HARBOUR PUBLISHING Fall 2020 including NigHtwOOd editiONS and lOSt mOOSe BOOkS Contents New Books from Harbour Publishing 1 New Books from Nightwood Editions 11 Recent Releases from Harbour Publishing 18 Recent Releases from Nightwood Editions 20 Books in Print 22 Print on Demand 30 Contributor Index 31 A Message from Harbour Publishing Hands up everyone who’s dug out their old English 100 paperback of The Plague by Albert Camus? I found it pretty dull and irrelevant in 1966 but it’s remarkable how much it has improved in fifty years! It’s a bit scary but also comforting in a strange way—the way James Baldwin meant when he said, “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read… [reading] taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.” Books can do that, and that is why they are so important now of all times. And that is why we feel we must soldier on in the midst of our own plague, bringing our readers the very best books we can find, despite silenced printers, shuttered bookstores, social separation and all the difficulties that have so suddenly beset us. We were forced to reschedule many of the titles originally proposed for Spring 2020 to the Fall 2020 season, while adding a few new ones and moving others forward to those halcyon days of restored health and wealth that surely await us all in 2021. We thank our intrepid authors for their resilience and adaptability. Our intention is to keep our warehouses shipping throughout this difficult time, conditions permitting. Our message to readers is that if your local bookstore is locked down, check to see if they are delivering phone or online orders. There are many good online book sources. And most of our books are available as e-book downloads from your chosen vendor. To our valued partners who are instrumental in ensuring readers and books meet each other: we continue to support you during this challenging period. Our publicists and sales team will reach out to book retailers and libraries to find creative ways to celebrate books and to motivate readers. Whatever happens—keep reading! Howard White, President Information for all books in print including book description, author information, cover, and up-to-date price and availability is listed on our website, www.harbourpublishing.com. All prices and specifications subject to change without notice. cover image: Illustration by Scot Ritchie, from Lilliana and the Frogs. HP: Harbour Publishing NE: Nightwood Editions LM: Lost Moose Books Harbour Publishing acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Canada, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council. FIRST WEST COASTNEW BOOKS · NEWPUBLICATION DATE PUBLICATION DATE Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak ROY HENRY VICKERS AND ROBERT BUDD, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROY HENRY VICKERS Listen for the heartbeat of the West Coast in this fourth instalment of the bestselling First West Coast Book series. With bright and bold illustrations by celebrated Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers, this sturdy board book introduces iconic sounds of the West Coast and supports the language development of babies and toddlers. From the the crackle of a beach campfire to the swoosh of canoe paddles, the rustle and creak of cedars in the wind, the roar of sea lions and the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean, the rhythmic text, vibrant illustrations and glossy tactile finish of Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak will delight the very youngest readers. roy Henry Vickers is a renowned carver, painter, printmaker and storyteller. He is the illustrator and co-author of Harbour Publishing’s popular children’s First West Coast Book series and Northwest Coast Legends series, the latter of which were all shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award: Raven Brings the Light in 2014, Cloudwalker in 2015, Orca Chief in 2016 and Peace Dancer in 2017. His other books include Storyteller (Harbour Publishing, 2014) and Voices from the Skeena (Harbour Publishing, 2019). He lives in Hazelton, bc. robert (lucky) budd is the co-author of both the Northwest Coast Legends series and First West Coast Book series and the CHILDREN’SCHILDREN’S ((10––202)) author of Voices of British Columbia (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010), June which was shortlisted for the 2011 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Board book Award, and its sequel, Echoes of British Columbia (Harbour CAD $9.95 Publishing, 2014), which won second prize in the bc Historical 6″ × 6″ · 20 pages Federation’s writing competition in 2014. He is also co-author of 18 colour illustrations Voices from the Skeena (Harbour Publishing, 2019). He lives in Rights held: World Victoria, bc. 978-1-55017-904-0 (board book) ISBN 978-1-55017-904-0 ALSO IN THE FIRST WEST COAST BOOK SERIES 5 0 9 9 5 9 7 8 1 5 5 0 1 7 9 0 4 0 978-1-55017-870-8 978-1-55017-828-9 978-1-55017-799-2 SOCKEYE SILVER, ONE EAGLE SOARING HELLO HUMPBACK! SALTCHUCK BLUE $9.95 board book $9.95 board book $9.95 board book Winner of a MoonbeaM TPl 2017 firsT and besT lisT Children’s book Award Winner of a MoonbeaM Children’s book Award Harbour PublisHing Fall 2020 | 1 NEW PUBLICATION DATE British Columbia in Flames Stories from a Blazing Summer CLAUDIA CORNWALL A moving personal and journalistic account of wildfire season in British Columbia. like many british columbians in 2017, claudia cornWall found herself glued to the news about the disastrous wildfires across the province. Her worry was personal: her cabin at Sheridan Lake had been in the family for sixty years and was now in danger of destruction. Cornwall, a long-time writer, was stricken not just by her own experience, but by the many moving stories she came across about the fires—so she began collecting them. She met with people from the communities of Sheridan Lake, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, 16 Mile House, Lac La Hache, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Hanceville-Riske Creek and Clinton. She hoped to be a conduit for the voices she heard—for those who fought the fires raging around them, those who were evacuated and displaced, and those who could do nothing but watch as their homes burned. She conducted over fifty hours of interviews with ranchers, cottagers, Indigenous residents, RCMP officers, evacuees, store and resort owners, search and rescue volunteers, firefighters and local government officials. Presented in British Columbia in Flames are stories that illustrate the importance of community. During the 2017 wildfires, people looked after strangers who had no place to go. They shared information. They helped each other rescue and REGIONALNATURE INTEREST shelter animals. They kept stores open day and night to supply September gas, food and comfort to evacuees. This memoir, at once Paper with French flaps journalistic and deeply personal, highlights the strength with CAD $26.95 which bc communities can and will come together to face a 6″ × 9″ · 304 pages terrifying force of nature. 16-page16 colour-page colourphoto insert;photo insertB&W photos, B&W photos,maps andmaps figures and figures throughout throughout claudia cornwall is most recently the author of Battling Rights held: World Melanoma and Catching Cancer (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 978-1-55017-894-4 (paper) and 2013). Her book At the World’s Edge: Curt Lang’s Vancouver, 978-1-55017-895-1 (ebook) 1937–1998 (Mother Tongue, 2011) was shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award, and Letter from Vienna: A Daughter Uncovers Her Family’s Jewish Past (Douglas & McIntyre, 1995) was awarded the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. Cornwall has taught creative writing at Simon Fraser University for many ISBN 978-1-55017-894-4 5 2 6 9 5 years. She lives in North Vancouver, bc. 9 7 8 1 5 5 0 1 7 8 9 4 4 2 | Harbour PublisHing Fall 2020 NEW PUBLICATION DATE Step into Wilderness A Pictorial History of Outdoor Exploration In and Around the Comox Valley DEBORAH GRIFFITHS, WITH CHRISTINE DICKINSON, JUDY HAGEN AND CATHERINE SIBA A photographic history of early wilderness exploration in the Comox Valley and surroundings, from Qualicum to Campbell River. the sPectacular landscaPes in and surrounding the comox Valley on Vancouver Island have long shaped the lives of the valley’s diverse inhabitants. From expansive shorelines to snowy mountain peaks, the region contains a wide variety of attractions to lure people over their thresholds for sustenance, recreation and survival, including such landmarks as Forbidden Plateau, Paradise Meadows, Comox Glacier, Mt. Washington and Miracle Beach. Step into Wilderness features never-before-seen photos from the Courtenay and District Museum collection, showcasing the growing community’s varied interactions with the wilderness they inhabit, from early hiking and skiing expeditions to Footrace at the Board of Trade Picnic, Kye encounters with wildlife, afternoon tea in the wilderness, Bay, late 1920s. Photo courtesy of CDM Stubbs beach races and early outdoor activity clubs. The collection Collection also explores the ways in which inhabitants have altered the landscape, including K’omoks Bay fish traps and stump blasting to clear fields. These unique and arresting photos are complemented by equally engaging accounts of individuals surviving and thriving in the midst of natural beauty and great devastation, including survivors of the great fire of 1922 and pioneer skiers on Forbidden Plateau during the Great Depression. REGIONAL HISTORYINTEREST / HISTORY More than a volume of beautiful photos, this collection September illustrates a community’s evolving relationship with the natural Cloth wonders surrounding it, as well as the emergence of outdoor CAD $39.95 exploration on Vancouver Island.