HOWARD WHITE 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. In the early 1970s he started editing the bestselling series Raincoast Chronicles and founded the award-winning book publishing company Harbour Publishing. In 2013 he also became the publisher of the famed Canadian press Douglas & McIntyre. White’s own books include A Hard Man to Beat (biography),
The Men There Were Then (poems), Spilsbury’s Coast (biography), The Accidental Airline (biography), Patrick and the Backhoe (children’s), Writing in the Rain (essays) and The Sunshine Coast (travel). 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 an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from the University of Victoria. In 2007, White was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Events:

Workshop 2: Speed Dating: Pitch your Book/Idea to Publishers, Agents and Editors