Heritage House is delighted to share that two books published in 2024 have been shortlisted for the BC & Yukon Book Prizes 2025, announced today, April 10, 2025.
A Haida Wedding, by Gid7ahl-Gudsllaay Lalaxaaygans Gaadaaldyas Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson with Guud san glans Robert Davidson, is nominated for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. The Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize is awarded to a book that contributes the most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia and/or Yukon.
A Haida Wedding is a visual and cultural celebration of a traditional Haida wedding ceremony—the first in more than one hundred years—exploring its roots, rituals, symbolism, joyfulness, and contemporary significance for a thriving Indigenous Nation.
Always On Call: Adventures in Nursing, Ranching, and Rural Living, by Marion McKinnon Crook, is shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award. Shared by the book’s publisher and author, the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award is for a book that is the most successful in terms of public appeal, initiative, design, production and content. It is also the only prize where votes from BC and Yukon booksellers determine the shortlist and winner.
Always On Call is the much-anticipated sequel to Always Pack a Candle. Taking place several years after the first memoir, intrepid public health nurse Marion Crook juggles marriage, children, and a vast array of patients and cases in rural British Columbia in the 1970s.
The BC and Yukon Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia and Yukon writers, illustrators and publishers. Prizes are presented annually in ten categories. The 2025 shortlists will be celebrated at a free, public Soirée on May 22 at 6:30 pm at Book Warehouse in Vancouver. The winners will be announced at the Awards Gala on September 21, 2025, in Vancouver. For more details visit bcyukonbookprizes.com.
Founded in 1969, Heritage House is an independent Canadian book publisher based in Victoria, BC. We publish books that reflect the unique history, culture, and geography of western Canada. We believe that history should be engaging and accessible to everyone, in making history come alive through the books we publish, and amplifying the stories and voices of the extraordinary people who have shaped our unique corner of the world. Visit heritagehouse.ca for more information about the books, authors, and publisher.
