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
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
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