Howard White
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Howard White (born 1945 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is an award-winning Canadian writer, editor and publisher.
In the early 1970s, he founded the Raincoast Chronicles and Harbour Publishing.
[edit] Published works
- Raincoast Chronicles (1972, editor)
- A Hard Man to Beat (1983, with Bill White)
- The Men There Were Then (1983, poems)
- Spilsbury's Coast (1987, with Jim Spilsbury)
- The Accidental Airline (1988, with Jim Splisbury)
- Patrick and the Backhoe (children's), with Bus Griffiths
- Writing in the Rain (1990, recycled works)
- Ghost in the Gears (1993, poems)
- The Sunshine Coast (1996, travel)
- The Encyclopedia of British Columbia (2000, publisher, contributor)
- The Airplane Ride (2006, children's)
In 2000, he published the Encyclopedia of British Columbia, a 10-year project.
[edit] Awards
- Canadian Historical Association's Career Award for Regional History in 1989.
- Order of BC
- Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour
- James Douglas BC Publisher of the Year Award
- Queen Elizabeth 50th Jubilee Medal
- Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Victoria.
- Two-time runner-up in the Whiskey Slough Putty Man Triathlon
- Order of Canada
