PUBLICATIONS
- The Deer Yard; Harry Thurston and Allan Cooper. Gaspereau Press, 2012.
- Silver Ghost: An Homage to the Atlantic Salmon Rivers of Eastern Canada. Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia; text by Harry Thurston. Anchorage Press, 2008. ISBN: N/A.
- Broken Vessel: Thirty-five Days in the Desert. Gaspereau Press, 2007. ISBN 9781554470341
- A Ship Portrait, a novella-in-verse. Gaspereau Press, 2005. ISBN 155447-006-4.
- The Sea’s Voice: An Anthology of Atlantic Canadian Nature Writing. (Editor) Nimbus Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-55109-547-5.
- Island of the Blessed. Doubleday, 2003. ISBN 0-385-25969-7.
- A Place Between the Tides: A Naturalist’s Reflections on the Salt Marsh. Greystone Books, 2004. ISBN 1-55365-035-2.
- If Men Lived On Earth. Gaspereau Press, 2000. ISBN 1-894031-22-9.
- The Nature of Shorebirds, Nomads of the Wetlands. Greystone, 1996
- Dawning of the Dinosaurs. Nimbus Publishing and The Nova Scotia Museum, 1994. ISBN 1-55109-100-3.
- Against Darkness and Storm: Lighthouses of the Northeast with photography by Wayne Barrett. Halifax, Nimbus Publishing, 1993.
- Tidal Life: a Natural History of the Bay of Fundy. Camden East, Camden House Publishing, 1990.
- Atlantic Outposts. Halifax, Pottersfield Press, 1990. ISBN 0-919001-63-7.
- National Geographic: NFLD the Enduring Rock. National Geographic Society, 1986.
- Clouds Flying Before the Eye. Fredericton, Fiddlehead Poetry Books/Goose Lane Editions, 1985.
- Barefaced Stone. Fredericton, Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1980.
AWARDS
- Finalist, Atlantic Poetry Prize; ‘A Ship Portrait’
- Winner of the 2005 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award (U.S.); ‘A Place Between the Tides’
- Shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction); ‘If Men Lived on Earth’
- Winner 1997 Richardson Prize; ‘The Nature of Shorebirds’
- Winner of the 1991 Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Award, the 1991 City of Dartmouth Book Award, and the 1991 Atlantic Provinces Booksellers Choice Award; ‘Tidal Life’
- Finalist in the 1991 City of Dartmouth Book Award; ‘Atlantic Outposts’
I’ve just finished reading The Atlantic Coast. The book is brilliant – well written, enlightening, beautiful. Thank you. When I look out my window at the Minas Basin, I see it differently now.
We enjoyed the Gallery and all the artists of Artist Marsh Walk 2013
Just this morning now back from the walk here in my cozy city flat I open “If men Lived on Earth” and Im glued to the sentiment of a Naturalist for over and hour! Thankyou Also enjoying the new book and journal.Warm regards from Halifax Caite