A is for AUTHOR and B is for BOOK—Join us and Kidsbooks for the launch of Granville Island ABC! Meet the author & illustrator and get your books signed. Author Alison Kelly and illustrator Linda Sharp will be in attendance to discuss the book and sign copies. Granville Island ABC is a whimsical exploration of … Continued
Celebrate your mother and the motherly figures in your life with the best gifts anyone can receive—books, of course! From heartbreaking to heartwarming, historical to humour, we have you covered, no matter your mom’s go-to reading genre. Looking for heartwarming and humorous? Try… Home on the Strange: Chronicles of Motherhood, Mayhem, and Matters of the … Continued
Join Steffich Fine Art gallery on Salt Spring Island for the launch of Out of the Fire. Out of the Fire: Metalworkers along the Salish Sea is a stunning art book published by Heritage House featuring 24 west coast artists and craftspeople who work with metal. Hear behind-the-scene stories from author Pirjo Raits and photographer Dale … Continued
The Ontario Library Service has announced their longlist nominees for the 2022/2023 First Nation Communities Read Awards. We are so excited to share that three Heritage House books have been nominated! In the Children’s category, both Little Wolf and White Raven have been longlisted. These are the first two books in the Little Wolf series … Continued
Celebrate National Indigenous Heritage Month at the Vancouver launch of Abalone Woman, the third book in the Little Wolf series! Join author Teoni Spathelfer to honour the power of First Nations storytelling, with hosts Massy Books and Massy Arts Society. Told with powerful imagery and symbolism, Little Wolf, White Raven, and Abalone Woman are First … Continued
Pirjo Raits joins Bolen Books to share the amazing Out of the Fire — on Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Out of the Fire: Metalworkers along the Salish Sea is a stunning art book published by Heritage House featuring 24 west coast artists and craftspeople who work with metal. Hear behind-the-scene stories from Pirjo and photographer … Continued
As part of a British Council awarded Creative Climate change award, artist Sylvia Grace Borda has been exploring how can photography and climate create positive opportunities. “Many of these ideas have spawned from ideas and projects written up in Shifting Perspectives,” says Borda, referring to her art book published in 2020 by Heritage House. “I.e. … Continued
Congratulations to Wendy Proverbs! Her debut novel, Aggie and Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children has won the 2022 Jeanne Clarke Award. Our congratulations also to Ken Mather, who was nominated for his work on Wagon Road North: The Saga of the Cariboo Gold Rush, Revised and Expanded Edition. The Prince George Public Library … Continued
Sidney and Peninsula Literary Society will present An Evening with Cedar Bowers and Grant Hayter-Menzies on May 6, 2022. Grant Hayter-Menzies is a biographer and historian who specializes in lesser known past heroes. His book is Muggins: The Life and Afterlife of a Canadian War Hero. Muggins was a fundraising dog who became a mascot … Continued
The Prince George Public Library Board has announced the nominees for the 37th annual Jeanne Clarke Awards. The Jeanne Clarke Local History Award was established by the Library Board in 1985, in memory of former library board chair Jeanne Clarke. We are delighted to share that two Heritage House books are nominated for the 2022 … Continued
Due to a printing error, a number of copies of Always Pack a Candle by Marion McKinnon Crook were published with missing pages. Heritage House apologises for any inconvenience (or cliffhangers) this may have resulted in. If you have received a copy of Always Pack a Candle with a section of pages missing, please complete … Continued
Join author and artist Joy Davis with the Powell River Public Library on Zoom on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. PT. Joy will present stories from her book, Complicated Simplicity: Island Life in the Pacific Northwest, which is infused with her insightful island-inspired reflections. Register via the Powell River Public Library View Facebook … Continued