Local Authors

The library supports local people and has a collection of books written by authors who have lived in the Lillooet area.

Click here to see Local Authors in the library catalogue. Or click on individual book titles below.

List of Authors and Book Titles

Listed alphabetically by last name, with book covers on the right.

Van Andruss Lived Experience – Literary Journals A Compass and a Chart
Unity Bainbridge Songs of Seton Lullaby of Lillooet
Lynda Black and Andrea MacLellan Parents as Teachers : A Handbook
Phil Branca Mining and BackCountry Adventures Miners, Trappers Hunters, Packers More tales from the Bridge River Valley
Randy Bouchard Lillooet Stories
Don Dickinson Fighting the Upstream Blue Husbands  The Crew Robbiestime Rag and Bone Man
Joanne Drake-Terry The Same as Yesterday – The Lillooet Chronicle the Theft
Emma De Hullu Bridge River Gold
Bill Edwards, Martina LaRochelle and Sam Mitchel Sqweqwel’s Nelh Skelkekla7lhkalha: Tales of our Elders
Irene Edwards Short Portage to Lillooet; and Other Tales and Trails Short Portage to Lillooet
Wendy Fraser Lillooet Trivia

Jan van Eijk Ucwalmicwts Cuystwi Malh Ucwalmicwts – Beginners Cuystwi Malh Ucwalmicwts – Intermediate Cuystwi Malh Ucwalmicwts – Advanced Nilh Iza Sptakwlhkalh – These are Our Legends
Beverley Rose Frank, Rose Angnes Whitley, Jan van Eijk English to St’at’imcets Dictionary Vol.1 : Nqwal’uttenlhkalha
Lewis Green The Great Years: Goldmining in the Bridge River Valley
Laura Grizzlypaws Sulyálesta
Georgina Keddell The Newspapering Murrays
Wendy M. Larmen Heartfelt Tails
Lillooet Naturalist Society Canyon to Alpine – Hiking Guides
Lois Joseph, Mary James, Martina Pierre, Veronica Bikadi, Priscilla Ritchie, Laverne Paul, Morgan Wells and Georgina Nelson Ucwalmicwts Lilwat Dictionary: Nqwaluttens Ku Lilwat7ul
Judith Plant The culture gap: Towards a new world in the Yalakom Valley
Ron Purvis T’shama
Walter Pustey Rambling about a Lifetime
Robert F. Sheward When I Taught School in Lillooet
Terry Thorne Growing Up Lillooet: Mostly Humorous recollections of a small town kid during the 1950s
USLCES St’at’imsets Phrases and Greetings
Meg Warhurst and St’at’imc Community Members Through the Seasons: What to Find in the Wild

Gord Whitney Boyhood Memories of a Cariboo Town

Restricted Access Collection

In the Lillooet Branch, there is a collection of old and rare books that can be viewed in the library branch only. These volumes are historically relevant and have information on the Lillooet area.