Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
{{Short description|Annual literary award for residents of British Columbia and the Yukon}}
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The Roderick Haig-Brown Prize is part of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, awarded in celebration of the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. It is awarded to the author(s) of books who "contributes most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia". Unlike the other BC and Yukon Book Prizes, there are no requirements in terms of publication or author residence.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/about/details/roderick-haig-brown-regional-prize/|title=Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize|publisher=BC Book Prizes|accessdate=2009-08-07}}
Winners and nominees
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| 1985 | Hilary Stewart, Cedar | *Barry Gough, Gunboat Frontier
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| 1986 | Donald Graham, Keepers of the Light | *Douglas Cole, Captured Heritage: The Scramble for Northwest Coast Artifacts
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| 1987 | Ruth Kirk, Wisdom of the Elders | *Philip Croft, Nature Diary of a Quiet Pedestrian
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| 1988 | W.A. Hagelund, Whalers No More | *Jo-Ann Canning-Dew, Hastings & Main
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| 1989 | Celia Haig-Brown, Resistance and Renewal | *Howard White, The Accidental Airline
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| 1990 | Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Carmanah | *Earl K. Pollon, Shirlee Smith Matheson, This Was Our Valley
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| 1991 | Paul Tennant, Aboriginal People and Politics | *Cyril E. Leonoff, An Enterprising Life
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| 1992 | Herb Hammond, Seeing the Forest Among the Trees | *Michael Poole, Ragged Islands
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| 1993 | Harry Robinson, Wendy Wickwire, Nature Power: In the Spirit of an Okanagan Storyteller | *Bruce MacDonald, Vancouver: A Visual History
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| 1994 | Alex Rose (editor), Nisga'a Tribal Council, illustrated by Gary Flegehen, Nisga'a: People of the Nass River | *Graham Osborne, British Columbia: A Wild and Fragile Beauty
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| 1995 | Howard White, Raincoast Chronicles: Eleven Up | *Tzeporah Berman et al., illustrated by Marguerite Gibbons, Clayoquot & Dissent
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| 1996 | Ken Drushka, HR: A Biography Of H.R. MacMillan | *Tom Henry, Dogless in Metchosin
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| 1997 | 1997 Alan Haig-Brown, Rick Blacklaws, The Fraser River | *Richard Cannings, Sydney Cannings, British Columbia: A Natural History
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| 1998 | Richard Bocking, Mighty River: A Portrait of the Fraser | *Michael Kluckner, The Pullet Surprise: A Year on an Urban Farm
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| 1999 | Mark Hume, Harvey Thommassen, River of the Angry Moon: Seasons on the Bella Coola | *Helene Cyr, Handmade Forests: The Treeplanter's Experience
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| 2000 | Margaret Horsfield, Cougar Annie's Garden | *Faith Moosang, First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy
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| 2001 | Daniel Francis, The Encyclopedia of British Columbia | *Richard Somerset Mackie, Island Timber
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| 2002 | Keith Thor Carlson, Colin Duffield, Albert (Sonny) McHalsie, Jan Perrier, Leeanna Lynn Rhodes, David M. Schaepe and David Smith, A Stó:lo–Coast Salish Historical Atlas | *Wayne Campbell, et al., Birds of British Columbia (Volume 4, Passerines)
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| 2003 | Earnest Perrault, Tong: The Story of Tong Louie, Vancouver's Quiet Titan | *Ian Thom, E.J. Hughes
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| 2004 | Donald Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia | *Ross Freake and Don Plant, Firestorm: The Summer BC Burned
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| 2005 | Stephen Hume, Alexandra Morton, Betty C. Keller, Rosella M. Leslie, Otto Langer and Don Staniford, A Stain Upon the Sea: West Coast Salmon Farming | *Robert Hunter and Robert Keziere, The Greenpeace to Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey
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| 2006 | John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed | *Lance Berelowitz, Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination
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| 2007 | Katherine Gordon, Made to Measure: A History of Land Surveying in British Columbia | *Judith Williams, Clam Gardens: Aboriginal Mariculture on Canada’s West Coast
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| 2008 | J.B. MacKinnon, Alisa Smith, The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating | *Barry Gough, Fortune's River: The Collision of Empires in the Pacific Northwest
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| 2009 | Stephen Hume, Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia | *Brad Cran, Gillian Jerome, Hope in Shadows: Stories and Photographs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
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| 2010 | Andrew Scott, Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia | *Ian Gill, All That We Say Is Ours: Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nation
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| 2011 | Dan Savard, Images from the Likeness House | *Grant Lawrence, Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound
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| 2012 | Chuck Davis, The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver {{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/brian-brett-wins-bc-award-for-literary-excellence/article1390945/ |title=Brian Brett wins BC award for literary excellence |work=Globe and Mail |author=Marsha Lederman |date=April 25, 2012 |accessdate=September 12, 2012}} | *Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great Forests
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| 2013 | Derek Hayes, British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas {{cite web |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/awards/gaston-hayes-de-leeuw-win-b-c-book-prizes/ |title=Gaston, Hayes, de Leeuw win B.C. Book Prizes |work=Quill & Quire |author=Maria Siassina |date=May 6, 2013 |accessdate=May 8, 2013}} | *Aaron Chapman, Liquor, Lust, and the Law: The Story of Vancouver's Legendary Penthouse Nightclub
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| 2014 | David Stouck, Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life {{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/arthur-erickson-biography-claims-pair-of-bc-book-prizes/article18461745/ |title=Arthur Erickson biography claims pair of B.C. Book Prizes |work=The Globe and Mail |author=Marsha Lederman |date=May 5, 2014 |accessdate=May 8, 2014}} | *Sean Kheraj, Inventing Stanley Park: An Environmental History
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| 2015 | Richard Beamish and Gordon McFarlane (eds), The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia {{cite web |url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/439006/years-bc-book-prizes-are-announced |title=This year's B.C. Book Prizes are announced |work=The Georgia Straight |date=April 26, 2015 |accessdate=April 30, 2015}} | *Christine Lowther, Born Out of This
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| 2016 | Briony Penn, The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan {{cite web |url=http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/bc-book-prizes-2016-winners-announced |title=BC Book Prizes 2016 Winners Announced |work=Vancouver Observer |date=May 2, 2016 |accessdate=May 10, 2016}} | *Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat, Soviet Princeton: Slim Evans and the 1932-33 Miners' Strike
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| 2017 | Neil J. Sterritt, Mapping My Way Home: A Gitxsan History {{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/douglas-coupland-headlines-list-of-2017-b-c-book-prize-winners |title=Douglas Coupland headlines list of 2017 B.C. Book prize winners |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=April 29, 2017 |accessdate=May 4, 2017}} | *Anthony Kenyon, The Recorded History of the Liard Basin 1790-1910: Where British Columbia joins the Yukon and N.W.T.
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| 2018 | Kotaro Hayashi, Fumio “Frank” Kanno, Henry Tanaka, and Jim Tanaka (editors), Changing Tides: Vanishing Voices of Nikkei Fishermen and Their Families {{cite web |url=http://www.newwestrecord.ca/entertainment/new-west-author-earns-b-c-book-prize-1.23296674 |title=New West author earns B.C. Book Prize |work=New Westminster Record |date=May 12, 2018 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}} | *Sarah de Leeuw, Where It Hurts
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| 2019 | Sarah Cox, Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley's Stand Against Big Hydro | * Council of the Haida Nation, Athlii Gwaii: Upholding Haida Law at Lyell Island
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| 2020 | Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga | * Michael Christie, Greenwood
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| 2021
| Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Kwanlin Dün: Dǎ Kwǎndur Gh.y Gh.kwad.ndur—Our Story in Our WordsVicky Qiao, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/billy-ray-belcourt-and-shaena-lambert-among-bc-yukon-book-prizes-winners-1.6191928 "Billy-Ray Belcourt and Shaena Lambert among BC & Yukon Book Prizes winners"]. CBC Books, September 28, 2021. |
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|{{blue ribbon}} Luschiim Arvid Charlie and Nancy J. Turner, Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicine |
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| align="center"| 2023
|{{blue ribbon}} Cole Pauls, Kwändǖr |
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| align="center"| 2024
|{{blue ribbon}} Ian Kennedy, The Best Loved Boat: The Princess Maquinna |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/about/details/roderick-haig-brown-regional-prize/ Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize], official website
Category:BC and Yukon Book Prizes