British Columbiana

A Millennial in a Gold Rush Town

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Pub Date 25 Apr 2023 | Archive Date 31 Mar 2023

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FINALIST, 2024 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD

A job as a heritage interpreter at a remote gold rush site propels an insecure and anxious twenty-four-year-old to find what she truly desires from life.


“By turns deadpan and wryly candid, Teed has a keen observational eye and a talent for characterization. An excellent debut.” — ANDRÉ FORGET, author of In the City of Pigs

Unsure of her next steps after graduation, twenty-something Josie Teed accepts a position at Barkerville, a remote heritage site in British Columbia showcasing the nineteenth-century gold rush. She lives in the adjacent village of Wells, population 250. There is no cell reception and the grocery store is an hour away. Once a thriving gold mining community in the 1930s, Wells has become a haven for white Gen-X artists and flower children, struggling actors-turned-heritage-interpreters, and transient miners.

Eager to move on from a master’s thesis that left her questioning her passion for history, Josie dives headlong into her new job and life in a small town. Faced with the prospect of remaining long-term, she must decide if she will fight to carve a place for herself in Wells’s idiosyncratic community. What follows is the story of a young woman trying to find connection and purpose in the twenty-first century while living in a village seemingly frozen in the past.
FINALIST, 2024 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD

A job as a heritage interpreter at a remote gold rush site propels an insecure and anxious twenty-four-year-old to find what she truly desires from life.


“By turns...

Advance Praise

"A hilarious and refreshing debut. Teed captures the anxiety and irritation of everyday life with wit and talent. Her cast of characters are equal parts unbelievable and so very real. Set against the quirky and quaint backdrop of Wells, an arts community in rural BC, British Columbiana is a moving portrait of alienation and identity." —FAWN PARKER,  author of What We Both Know

"By turns deadpan and wryly candid, Teed has a keen observational eye and a talent for characterization. An excellent debut." —ANDRÉ FORGET, author of In the City of Pigs

"A hilarious and refreshing debut. Teed captures the anxiety and irritation of everyday life with wit and talent. Her cast of characters are equal parts unbelievable and so very real. Set against the...


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ISBN 9781459750210
PRICE US$19.99 (USD)
PAGES 256

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