Stephen Hume
Stephen Hume was raised in fishing, farming and logging communities across Alberta and BC and studied at the University of Victoria. A journalist for over 35 years, Hume was editor-in-chief at the Edmonton Journal before moving to BC to become columnist and feature writer for the Vancouver Sun. He has won more than a dozen awards for his poetry, essays and journalism, including the Writers Guild of Alberta Literary Award, the Southam President’s Award and the Marjorie Nichols Memorial Award. Stephen became the first Canadian to win the Dolly Connelly prize for environmental writing. His other books include Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed, Bush Telegraph and Off the Map, which was shortlisted for a Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Book Prize. He currently teaches professional writing at the University of Victoria.
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Bush Telegraph: Discovering the Pacific Province 978-1-55017-215-7 · 1-55017-215-8 · 1999 · $28.95 "A collection of beautifully written stories" -The Islander Winner of a BC 2000 Book Award. |
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Off the Map: Western Travels on Roads Less Taken 978-1-55017-239-3 · 1-55017-239-5 · November 2001 · $32.95 "Stephen Hume has written a letter of love to British Columbia. His [previous] book. . . is a collection of beautifully written stories, articles rendered poetic, about this vast and diverse province." -Victoria Times-Colonist |
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Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed: Frontier Women of British Columbia 978-1-55017-313-0 · 1-55017-313-8 · May 2004 · $19.95 Shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice BC Book Prize (2005) Award-winning journalist Stephen Hume delves into the lives of aboriginal and pioneer women who had an important and multifaceted influence on the development of British Columbia. |
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Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia 978-1-55017-434-2 · 1-55017-434-7 · June 2008 · $36.95 A book of diligent research on one of British Columbia's great explorers told by an author with a profound knowledge of BC. |
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A Stain Upon the Sea: West Coast Salmon Farming 978-1-55017-317-8 · 1-55017-317-0 · October 2004 · $26.95 Winner of the 2005 Roderick Haig-Brown BC Book Prize! Shortlisted for the 2005 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness! |
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A Walk with the Rainy Sisters: In Praise of British Columbia's Places 978-1-55017-505-9 · 1-55017-505-X · September 2010 · $32.95 |