Are you looking forward to the fall? Cooler weather, cozy sweaters, pumpkin spice lattes, and a bevy of new books have us raring to go! Here are the new books we’re publishing this season. Creative Non-Fiction & Memoir History Books for Kids
This holiday season, share the gift of a good book! Whether you’re looking for memoirs, history, or picture books, we have all that and more in our 2023 Gift Guide. Books for the Voracious Memoir Reader Memoirs invite readers to walk a while in the author’s shoes. From emotional, to heartwarming, and … Continued
Heritage House Publishing is proud to announce Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir by Margot Fedoruk has won a Silver award in the Culinary Narrative category at the 2023 Taste Canada Awards. On October 30, 2023, Taste Canada announced the winners of the 26th annual prizes during a Soirée at the historic Fairmont … Continued
Heritage House is pleased to announce that David Norwell’s illustrated memoir, A Complex Coast: A Kayak Journey from Vancouver Island to Alaska, is a finalist for the 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition in the Adventure Travel category. A Complex Coast is a soul-searching personal account of a young man’s 1,700-kilometre kayak journey from Victoria, BC, … Continued
September 23, 2023 | 7:00 pm Book Launch and Panel Discussion at Knit City Vancouver Vancouver, BC September 23 & 24, 2023 Book Signing at Knity City Vancouver (Marketplace) Vancouver, BC October 21, 2023 | 10 am – 4 pm Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Fest Duncan, BC books for sale by Volume One Bookstore November … Continued
Join local author Danielle S. Marcotte for the launch of her new picture book, Blue Camas, Blue Camas. Sunday, November 19 | 1:00 pm Black Bond Books – Ladner Village 5052 48th Ave., Ladner, BC Blue Camas, Blue Camas is the captivating story of how a flower that has been cultivated on Canada’s west coast … Continued
Celebrate Métis Week at Lougheed House with the launch of The Premier and His Grandmother Combining both biography and history, The Premier and His Grandmother: Peter Lougheed, Lady Belle, and the Legacy of Métis Identity, by writer and researcher Doris Jeanne MacKinnon, introduces readers to two compelling and complex public figures—former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed … Continued
British Columbia’s Young Readers’ Choice Awards has announced its Red Cedar Book Award shortlist for the 2023/2024 year. Heritage House is proud to see two of our books on the non-fiction shortlist: Her Courage Rises: 50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon, by Haley Healey, illustrated by Kimiko Fraser Caring for Critters: One … Continued
First Nation Communities READ (FNCR) is celebrating 20 years in 2023 and announced the longlist in partnership with the Ontario Library Association on Indigenous People’s Day (June 21, 2023). The program is led by First Nation librarians working in First Nation communities across Ontario to promote the best of Indigenous literature in Canada. Each year, … Continued
Heritage House Publishing is delighted to announce Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir by Margot Fedoruk is shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards in the Culinary Narrative category. The winners will be announced at the Taste Canada Awards Soirée on October 30, 2023. Part love story, part survival story, part meditation on … Continued
Her Courage Rises has been shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize! One of ten BC & Yukon Book Prizes, the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize is “awarded to the author(s) of literary books, including novels, chapter books, and non-fiction books, aimed at juveniles and young adults, which have not been highly … Continued
Heritage House was delighted to hear that Tales from the Homestead: A History of Prairie Pioneers, 1867–1914 by Sandra Rollings-Magnusson has been named a finalist for the 2023 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction! Tales from the Homestead was published by Heritage House in 2022 and highlights the voices and personal stories of early immigrants who … Continued