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Sage Birchwater

Sage Birchwater has been a resident of the Cariboo Chilcotin Central Coast region since 1973. Originally from Victoria, he has led a varied life as a back-to-the-lander, trapper, ranch hand, educator, cultural researcher, community activist, newspaper reporter and freelance journalist. He has authored/co-authored/edited 13 books. His most recent book Chilcotin Chronicles (Caitlin Press 2017) was third on the 2017 BC Bestsellers list.

Sage has lived communally in the Cariboo, spent ten years on a remote Chilcotin trapline, raised two sons "born in the bush" and is the grandfather of seven. He currently makes his home in Williams Lake with his companion Caterina.

Books by Sage Birchwater

One Arrow Left

The Memoir of Secwepemc Knowledge Keeper Cecilia DeRose

by (author) Cecilia Dick DeRose
with Sage Birchwater

Talking to the Story Keepers

Tales from the Chilcotin Plateau

by (author) Sage Birchwater

Chilcotin Chronicles

Stories of Adventure and Intrigue from British Columbia's Central Interior

by (author) Sage Birchwater

Corky Williams

Cowboy Poet of the Cariboo Chilcotin

by (author) Sage Birchwater
as told by Corky Williams

The Legendary Betty Frank

The Cariboo's Alpine Queen

by (author) Sage Birchwater & Betty Frank

Gumption & Grit

Women of the Cariboo Chilcotin

edited by Sage Birchwater

Chiwid

by (author) Sage Birchwater