The TERASEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD annually honours an outstanding literary career in British Columbia. Since 1994, Terasen (formerly BC Gas) has been working in partnership with the City of Vancouver (Mayor of Vancouver's office), the Vancouver Public Library and a non-profit society (Pacific BookWorld News Society, founded in 1988) to jointly sponsor and present an annual $5,000 prize to a senior B.C. author whose enduring contribution to the literary arts spans several decades.
The TERASEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for B.C. has been widely publicized in The Vancouver Sun and other media since its inception. Each year another commemorative plaque is installed in the Writers' Walk at the Vancouver Public Library on Georgia Street in Vancouver. The Mayor of Vancouver, or his representative, attends a presentation ceremony at the Vancouver Public Library and issues a proclamation in honour of the recipient. Winners are announced with press releases and full-page notices in B.C. BookWorld which reaches 100,000 readers per issue via more than 700 outlets throughout B.C. |
Winners' Plaques
on the
Writers' Walk
at the Vancouver Public Library |
