ABOUT
Mary C. Sheppard is the author of four novels set in Newfoundland, where she was born and raised.
Mary retired from her position as the executive producer of CBCnews.ca in 2014. During her career as a journalist, Mary also wrote, reported and produced at Maclean's, CBC radio and the Women's Television Network. She and her news team won several national and international awards. Mid-career, she taught broadcast journalism at the Toronto Metropolitan University.
My Books
You’ll find dashes of humour mingled with tears and heartbreak, social history, historical context, and girls and women who share a lot of good times together.
New book
Where The Heart Is
A historical romance
Book series
Tales from Cook's Cove
A series of inter-related stories of teenage girls
coming of age in the isolated bays and coves of Newfoundland.
interviews with
the author
Events
July 23, 2025
In Conversation with
Mary C. Sheppard
Hiscock House, Provincial Historic Sites, Trinity, NL
July 27, 2025
Heart’s Content Cable Station, Anniversary Celebration Guest Speaker.
Provincial Historic Sites, Heart’s Content, NL.
November 13, 2025
Mary C. Sheppard in Conversation with film and documentary producer, Barbara Barde.
Toronto, ON.