{"id":16608,"date":"2018-03-15T14:59:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T21:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=16608"},"modified":"2018-03-15T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T22:22:27","slug":"two-authors-with-ufv-connections-are-bc-book-prize-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2018\/03\/15\/two-authors-with-ufv-connections-are-bc-book-prize-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Two authors with UFV connections are BC Book Prize finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two authors with UFV connections have been named a finalists for a BC Book Prize.<\/p>\n

English associate professor Andrea MacPherson\u2019s most recent novel What We Once Believed is in the running for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize<\/a>, through the BC Book Prizes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"What We Once Believed (Publisher: Caitlin Press)<\/em> is the story of Maybe Collins, whose life is upended by the appearance of her mother Camille, who disappeared nine years earlier. Now an acclaimed author of a memoir about motherhood and Women\u2019s Liberation, Camille is distant and confounding, and Maybe tries to piece together her mother\u2019s life \u2014 why she left, the truth behind her famous memoir, and the future of their fractured relationship. When Maybe discovers that her mother is writing another book\u2014a book about her return \u2014 the betrayal is fierce and painful, and Maybe resolves to teach Camille a lesson that will change things<\/p>\n

Andrea MacPherson<\/strong> is a poet and novelist, and has written six\u00a0books: three\u00a0novels, What We Once Believed<\/em>,\u00a0Beyond the Blue<\/em>, and When She Was Electric<\/em>, and three poetry collections, Ellipses<\/em>, Away<\/em>, and Natural Disasters<\/em>.\u00a0 When She Was Electric<\/em> placed number 6 on CBC Canada Reads: People\u2019s Choice, and Natural Disasters <\/em>was longlisted for the ReLit Awards.<\/p>\n

Her poetry was anthologized in the UK publication, How the Light Gets In<\/em>, and she has been a runner-up in both Grain Magazine<\/em>\u2019s Short Grain Award, and Prism International<\/em>\u2019s Poetry Award.<\/p>\n

Born in Vancouver, Andrea was raised in the Lower Mainland.\u00a0 Andrea holds an MFA from the Creative Writing department at the University of British Columbia, where she was Editor of Prism International<\/em>.\u00a0 She has also acted as the Reviews Editor for Event Magazine<\/em>.\u00a0 Andrea teaches creative writing and literature at UFV.\"\"<\/p>\n

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\"\"Nicola Campbell most recently organized the Indigenous Film Series at UFV. She also served as a docent for the Witness Blanket’s time at UFV, and taught a storytelling course for the Theatre department in 2017. She is nominated for her children’s book A Day with Yayah, which was illustrated by Julie Flett.<\/p>\n

A Day with Yayah<\/strong>
\n<\/a>by Nicola Campbell, illustrated by Julie Flett
\nPublisher: Tradewind Book<\/em>s<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Set in the Nicola Valley in BC, a First Nations family goes on an outing to gather edible plants and mushrooms. The grandmother, Yayah, passes down her knowledge of the natural world to her young grandchildren.<\/p>\n

First Nations author Nicola I. Campbell lives in BC. Her books have won many awards, including the TD Canadian Children\u2019s Literature Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and the Anskohk Aboriginal Children\u2019s Book of the Year Award.<\/p>\n

Campbell is N\u0142e\u0294kepmx, Syilx and M\u00e9tis and is named after her home, BC\u2019s Nicola Valley. She has a BFA and a MFA in Creative Writing. She is currently a doctoral candidate, her research focus is on contemporary and traditional Indigenous literature and storytelling practices through UBCO in Kelowna, BC. She has lived in St\u00f3:l\u014d and Coast Salish solh temexw for approximately 20 years and currently resides in Rosedale, BC.<\/p>\n

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Nicola writes adult and children\u2019s free-verse poetry, fiction and non-fiction. On land and water she finds peace: paddling her cedar dugout canoe, running, hiking and biking. She has a strong respect and an absolute belief in First Nation\u2019s spirituality, culture and tradition.<\/p>\n

I heard an elder speak of the importance of our languages and our culture. He said, \u201cOur words are powerful; our stories are elastic; our languages are music: they dance, they move and they are medicine for our people. He said they are a spirit within themselves and we are only the channel that brings them to life.\u201d I write because I know what he said is true.<\/em><\/p>\n

Campbell’s other books include:<\/p>\n

Grandpa\u2019s Girls <\/em><\/p>\n