2024 Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture with Karolyn Smardz Frost
Saturday, March 23 – 1:00pm. By popular demand, Karolyn Smardz Frost will be hosting a second Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture this year on March 23. In this talk, Karolyn will be highlighting BC’s Black Pioneers. About the Lecture Starting in 1858 more
2023/2024 Writer in Residence ~ Karolyn Smardz Frost
An award-winning author, Karolyn Smardz Frost is the only archaeologist in Canada holding a PhD in Race, Slavery and Imperialism. She is an adjunct professor at both Acadia University and Dalhousie Universities in Nova Scotia, where she and her husband
Haig-Brown Festival
Sunday, September 22 from 11am to 3pm Join us on the banks of the Campbell River on Sunday, September 22 for a gathering that celebrates community with live music, local artisans, family-friend free activities and delicious eats. This unique festival
Meet Marjorie, our site host
Most days still, I have to pinch myself to make sure that I am not dreaming and that I actually get to stay here at the Haig-Brown House. I often have to catch my breath coming into the magnificent driveway
2022/2023 Writer in Residence, Andrea Routley
The Museum welcomed Andrea Routley to the Haig-Brown House as the Writer in Residence for the 2022/2023 season. Andrea Routley is a writer and editor from BC’s South Coast. Her work has appeared in literary magazines, such as Geist and The Fiddlehead Review,
2021 Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture
The 2021 Haig-Brown Lecture will feature Dr. Suzanne Simard, a world leading forest ecologist. Dr. Simard will address the complexity of our forest ecosystem and base her talk on her bestselling book “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of
Charming details
One of the wonderful things about heritage houses is they have little stories to tell at every corner. The Haig-Brown House is no exception. Exploring the house you will see all sorts of wonderful details. Recently Bluetree Photography was at
Finding the Good Life
Roderick Haig-Brown lived with his wife Ann and their four children in a modest farmhouse on the banks of the Campbell River. Roderick was a writer and magistrate, as well as a respected advocate for the environment and social justice.
Greta Hamilton – Writing is a Social Life
I paraphrase Chilean poet and conceptual artist Cecilia Vicuña, who says, writing is a social life. Receding into the privacy of a quiet study in a small town to work on a story, is in some ways antithetical to writing
Ode to Rhubarb
One of the silver linings of the 2020 pandemic was that I got to mind the Haig-Brown House through all of the seasons. Typically the site manager skidaddles to make room for the writer in residence between November and April,
