A pair of authors were recognized by the Prince George Public Library over the weekend.
The Bob Harkins branch hosted the 2024 Jeanne Clarke Local History Awards yesterday (Sunday).
Clarence Boudreau was presented with the Service Award while Katherine Palmer Gordon took home the Publication Award for her book This place is who we are: stories of Indigenous leadership, resilience, and connection to Their Homelands.
Boudreau, who just turned 93 years old, is an author and musician (aka Penny Slim) who has written multiple books on the history of Northern BC.
Clarence was nominated for a Jeanne Clarke Publication Award in 2023 for his book I Hear the Mountains Calling, a memoir of his life in the community of Penny, BC, where he was born and spent the first 80 years of his life.
He and his wife Olga won the 1996 Jeanne Clarke Publication Award for their book A Penny for Your Thoughts.
In addition, eight publications were shortlisted and showcased for this year’s Publication Award:
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- Artist’s sketches : a history of the forest industry in Prince George and area by Larry Merritt
- Berries, baseball & baskets : collection of memories by Shirley May Gratton
- Kechika chronicler : William Freer’s Northern BC and Yukon diaries, 1942-1978 edited by Jay Sherwood
- Prince George history : an artist’s view by Larry Merritt
- Talking to the story keepers : tales from the Chilcotin Plateau by Sage Birchwater
- The notorious Georges : crime and community in British Columbia’s northern interior, 1905–25 by Jonathan Swainger
- The secret pocket by Peggy Janicki and illustrated by Carrielynn Victor
- This place is who we are : stories of Indigenous leadership, resilience, and connection to their homelands by Katherine Palmer Gordon
