The British Columbia Historical Federation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Historical Writing Awards. The awards will be announced during the awards gala taking place this year in Williams Lake on May 3 at 6:30pm.  

In alphabetical order, the list is as follows:  

• Linda Ambrose, Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard, UBC Press. 
• Chris Arnett, Signs of the Time: Nłeʔkepmx Resistance through Rock Art, UBC Press.  
• Blair Mirau, The City of Rainbows: A Colourful History of Prince Rupert, Heritage House.  
• Noëlle Phillips, Brewmasters and Brewery Creek, Touchwood Editions.  
• Chad Soon and George Chiang, The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey, Orca Book Publishers.  
• Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson and Robert Davidson, A Haida Wedding, Heritage House.  

The BC Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing will be awarded together with $2,500 to the author whose book makes the most significant contribution to the historical literature of British Columbia. The second-place winner will receive $1,500 and third place, $500. One book will also be awarded the Community History Award, worth $500. Certificates of Honourable Mention may be awarded to other books as recommended by the judges.   

The 2024 competition received 24 publications, all of which add to the compendium of historical writing in British Columbia.