The weather is warming up, snowdrops are blooming, and we’ve begun to see buds on the cherry trees in Victoria near Heritage House HQ. All these signs of an early spring have us looking forward to our forthcoming season of books! Take a look at the new spring books below! Memoir & History … Continued
On April 13, the British Columbia Historical Federation announced the finalists for the 2023 Historical Writing Awards, which included Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections from a Hippie Homesteader by Ellen Schwartz. BCHF’s annual historical writing competition recognizes authors who’ve made significant contributions to the historical literature of BC. Books are submitted by authors or publishers and … Continued
Join Bolen Books for a free event to celebrate spring and all things gardening! Ask the experts all your flora-related questions, watch a gardening demo, enter to win a prize, and more! Books & Blooms Saturday, May 11, 2024 11 am – 1 pm Bolen Books, 1644 Hillside Ave #111, Victoria, BC, V8T 2C5 Basket demonstration by … Continued
Heritage House is proud to share that two books have been shortlisted for the BC & Yukon Book Prizes 2024. A Complex Coast: A Kayak Journey from Vancouver Island to Alaska, by David Norwell, is nominated for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. The Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize is awarded to a book that contributes the … Continued
Heritage House is delighted to share that New World Dreams: Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest by David Laurence Jones is a finalist for the 2024 Alberta Literary Awards in the category Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction. • • • The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) announced the finalists for the 2024 Alberta Literary … Continued
Join bestselling author Marion McKinnon Crook for a book signing and reading of Always On Call: Adventures in Nursing, Ranching, and Rural Living, the much-anticipated sequel to Always Pack a Candle! Friday, May 17, 2024 signing 3–5 pm reading at 4:45 pm The Open Book, 247 Oliver St., Williams Lake, BC
Heritage House was sad to hear about Fred Braches’ passing, on February 1, at the age of 93. Fred was an avid historian and researcher, and we were proud to work with him on Searching for Pitt Lake Gold: Facts and Fantasy in the Legend of Slumach, published in 2019. Fred was dedicated to sharing … Continued
Heritage House was saddened to hear of the passing of Michael Andruff on December 21, 2023. Mike was the author of The Russian Refugees: A Family’s First Century in Canada, published in October 2022. Mike was a first-generation Canadian and was in a unique position to observe his refugee father throughout his lifetime, which provided … Continued
by Grant Hayter-Menzies As I wrote in my recent book, Freddie: The Rescue Dog Who Rescued Me, I had the honour of transporting the recently rediscovered mounted body of Muggins (1913–1920), the subject of my 2021 biography of Victoria’s famous fundraising dog, to a taxidermist-restorer on the BC mainland, in summer 2022. It was an … Continued
This holiday season, share the gift of a good book! Whether you’re looking for memoirs, history, or picture books, we have all that and more in our 2023 Gift Guide. Books for the Voracious Memoir Reader Memoirs invite readers to walk a while in the author’s shoes. From emotional, to heartwarming, and … Continued
Heritage House Publishing is proud to announce Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir by Margot Fedoruk has won a Silver award in the Culinary Narrative category at the 2023 Taste Canada Awards. On October 30, 2023, Taste Canada announced the winners of the 26th annual prizes during a Soirée at the historic Fairmont … Continued
Heritage House is pleased to announce that David Norwell’s illustrated memoir, A Complex Coast: A Kayak Journey from Vancouver Island to Alaska, is a finalist for the 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition in the Adventure Travel category. A Complex Coast is a soul-searching personal account of a young man’s 1,700-kilometre kayak journey from Victoria, BC, … Continued