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Allan Lynch has been in the publishing industry since 1973. He has worked as a reporter, advertising manager, general manager, managing editor and newspaper publisher. He has written a syndicated humour column, consulted for regional newspaper chains, specialty publications and an American magazine. He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1989.
Lynch has also been a director and officer of several regional publishing companies, as well as a retail and commercial real estate company. He has served on the boards of the Atlantic Community Newspapers' Association, Periodical Writers' Association of Canada, Two Planks and A Passion Theatre and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. He has been a volunteer fundraiser for the theatre and a local sheltered workshop, as well as a judge for national and regional newspaper competitions.
Lynch also won various national and regional newspaper and magazine awards, including: best columnist, best advertising, best travel article, best historical travel. His first business book, Sweat Equity, was shortlisted for the 1996 Dartmouth Book Award. He has contributed to seven textbooks and written three books of his own.
Lynch is also a public speaker, represented by the Atlantic Speakers Bureau.
- All In The Family, Inc.: Insights from the Corporate Boardrooms and Kitchen Tables of Canadian Family Businesses. Macmillan Canada, 2001. ISBN 1-55335-001-4.
- "This is a must read for anyone involved in a family business. In language we can all understand, the author has picked the fertile brains of many Canadian business family members who have been more than willing to share their inherited wisdom. It is a delight to have a reference offering practical advice while concentrating on the positive aspects and possibilities of families in business in this country." - Joan Shatilla, National Chair of the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise
- Discover Nova Scotia's Museums & Art Galleries. Nimbus Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-55109-250-6.
- Sweat Equity: Atlantic Canada's New Entrepreneurs. Nimbus Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-55109-177-1.
- "The adult version of the little engine who could." - Atlantic Books Today
- "It should be required reading [...] Sweat Equity is well-researched, well-focused and well-written." - The Brunswick Business Journal
- "Sweat Equity is a combined ode to the brain power in this region, a motivational seminar, and a catalogue of useful advice for Atlantic Canadian business people in almost any sector of the economy [...] These chapters alone should earn Sweat Equity a place on every business person's shelf." - Quill & Quire
- Lynch's other credits include: Canadian Geographic, Profit, Harrowsmith, Canadian House & Home, Good Times, LeisureWays, Equinox, BBC Wildlife, Meetings & Incentive Travel, Yankee Travel Guide, The Globe and Mail, London Free Press, Regina Leader-Post, Atlantic Progress, and other publications in Canada, the United States and Britain.
