Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed: Frontier Women of British Columbia

Shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers'Choice BC Book Prize (2005) Award-winning journalist Stephen Hume delves into the lives of aboriginal and pioneer women who had an important and multifaceted influence on the development of British Columbia.

Stephen Hume was raised in fishing, farming and logging communities across Alberta and BC and studied at the University of Victoria. A journalist for over 35 years, Hume was editor-in-chief at the Edmonton Journal before moving to BC to become columnist and feature writer for the Vancouver Sun. He has won more than a dozen awards for his poetry, essays and journalism, including the Writers Guild of Alberta Literary Award, the Southam President's Award and the Marjorie Nichols Memorial Award. Stephen became the first Canadian to win the Dolly Connelly prize for environmental writing. His other books include Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed, Bush Telegraph and Off the Map, which was shortlisted for a Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Book Prize. He currently teaches professional writing at the University of Victoria.