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Blain Henshaw

Blain Henshaw has been a writer since publishing his own penny newspaper in Grade Three at age nine. His professional writing career began at CKBW radio in Bridgewater in 1966 where he wrote news and covered courts, municipal council, and community events. In the 1970s and 80s while working for the Atlantic Television System (now CTV Atlantic) he won a number of radio and television awards for his documentary work, including an Atlantic Journalism award. His first book was published in 2016 and since then there have been three more, including the 2021 regional bestseller Madam of the Maritimes: The Life and Times of Ada MacCallum. He is also a prolific songwriter, having composed more that 100 songs and recording four CDs of original material. In 2017 he was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame.

Books by Blain Henshaw

Legacy of a Weymouth Woman

A Pioneering Spirit and a Love of Tall Ships

by (author) Blain Henshaw

Madam of the Maritimes

The Life and Times of Ada McCallum

by (author) Blain Henshaw

The Peddlers

The Fuller Brush Man, the Lords of Liniment and Door to Door Heroes in Nova Scotia and Beypnd

by (author) Blain Henshaw

The Peddlers

The Fuller Brush Man, the Lords of Liniment and Door to Door Heroes in Nova Scotia and Beyond

by (author) Blain Henshaw

Rescue at Moose River

Birthplace of on-the-spot-reporting

by (author) Blain Henshaw

Rescue at Moose River

by (author) Blain Henshaw

All Hands Lost

Sinking of the Nova Scotia Gypsum Freighter Novadoc

by (author) Blain Henshaw