Sunday, April 29, 2007

And the winner is...

What an exciting evening we had!! Jim and I flew back to Victoria to attend the BC Book Prize Awards Ceremony held at Government House on Saturday. There were twelve of us in our group including Katherine Gordon (nominated for her book, Made to Measure ) Sylvia Olsen and Joan Larson (nominated for their book, Yetsa's Sweater) their partners, Marc, Tom, and Paul; Penny and Adrian Chamberlain, Nikki Tate, and even little Yetsa joined us. We all met outside Government House at 4:30 sharp so we could attend the VIP reception which was held downstairs in one of my favourite rooms in Government House, the MacClure Room. After mingling with a glass of wine, were were given pointers about what to do if we won and then we were instructed to form a circle around the room. Her Honour, Iona Campagnolo, went around the room to meet each one of us - she is an amazing woman! Then we all went upstairs to the Great Hall where the awards ceremony was held - it looked spectacular!
We were all thrilled when Katherine's name was announced as the winner of the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize! Congratulations Katherine!! You are so deserving of winning this award.
Here's a picture of Jim and me with Katherine:


To read our press release about Katherine's win click here and to read Liz Pogue's writeup in the Victoria Time's Colonist entitled: Island literati glitter at gala: Lieutenant Governor pays tribute to leading lights of writing world at B.C. Book Prizes click here.

For more pictures of the event: click here.