Catherine Byrne
Genre:
- Autobiography / Memoir
Skills:
Branch:
Top of the South
Location:
Nelson
Publications:
We Are Born With the Songs Inside Us: Lives and Stories of First Nations People in British Columbia
An exploration of the connections between culture and self through the stories of young Aboriginal Canadians who discuss their lives as British Columbians of First Nations heritage, and a celebration of the importance of embracing culture and identity in a society that often seeks to obliterate it.
The Garden That You Are
Exploring the culture of gardeners: what brings us to the place that we choose to have a garden, and how does our culture, background, life and experience influence that garden - and in turn, the garden influence who we are and our experience?
Made to Measure: A History of Land Surveying in British Columbia
The adventure story of the mappng and surveying of British Columbia. Many of BC's early surveyors came from other countries like Scotland, England and New Zealand, enjoying the sense of wilderness and space. Winner of the 2011 Haig-Brown Literary Prize in BC.
A Curious Life: The Biography of Princess Peggy Abkhazi
The remarkable story of Princess Peggy Abkhazi who, when she died in 1994 in her adopted home town of Victoria, British Columbia, left behind a life of privilege. Reigning with her royal Georgian husband over the internationally acclaimed Abkhazi garden, she had come far from her orphanhood in the industrial slums of Lancaster, England. Peggy's tumultuous 92 years intersected watershed events and locations of the 20th century.
The Slocan: Portrait of a Valley
A contemporary popular history of the Slocan valley in the west Kootenays, was released by Sono Nis Press on June 20, 2004. It has spent more than five months on the BC Bestseller list, was shortlisted for the 2005 Hubert Evans non-fiction prize in the BC Book Prizes, and received an honourable mention in the 2005 BC Historical Federation's awards for historical writing.
Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids
Anthology (Ed. Lynne van Luven): Canadian and American authors write about the joys and pain of having no children. Touchwood, Victoria, BC, 2008.
Imagining BC: Land, Memory and Place
Essays by British Columbian authors about the places in the province they see and feel as home. Anvil Press, 2009.
In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation
What is real reconciliation? This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation—one we've longed for but, before now, have had a hard time approaching. These reflective and personal pieces come from journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, city planners, and lawyers, all of whom share their personal light-bulb moments regarding when and how they grappled with the harsh reality of colonization in Canada, and its harmful legacy. Without flinching, they look deeply and honestly at their own experiences and assumptions about race and racial divides in Canada in hopes that the rest of the country will do the same. Featuring a candid conversation between CBC radio host Shelagh Rogers and Chief Justice Sinclair, this book acts as a call for all Canadians to make reconciliation and decolonization a priority, and reminds us that once we know the history, we all have the responsibility—and ability—to make things better.
Maps, Mountains and Mosquitoes: The McElhanney Story, 1910 - 2010
A corporate history written in a literary narrative style, this book won the silver medal for best corporate history in the 2011 Axiom International Business Book Awards in New York, USA.