Franklin Howard White, (born 1945 in

Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a city located in British Columbia, adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With an estimated population of 153,524 people it is the largest municipality in the province outside metrop ...

) is a Canadian writer, editor and publisher. In the early 1970s, he founded the Raincoast Chronicles and

Harbour Publishing Harbour Publishing is a Canadian independent book publisher. The company was founded in 1974 by Howard and Mary White, and is based in Pender Harbour, a small town on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. Harbour mainly publishes books on British ...

. In 2013 he and his wife Mary purchased the assets of the leading British Columbia book publisher

Douglas & McIntyre Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. is a Canadian book publishing firm. Douglas & McIntyre was founded by James Douglas and Scott McIntyre in 1971 as an independent publishing company based in Vancouver. Reorganized with new owners in 2008 as D&M P ...

and restructured it as Douglas & McIntyre (2013) Ltd. with White as publisher. He has been president of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia, a member of the Board of Governors of

Emily Carr University of Art and Design Emily Carr University of Art + Design (abbreviated as ECU) is a public art university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The university's campus is located within the Great Northern Way Campus in Strathcona. The university is a co-e ...

, and currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing at

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

and the Advisory Board of the Institute for Coastal Research at

Vancouver Island University Vancouver Island University (abbreviated as VIU, formerly known as Malaspina University-College and earlier as Malaspina College) is a Canadian public university serving Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Malaspina College began in 196 ...

Published works

* ''Raincoast Chronicles'' (1972, editor) * ''A Hard Man to Beat'' (1983, with Bill White) * ''The Men There Were Then'' (1983, poems) * ''Spilsbury's Coast'' (1987, with Jim Spilsbury) * ''The Accidental Airline'' (1988, with Jim Spilsbury) * ''Patrick and the Backhoe'' (children's), with

Bus Griffiths Gilbert Joseph "Bus" Griffiths (1913 – September 25, 2006) was a cartoonist, lumberjack, and fisherman. He was best known for his graphic novel ''Now You're Logging'', published 1978 by Harbour Publishing. ''Now You're Logging'' presented, in c ...

* ''Writing in the Rain'' (1990, collection) * ''Ghost in the Gears'' (1993, poems) * ''The Sunshine Coast'' (1996, travel) * ''

The Encyclopedia of British Columbia ''The Encyclopedia of British Columbia'' is an encyclopedia first published in 1999. It was published by Harbour Publishing, and edited by Daniel Francis. It contained some 4,000 articles and 1,000 pictures about the Canadian province of British C ...

'' (2000, publisher, contributor), a 10-year project. * ''The Airplane Ride'' (2006, children's) * ''A Mysterious Humming Noise'' (2019, poems) * ''Here on the Coast'' (2021, stories)

Awards

Canadian Historical Association The Canadian Historical Association (CHA; French ''Société historique du Canada'', SHC) is a Canadian organization founded in 1922 for the purposes of promoting historical research and scholarship. It is a bilingual, not-for-profit, charitable ...

's Career Award for Regional History in 1989. * Order of BC *

Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, also known as the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Leacock Medal, is an annual literary award presented for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadian writer, published or self ...

* James Douglas BC Publisher of the Year Award *

Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (french: link=no, Médaille du jubilé d'or de la Reine Elizabeth II) or the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2002 to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

* Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary instit ...

. * Two-time runner-up in the Whiskey Slough Putty Man Triathlon * S.S. Beaver Award for Maritime Excellence *

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the ...

References

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