 August It Was Gala Day, and Gorgeous Violence Filled the Night The Star Weekly Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1968 September Ghosts of Summers Past The Star Weekly Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1970 April I Saw Him Fall, and the Time Will Not Come Round Again Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1970 May He Had a Bird in a Plastic Bag, and Oil, Baby, Oil Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1970 December Through the Noise, and Glorious Garbage, You CAN See the Atlantic The Globe Magazine Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1971 September Maybe There's a Secret Only Maritimers Know Saturday Night Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1972 The Unacknowledged Lost Generation Drops Out at Forty. Or Forty-five This Country in the Morning Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1972 Things I Never Got to Do This Country in the Morning Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1972 September It's Beautiful, but Don't Eat the Clams Saturday Night Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 Thwack! Pock! Summer Is Back in the Blood This Country in the Morning Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 February Toronto Islands in Winter Toronto Life Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 May The Most Competitive Man I've Ever Known Weekend Magazine Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 July A Fire Took the Nest: A Hammer Took the Birds The Toronto Star Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 July The Alchemy of Sailing. Don't Call It a Sport Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 October November This Country in the Morning Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 October Here's Looking at You, Joey Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 October North America's Best Schooner Builder Weekend Magazine Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 December The Monster That Ate Toronto Saturday Night Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1973 December Confessions of a Failed Jock Quest Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1974 June My Short, Grisly Career as a TV Superstar Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1974 September The Way We Were at Mount Allison Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1975 June Is Unrequited Love the Best? Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1975 June Love Letter to the Art of Tying Knots Maclean's Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1975 November The Fine Art of Familiarity The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1976 April The Lady Was for Burning The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1976 July Riding on The Ocean Limited: Or, Feds, Spare That Train! The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1976 November Johnny Canuck Is a Yuk Saturday Night Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1976 December Allan J. MacEachen: At home with New Zealand's Bluenosers Axiom: Atlantic Canada's Magazine vol.3 (1) pp. 10–13, 25 1977 May Remember The Heap: She Served Us Well The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1977 November Max MacPherson Walks Again The City Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 January The Spanish Have a Word for What We Need The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 January United We Stand, Divided We Fall—Frozen Stiff The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 April Loser Ali The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 May Alas for the Creaky Senior Citizens of Sport The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 August Labour Day Is a Dreaded Bell in the Schoolyard of the Mind The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 October What's a Child Worth in the Era of the Blabbermouth? The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 December Christmas Blues The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1978 December Are the Doves of Barbados Any Different from the Pigeons of Bay Street? Saturday Night Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1979 January Gordie Howe 50; Pundits 0 The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1979 February Future Fantasy The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1979 May Thanks, but I'd Rather Have a Hot Bath The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1979 August Why Must a Man Smell Like Rotting Flowers in a Cemetery? The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1979 September The Short, Sweet Summer of a Forty-Five-Year-Old Gut-Shooter The Canadian Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 January "Stay a While," He Said Today Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 April The Glory That Was Crete Atlantic Insight Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 August Out of Step with the Times but Still Keeping Time with My Wife Today Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 August Dear Statistics Canada. Here's an Answer to Question Eight Today Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 August "God Loves Seniors, but Who Loves the Old? Today Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 September The Relief of Retreat to a Perfect Outhouse Today Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 October Hold the Day, Kids. It'll Never Come Again Today Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1980 December New Year's Is a Bummer! Auld Acquaintance Should Be Forgot Today Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1981 February Joys of the Outhouse Atlantic Insight Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1981 December The most important realist painter of the Western World Atlantic Insight 1982 How I Lost the Jogging Faith on a Bad Day at Black Rock Beach Quest Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1982 May Florida? Are You Kidding? Atlantic Insight Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1982 July Halifax Is a City to Dance in Atlantic Insight Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1982 July "Scotia's Darling Seat": The Glory of Edinburgh Atlantic Insight Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1982 November The fiery baptism of Alexa Atlantic Insight 1983 March The Softball Was Always Hard Quest Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1983 September Raise a glass, if you please, to the Dalhousie Law School! Atlantic Insight 1983 March He's a Lifelong Failure at Basic Mathematics Atlantic Insight Republished in Each Moment as it Flies 1984 July A Domestic Fable for our Times Atlantic Insight

Scripts YearTitleBroadcasterNotesReferences1976 Word from an Ambassador of Dreams Radio drama

Interviews DateTitleInterviewer31 March 1987 Journalist Bruce says newspapers in Atlantic region are improving Wallie Sears, Times-Transcript24 September 2009 Ten Questions with Harry Bruce Open Book: TorontoOctober 2010 The Art of the Story Marjorie Simmins, Halifax Magazine

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