Year |
Winner |
Nominees
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1985
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Islands Protection Society - Islands at the Edge (Douglas & McIntyre)
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- Hilary Stewart - Cedar (Douglas & McIntyre)
- John Edwards - The Roman Cookery of Apicius (Hartley & Marks)
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1986
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Cameron Young et al., - The Forests of British Columbia (Whitecap Books)
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- John Adams and Becky Thomas - Floating Schools and Frozen Inkwells (Harbour Publishing)
- Philip Hersee - Vancouver: Touch The Magic (self-published)
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1987
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Doris Shadbolt - Bill Reid (Douglas & McIntyre)
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1988
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Hilary Stewart - The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt (Douglas & McIntyre)
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1989
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Michael M'Gonigle, Wendy Wickwire - Stein: The Way of the River (Talonbooks)
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1990
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Western Canada Wilderness Committee - Carmanah (Western Canada Wilderness Committee)
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1991
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Michael Kluckner - Vanishing Vancouver (Whitecap Books)
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1992
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Robert Bringhurst and Ulli Steltzer (photographer) - The Black Canoe: Bill Reid and the Spirit of Hakla Gwaii (Douglas & McIntyre)
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- Liv Kennedy - Coastal Villages (Harbour Publishing)
- Bruce Obee, Tim Fitzharris - Coastal Wildlife of British Columbia (Whitecap Books)
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1993
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Nick Bantock - Sabine's Notebook (Chronicle Books)
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- Terry Glavin and the Nemiah Valley Peoples - Nemiah: The Unconquered Country (New Star Books)
- Bruce MacDonald - Vancouver: A Visual History (Talonbooks)
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1994
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Alan Haig-Brown - Fishing for a Living (Harbour Publishing)
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1995
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Robert Davidson, Ulli Steltzer - Eagle Transforming (Douglas & McIntyre)
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1996
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Bill Richardson - Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast Pillow Book (Douglas & McIntyre)
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- Candace Savage - Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays (Greystone Books)
- Ken Drushka - HR: A Biography of H. R. MacMillan (Harbour Publishing)
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1997
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Richard Cannings, Sydney Cannings - British Columbia: A Natural History (Greystone Books)
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1998
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Ian McAllister, Karen McAllister, Cameron Young - The Great Bear Rainforest (Harbour Publishing)
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1999
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Tom Henry - Westcoasters: Boats that Built BC (Harbour Publishing)
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2000
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Derek Hayes - Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest (Douglas & McIntyre)
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2001
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Dan Francis - The Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing)
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2002
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Terry Reksten - Illustrated History of BC (Douglas & McIntyre)
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2003
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Robb Douglas, Peter A. Robson, Betty Keller - Skookum Tugs: British Columbia's Working Tugboats (Harbour Publishing)
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2004
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R. Samuel Bawif - The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580 (Douglas & McIntyre)
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- Doreen Armitage - From the Wheelhouse: Tug Boaters Tell Their Own Stories (Harbour Publishing)
- Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk - Full Moon, Flood Tide: Bill Proctor's Raincoast(Harbour Publishing)
- David Nunuk - Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing)
- Andrew Scott - Painter, Paddler: The Art and Adventures of Stewart Marshall (TouchWood Editions)
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2005
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Harvey Thommasen, Kevin Hutchings, R. Wayne Campbell, Mark Hume - Birds of the Raincoast: Habits and Habitat (Harbour Publishing)
|
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2006
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James P. Delgado - Waterfront: The Illustrated Maritime Story of Greater Vancouver (Stanton Atkins & Dosil Publishers)
|
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2007
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David Suzuki - David Suzuki: The Autobiography (Greystone Books)
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- Lynne Van Luven (editor) - Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids (TouchWood Editions)
- Daina Augaitis, Lucille Bell, Nika Collison, Vince Collison, Robert Davidson, Jacqueline Gijssen, Guujaw, Marianne Jones, Peter Macnair, Bill Reid, Isabel Rorick, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Don Yoemans - Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida Art (Douglas & McIntyre)
- Michael Kluckner - Vancouver Remembered (Whitecap Books)
- Sylvia Olsen - Yetsa's Sweater (Sono Nis Press)
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2008
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Ian McAllister - The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Great Bear Rainforest (Greystone Books)
|
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2009
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Stephen R. Bown – Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver (Douglas & McIntyre)
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- Jean Barman – British Columbia: Spirit of the People (Harbour Publishing)
- Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas – Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for the Environment (Greystone Books)
- Cathy Converse – Following the Curve of Time: The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet (TouchWood Editions)
- Andrew Nikiforuk – Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent (Greystone Books)
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2010
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Brian Brett – Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life (Greystone Books)
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2011
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Grant Lawrence – Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound (Harbour Publishing)
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2012
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Chuck Davis – The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver (Harbour Publishing)
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2013
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Shelley Fralic, with research by Kate Bird - Making Headlines: 100 Years of The Vancouver Sun (The Vancouver Sun) [4]
|
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2014
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Grant Lawrence - The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie (Douglas & McIntyre) [5]
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- Jesse Donaldson - This Day in Vancouver (Anvil Press)
- Michael Layland - The Land of Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island (TouchWood Editions)
- Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd - Raven Brings the Light (Harbour Publishing)
- Paula Wild - The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre)
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2015
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Aaron Chapman - Live at the Commodore: The Story of Vancouver's Historic Commodore Ballroom (Arsenal Pulp Press) [6]
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- Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd - Cloudwalker (Harbour Publishing)
- Alicia Priest - A Rock Fell on the Moon: Dad and the Great Yukon Silver Ore Heist (Harbour Publishing)
- Richard Beamish and Gordon McFarlane (eds) - The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia (Harbour Publishing)
- Lisa Ahier with Andrew Morrison - The Sobo Cookbook: Recipes from the Tofino Restaurant at the End of the Canadian Road (Appetite by Random House)
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2016
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Susan Musgrave - A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World (Whitecap Books) [7]
|
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2017
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Richard Wagamese - Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations (Douglas and McIntyre) [8]
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- Aaron Chapman - The Last Gang in Town: The Epic Story of the Vancouver Police vs. the Clark Park Gang (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Wade Davis - Wade Davis: Photographs (Douglas and McIntyre)
- Michael Layland - A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island (TouchWood Editions)
- Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd - Peace Dancer (Harbour Publishing)
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2018
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Pat Carney - On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers (TouchWood Editions) [9]
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2019
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Bob Joseph - 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act (Page Two Strategies)
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2020
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Aaron Chapman - Vancouver After Dark: The Wild History of a City’s Nightlife (Arsenal Pulp Press)
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2021
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Robert Amos, The E.J. Hughes Book of Boats[10]
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2022
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Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
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2023
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Robert Joseph, Namwayut: We Are All One: A Pathway to Reconciliation
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2024
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Jess Housty, Crushed Wild Mint
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- Sam George with Jill Yonit Goldberg, Liam Belson, Dylan MacPhee, and Tanis Wilson, The Fire Still Burns: Life In and After Residential School
- Francine McCabe, Fleece and Fibre: Textile Producers of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands
- Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, JAJ: A Haida Manga
- Henry Tsang, White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver
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