A Thousand Books in Fifty Years: Reflections of a Raincoast Chronicler
Presented by:
Howard (Howie) White
Spend an afternoon with Howie (Howard) White, fearless chronicler of Sunshine Coast tales, historical heroes and rapscallion poets for 50 years at the helm of Harbour Publishing in Madeira Park. White has shown us the face of the West Coast in a thousand stories and as many pictures. From cookbooks to kids’ literature with an encyclopaedia in the middle for good measure. White and Harbour Publishing have given us the fabric, the flora and fauna of our place on the coast through time, recording and preserving the coast’s social history.
2024 is Harbour Publishing’s 50th anniversary and celebrates over a thousand books in print. Please join us to honour White’s immense contribution to our cultural literacy.
Howie White was raised in a series of logging camps and fishing settlements on BC’s Sunshine Coast. As a regional publisher, White started Raincoast Chronicles and Harbour Publishing in the early 1970s. In 2013, Harbour Publishing bought out Douglas & McIntyre, another iconic BC book publishing house. White 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 an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from the University of Victoria. In 2007 White was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Date and Time:
Saturday, November 2
2pm – 4pm
Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt
Note: The event is free and open to all ages but you must register
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