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Books
Finalists for Lieutenant Governor’s Awards announced
The British Columbia Historical Federation is honoured to announce the finalists for the 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Awards. They appear below...
Trail through the lens of its weekly newspaper
BCHF board member Ron Verzuh’s new book is coming out soon. It looks at the rise of...
Author Anne Wyness on Vancouver’s James Inglis Reid Ltd.
The story of James Inglis Reid Ltd. – which operated from 1908 to 1986 – is about community, family, perseverance, and evolution....
New book looks at early Chinese Canadians in Kootenays
Lily Chow's latest book, Hard is the Journey: Stories of Chinese Settlement in...
Book looks at Nanaimo’s soda history
Dalys Barney of the Nanaimo Historical Society has self-published a booklet, Message on a Bottle: Nanaimo's Soda...
History, heritage buildings, and murder
In a presentation to the Vancouver Historical Society, author Eve Lazarus tells a number of her favourite stories, from bellyflop contests to...
Forgotten Cranbrook highlights history through photos
(Courtesy Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History)
Three East Kootenay authors have released Forgotten Cranbrook, a collection of...
Second edition of Sinixt history book released
A revised and expanded edition of a classic work about the alienation of the Sinixt First Nation...
New book gives tramway builder Byron Riblet his due
He was a brilliant engineer, responsible for the construction of aerial mining trams in the Kootenays and around the world. But you’ve...
Tashme Museum hosting authors
Three authors who have all written about the Japanese Canadian internment will be...
