Heritage House is proud to announce Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections from a Hippie Homesteader, by Ellen Schwartz (pictured right above), has received a 2024 Historical Writing Award, presented by the British Columbia Historical Federation.

On Saturday, May 4, the recipients were announced and acknowledged at the BC Historical Federation annual conference and awards dinner where author Ellen Schwartz was in attendance to receive the Community History Award.

Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections from a Hippie Homesteader traces Ellen’s journey from a born-and-raised Jewish urbanite from New York who was terrified of the woods to a self-determined homesteader living on a communal farm in the Kootenays. Throughout the memoir, Ellen reflects on what her homesteader experience taught her about living more fully, honestly, and ecologically.

Ellen Schwartz is an award-winning author of more than 18 books for children. In addition to writing books, Ellen works as a corporate writer and editor and as a freelance magazine writer.

Ellen has taught creative writing classes for many years at the college and university levels. After a decade of being hippie homesteaders in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Ellen and her husband now live in Burnaby.

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