Search Results by tag: Rocky Mountain Books

Helaine Becker, Claire Eamer, Tim Falconer among Lane Anderson Award shortlisters

The finalists for the 2016 Lane Anderson Awards, honouring Canada's best science writing with $10,000 in each of two age categories, have been revealed: Young Readers Helaine Becker and Phil McAndrew, ill., Monster Science: Could Monsters ... Read More »

August 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Bernadette McDonald’s 2011 mountaineering history still reaping awards

By Julie Baldassi

Bernadette McDonald’s 2011 mountaineering history book Freedom Climbers has garnered yet another accolade. The French translation was awarded Grand Prize at the Salon du Livre de Montagne de Passy earlier this month. To date, the book, which ... Read More »

August 28, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Bernadette McDonald wins American Alpine Club Lit Award

By Natalie Samson

B.C. author Bernadette McDonald has won the 2012 American Alpine Literary Award. McDonald, founding vice-president of mountain culture at the Banff Centre and the author of seven books, has received the honour for her book ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

B.C. ecologist Don Gayton wins Peace Corps Travel Book Award

By Sue Carter

British Columbian ecologist Don Gayton's Okanagan Odyssey: Journeys Through Terrain, Terroir and Culture (Rocky Mountain Books) has won the 2011 Peace Corps Travel Book Award. The prize is presented annually to an author with Peace ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

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