The Roderick Haig-Brown Prize is part of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, awarded in celebration of the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. It is awarded to the author(s) of books who "contributes most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia". Unlike the other BC and Yukon Book Prizes, there are no requirements in terms of publication or author residence.
Winners and nominees + Year Winner Nominees 1985 Hilary Stewart, CedarBarry Gough, Gunboat Frontier Saeko Usukawa, Sound Heritage 1986 Donald Graham, Keepers of the LightDouglas Cole, Captured Heritage: The Scramble for Northwest Coast Artifacts Peter Murray, The Devil and Mr. Duncan 1987 Ruth Kirk, Wisdom of the EldersPhilip Croft, Nature Diary of a Quiet Pedestrian Alan Twigg, Vancouver and Its Winters Lynne Bowen 1988 W.A. Hagelund, Whalers No MoreJo-Ann Canning-Dew, Hastings & Main Lynne Bowen, Three Dollar Dreams 1989 Celia Haig-Brown, Resistance and RenewalHoward White, The Accidental Airline Bridget Moran, Stoney Creek Woman 1990 Western Canada Wilderness Committee, CarmanahEarl K. Pollon, Shirlee Smith Matheson, This Was Our Valley Harry Robinson, Wendy Wickwire, Write It On Your Heart 1991 Paul Tennant, Aboriginal People and PoliticsCyril E. Leonoff, An Enterprising Life Michael Kluckner, Vanishing Vancouver 1992 Herb Hammond, Seeing the Forest Among the TreesMichael Poole, Ragged Islands Jean Barman, The West beyond the West: A History of British Columbia 1993 Harry Robinson, Wendy Wickwire, Nature Power: In the Spirit of an Okanagan StorytellerBruce MacDonald, Vancouver: A Visual History Vickie Jensen, Where the People Gather: Carving A Totem Pole 1994 Alex Rose (editor), Nisga'a Tribal Council, illustrated by Gary Flegehen, Nisga'a: People of the Nass RiverGraham Osborne, British Columbia: A Wild and Fragile Beauty Alan Haig-Brown, Fishing for a Living 1995 Howard White, Raincoast Chronicles: Eleven UpTzeporah Berman et al., illustrated by Marguerite Gibbons, Clayoquot & Dissent Beth Hill, Seven-Knot Summers 1996 Ken Drushka, HR: A Biography Of H.R. MacMillanTom Henry, Dogless in Metchosin Patrick Reid, Wild Colonial Boy: A Memoir 1997 1997 Alan Haig-Brown, Rick Blacklaws, The Fraser RiverRichard Cannings, Sydney Cannings, British Columbia: A Natural History Don Gayton, Landscapes of the Interior 1998 Richard Bocking, Mighty River: A Portrait of the FraserMichael Kluckner, The Pullet Surprise: A Year on an Urban Farm Daniel Wood, Beverly Sinclair, Western Journeys 1999 Mark Hume, Harvey Thommassen, River of the Angry Moon: Seasons on the Bella CoolaHelene Cyr, Handmade Forests: The Treeplanter's Experience Sean Rossiter, Hotel Georgia 2000 Margaret Horsfield, Cougar Annie's GardenFaith Moosang, First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy Dick Hammond, Haunted Waters: Tales of the Old Coast Derek Hayes, Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest 2001 Daniel Francis, The Encyclopedia of British ColumbiaRichard Somerset Mackie, Island Timber Terry Glavin, The Last Great Sea Philip Resnick, The Politics of Resentment Harold Rhenisch, Tom Thomson's Shack Gary Wyatt, Mythic Beings: Spirit Art of the Northwest Coast 2002 Keith Thor Carlson, Colin Duffield, Albert (Sonny) McHalsie, Jan Perrier, Leeanna Lynn Rhodes, David M. Schaepe and David Smith, A Stó:lo–Coast Salish Historical AtlasWayne Campbell, et al., Birds of British Columbia (Volume 4, Passerines) John Armstrong, Guilty of Everything Terry Reksten, Illustrated History of BC Maria Coffey, Dag Goering, Visions of the Wild 2003 Earnest Perrault, Tong: The Story of Tong Louie, Vancouver's Quiet TitanIan Thom, E.J. Hughes Randy Bouchard, Dorothy Kennedy, Indian Myths and Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America Alison Watt, The Last Island: A Naturalist’s Sojourn on Triangle Island Francis Mansbridge, Launching History: The Saga of Burrard Dry Dock 2004 Donald Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British ColumbiaRoss Freake and Don Plant, Firestorm: The Summer BC Burned Rob Butler, The Jade Coast: Ecology of the North Pacific Ocean David Nunuk, Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia R. Samuel Bawlf, The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580 2005 Stephen Hume, Alexandra Morton, Betty C. Keller, Rosella M. Leslie, Otto Langer and Don Staniford, A Stain Upon the Sea: West Coast Salmon FarmingRobert Hunter and Robert Keziere, The Greenpeace to Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey Daniel Francis, L.D.: Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver Nancy Turner, Plants of Haida Gwaii Jay Sherwood, Surveying Northern British Columbia: A Photo Journal of Frank Swannell 2006 John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and GreedLance Berelowitz, Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination Sheila Harrington, Judith Stevenson, and Kathy Dunster, Islands in the Salish Sea: A Community Atlas Daryl Ashby, John Muir: West Coast Pioneer Jean Barman, Stanley Park’s Secret: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch, and Brockton Point 2007 Katherine Gordon, Made to Measure: A History of Land Surveying in British ColumbiaJudith Williams, Clam Gardens: Aboriginal Mariculture on Canada’s West Coast Ian M. Thom, Charles C. Hill, and Johanne Lamoureux, Emily Carr Jan Hare and Jean Barman, Good Intentions Gone Awry: Emma Crosby and the Methodist Mission on the Northwest Coast Rachel Lebowitz, Hannus 2008 J.B. MacKinnon, Alisa Smith, The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local EatingBarry Gough, Fortune's River: The Collision of Empires in the Pacific Northwest Ian McAllister, The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Great Bear Rainforest Tim Bowling, The Lost Coast: Salmon, Memory, and the Death of Wild Culture Chris Harris, Spirit In the Grass: The Cariboo Chilcotin’s Forgotten Landscape 2009 Stephen Hume, Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British ColumbiaBrad Cran, Gillian Jerome, Hope in Shadows: Stories and Photographs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Donald A. Pettit, The Peace: A History in Photographs Daphne Bramham, The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect Margaret Horsfield, Voices from the Sound: Chronicles of Clayoquot Sound and Tofino 1899–1929 2010 Andrew Scott, Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British ColumbiaIan Gill, All That We Say Is Ours: Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nation Lorne Dufour, Jacob's Prayer Larry Campbell, Lori Culbert, Neil Boyd, A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future Brian Brett, Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life 2011 Dan Savard, Images from the Likeness HouseGrant Lawrence, Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound Aaron Glass, Aldona Jonaitis, The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History Bruce Grenville, Scott Steedman (editors), Visions of BC: A Landscape Manual Sylvia Olsen, Working with Wool: A Coast Salish Legacy and the Cowichan Sweater 2012 Chuck Davis, The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great Forests Fred Herzog, Fred Herzog: Photographs Sheryl Salloum, foreword by Sherrill Grace, The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton [#4 in the Unheralded Artists of BC Series] Scott Watson, Edited by Naomi Sawada & Jana Tyner, Thrown: British Columbia’s Apprentices of Bernard Leach and Their Contemporaries 2013 Derek Hayes, British Columbia: A New Historical AtlasAaron Chapman, Liquor, Lust, and the Law: The Story of Vancouver's Legendary Penthouse Nightclub Jackson Davies and Marc Strange, Bruno and the Beach: The Beachcombers at 40 Ali Kazimi, Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru - An Illustrated History Leslie A. Robertson and Kwagu'l Gixsam Clan, Standing Up with Ga'axsta'las: Jane Constance Cook and the Politics of Memory, Church, and Custom 2014 David Stouck, Arthur Erickson: An Architect's LifeSean Kheraj, Inventing Stanley Park: An Environmental History Rolf Knight, Voyage Through the Past Century Graeme Truelove, Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics Robin K. Wright, Daina Augaitis (eds), with Haida Advisors Robert Davidson and James Hart, Charles Edenshaw 2015 Richard Beamish and Gordon McFarlane (eds), The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of GeorgiaChristine Lowther, Born Out of This Ian McAllister, Great Bear Wild: Dispatches from a Northern Rainforest Jay Sherwood, Surveying Southern British Columbia: A Photojournal of Frank Swannell, 1901-07 Margaret Horsfield and Ian Kennedy, Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History 2016 Briony Penn, The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart CowanJon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat, Soviet Princeton: Slim Evans and the 1932-33 Miners' Strike Gwen Curry, Tod Inlet: A Healing Place Derrick Stacey Denholm, Ground-Truthing: Reimagining the Indigenous Rainforests of BC's North Coast John Thistle, Resettling the Range: Animals, Ecologies, and Human Communities in British Columbia 2017 Neil J. Sterritt, Mapping My Way Home: A Gitxsan HistoryAnthony Kenyon, The Recorded History of the Liard Basin 1790-1910: Where British Columbia joins the Yukon and N.W.T. Michael Layland, A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island David Pitt-Brooke, Crossing Home Ground: A Grassland Odyssey through Southern Interior British Columbia Christopher Pollon with photographs by Ben Nelms, The Peace in Peril: The Real Cost of the Site C Dam 2018 Kotaro Hayashi, Fumio “Frank” Kanno, Henry Tanaka, and Jim Tanaka (editors), Changing Tides: Vanishing Voices of Nikkei Fishermen and Their FamiliesSarah de Leeuw, Where It Hurts Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace, Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws: Yerí7 re Stsq’ey’s-kucw Travis Lupick, Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction K. Jane Watt, Surrey: A City of Stories 2019 Sarah Cox, Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley's Stand Against Big Hydro Council of the Haida Nation, Athlii Gwaii: Upholding Haida Law at Lyell Island Darrin Martens, Beau Dick Harley Rustad, Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees Bill Gaston, Just Let Me Look at You 2020 Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga Michael Christie, Greenwood Ian McAllister and Alex Von Tol, The Great Bear Rainforest: A Giant-Screen Adventure in the Land of the Spirit Bear Briony Penn, A Year on the Wild Side: A West Coast Naturalist’s Almanac Wendy Wickwire, At the Bridge: James Teit and An Anthropology of Belonging 2021 Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Kwanlin Dün: Dǎ Kwǎndur Ghày Ghàkwadîndur—Our Story in Our WordsVicky Qiao, "Billy-Ray Belcourt and Shaena Lambert among BC & Yukon Book Prizes winners". CBC Books, September 28, 2021.Grant Buday, Orphans of EmpireRyan Porter, "Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes". Quill & Quire, April 8, 2021. Claudia Cornwall, British Columbia in Flames David McIlwraith (Editor), Wanda Joy Hoe (Translator), The Diary of Dukesang Wong: A Voice from Gold Mountain Briony Penn with Cecil Paul, Following the Good River: The Life and Times of Wa'xaid 2022 Luschiim Arvid Charlie and Nancy J. Turner, Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and MedicineJordan Abel, NISHGA Karen Duffek, Bill McLennan and Jordan Wilson, Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art Barry Gough, Possessing Meares Island: A Historian’s Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Rahela Nayebzadah, Monster Child 2023 Cole Pauls, Kwändǖr Dempsey Bob and Sarah Milroy, Dempsey Bob: In His Own Voice Erika Dyck and Jesse Donaldson, The Acid Room: The Psychedelic Trials and Tribulations of Hollywood Hospital Caitlin Gordon-Walker, Pam Brown, Jisgang Nika Collison, Anthony Alan Shelton and Jodi Simkin, Knowledge Within: Treasures of the Northwest Coast