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,
Jan Gladish’s reflections on her Haig-Brown Writing Retreat
My arrival: The immaculate backyard is lit up by the morning sunshine. Trees that border the back yard cast shadows across the lawn. Some are thick and arching. Others are distorted reflections on the lawn that shift and change with
Janet Miller’s thoughts on her Writing Retreat
My Writer’s Retreat days at the Haig-Brown House were lovely, peaceful and productive. I saw pine siskins, chickadees and spotted towhees at the suet feeder in the plum tree out the kitchen window and eagles, hawks and one deer out
Meet the Haig-Brown House
I take for granted that many people haven’t been to, or maybe don’t even know about, my favourite place in Campbell River. It has a great vibe, and an unusual ability to instill a sense of peace for visitors. When
Kurtis Scriba on writing
This spring a number of local writers are participating at writing retreats at the Haig-Brown House, that givem them writing time in the study, and they are paired with a past writer in residence for some mentoring. Kurtis Scriba was
