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Stephen Hume

Stephen Hume was raised in fishing, farming and logging communities across Alberta and BC and studied at the University of Victoria. A journalist for over 35 years, Hume was editor-in-chief at the Edmonton Journal before moving to BC to become columnist and feature writer for the Vancouver Sun. He has won more than a dozen awards for his poetry, essays and journalism, including the Writers Guild of Alberta Literary Award, the Southam President's Award and the Marjorie Nichols Memorial Award. Stephen became the first Canadian to win the Dolly Connelly prize for environmental writing. His other books include Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed, Bush Telegraph and Off the Map, which was shortlisted for a Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Book Prize. He currently teaches professional writing at the University of Victoria.

Books by Stephen Hume

Charles

by (author) Stephen Hume
illustrated by Jessica Bromley Bartram

A Walk with the Rainy Sisters

In Praise of British Columbia's Places

by (author) Stephen Hume

Early in the Season

A British Columbia Journal

by (author) Edward Hoagland
introduction by Stephen Hume

Simon Fraser

In Search of Modern British Columbia

by (author) Stephen Hume

A Stain Upon the Sea

West Coast Salmon Farming

by (author) Stephen Hume, Betty Keller, Alexandra Morton, Rosella M. Leslie, Otto Langer & Don Staniford
preface by David Suzuki
introduction by Terry Glavin

Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed

Frontier Women of British Columbia

by (author) Stephen Hume

Off the Map

Western Travels on Roads Less Taken

by (author) Stephen Hume

Ranchland

British Columbia's Cattle Country

photographs by Rick Blacklaws
text by Diana French
foreword by Stephen Hume

Bush Telegraph

Discovering the Pacific Province

by (author) Stephen Hume

Wildflowers

Seasonal splendors of the North American West

introduction by Stephen Hume
by (author) Graham Osborne