Raincoast Chronicles #2 on Harbour Publishing’s bestseller list

ByHeather Conn
Raincoast Chronicles 22 launch in Vancouver
Raincoast Chronicles 22 contributors at the Vancouver, B.C. launch (from left): editor David Conn, my cousin; Heather Conn; Peter Robson; Constance Kretz; and Stephen Ullstrom

I’m delighted to be a contributor to this new, popular anthology of British Columbia history and coastal life. In the week of Dec. 2, 2013, it’s ranked #2 on Harbour Publishing’s bestseller list. Whooohooo!

My feature explores the influential role that volunteers played in saving 6,000 hectares of wilderness forests and lakes, including bear and marbled murrelet habitat, to create the Tetrahedron Provincial Park. This launched the start of the conservation movement on the Sunshine Coast.

Click here to read “Book signing celebrates new release” in The Coast Reporter, Nov. 29, 2013

Click here to read more about the book on Harbour Publishing’s website

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