In addition to newspapering, Walsh has been a broadcaster and public speaker, published works of film history and run for a seat in Canada's Parliament.
[1] In April 1969, following his graduation from the University of Toronto (1968), Walsh joined the editorial staff of The Province in Vancouver, British Columbia, as a copy editor and entertainment features writer.
In October 2013, Walsh launched Reeling Back: Everything Old Is News Again, a website designed as an archive of his extensive film journalism.
In 1972, when obscenity charges were brought against a Vancouver East-Side after-hours club that featured nude dancers (R. v. Cafe Kobenhavn), he was sworn as an expert witness on contemporary community standards.
[7] His reporting on the first Vancouver SF Convention (1971)[8] introduced Walsh to what would become a lifelong association with the British Columbia fan community.