Howard White was born in 1945 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He was raised in a series of camps and settlements on the BC coast and never got over it. He is still to be found stuck barnacle-like to the shore at Pender Harbour, BC. He started Raincoast Chronicles and Harbour Publishing in the early 1970s and his own books include A Hard Man to Beat (bio), The Men There Were Then (poems), Spilsbury's Coast (bio), The Accidental Airline (bio), Patrick and the Backhoe (childrens'), Writing in the Rain (anthology) and The Sunshine Coast (travel). He was awarded the Canadian Historical Association's Career Award for Regional History in 1989. In 2000, he completed a ten-year project, The Encyclopedia of British Columbia. He has been awarded the Order of BC, the Canadian Historical Association's Career Award for Regional History, the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the Jim Douglas Publisher of the Year Award and a Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from the University of Victoria. In 2007, White was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He has twice been runner-up in the Whisky Slough Putty Man Triathlon.

The Accidental Airline: Spilsbury's QCA
155017097X · 1994 · $18.95
Shortlisted for the Roderick Haig-Brown BC Book Prize. "This is the raw stuff, the right stuff and the real stuff." -Barry Broadfoot
The Airplane Ride:
0889712247 · October 2006 · $16.95
A child's experience of his first airplane ride across Canada!
The Ghost in the Gears:
1550170651 · 1993 · $16.95
Shortlisted for the 1994 Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize
A Hard Man to Beat: The Story of Bill White: Labour Leader, Historian, Shipyard Worker, Raconteur
0889781311 · 1983 · $21.95
"Crude, vulgar, slanted, vindictive and utterly delightful" -Denny Boyd, The Vancouver Sun
Patrick and the Backhoe:
088971052X · 1991 · $15.95
"This is an adventure story that is likely to become a classic in its own right" -London Free Press
Raincoast Chronicles 11: Forgotten Villages of the BC Coast
0920080405 · 1987 · $10.95
The eleventh issue of "the best source book available on Canada's west coast." (Books in Canada)
Raincoast Chronicles 12:
1550170287 · 1990 · $16.95
"The best source book available on Canada's west coast." -Books in Canada
Raincoast Chronicles 13:
155017052X · 1991 · $16.95
Cortes Island, Chilcotin War, basketmaking, "How I Got the Dump Job" and much more.
Raincoast Chronicles 15:
1550170910 · 1993 · $16.95
Issue number fifteen!
Raincoast Chronicles 16: Time & Tide: A History of Telegraph Cove
1550171216 · 1995 · $16.95
When the Depression hit, a tiny group of pioneers rebuilt a decrepit sawmill in Telegraph Cove. Pat Norris grew up there.
Raincoast Chronicles 17:
1550171429 · 1996 · $16.95
Howard White, Robin Ward and articles on August Schnarr, pioneer photographer Hannah Maynard, the smallpox epidemic and the perils of being a female cook on a fishboat.
Raincoast Chronicles 18:
1550171712 · 1998 · $16.95
The latest - lightkeeping at Cape St. James, misadventures of a tax man, who really shelled the Estevan lighthouse.
Raincoast Chronicles 19: Stories and History of the British Columbia Coast
1550173162 · July 2003 · $16.95
Raincoast Chronicles 19 is part of the bestselling and award-winning series about West Coast history and culture.
Raincoast Chronicles Eleven Up:
1550171054 · 1994 · $39.95
Winner of the 1995 Roderick Haig-Brown BC Book Prize
Raincoast Chronicles First Five: Collector's Edition
0920080049 · 1977 · $28.95
Raincoast Chronicles First Five sold out its first printing in two weeks. Since then it has sold well over 30,000 copies.
Raincoast Chronicles Fourth Five:
1550173723 · September 2005 · $42.95
Raincoast Chronicles Fourth Five collects the complete Raincoast Chronicles 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 and is living proof that some things just keep getting better.
Raincoast Chronicles Six/Ten:
1550170678 · 1983 · $28.95
Issues 6 to 10 of the completely unclassifiable, thoroughly enjoyable journal of West Coast history and culture.
Spilsbury's Coast: Pioneer Years in the Wet West
1550170465 · 1991 · $24.95
"A lively collection made still livelier by White's bright writing - the stuff of which folklore is woven." -Vancouver Province Shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice BC Book Prize.
Spilsbury's Coast: Pioneer Years in the Wet West
092008057X · 1987 · $26.95
A runaway BC bestseller. In collector's hardcover format.
The Sunshine Coast: From Gibsons to Powell River
1550170813 · 1996 · $29.95
From deep rain forests to logging camps, Indian villages and bustling ports, The Sunshine Coast offers an insider's look at one of the most fascinating regions on the BC coast.
Writing in the Rain:
1550170104 · 1990 · $16.95
Winner of the 1991 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour.
Writing in the Rain:
1550171399 · 1995 · $14.95
Howard White won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour for the book version. Now here's the tape, read by the author.