Keith Liggett

November 2024

Keith Liggett is a ski bum. Chronologically—Aspen, Vail, Breckenridge, a RJ (Real Job) back East, Breckenridge, Hood River and Fernie since 2006. As he wandered chasing snow, his ski journalism appeared in over 100 newspapers and all the major journals. For 15 winters, he wrote a weekly ski column carried by 50 to 75 papers and provided stringer coverage of North American World Cup events for Reuters and occasionally AP. He passed his Level 3 PSIA-Rocky Mountain in 1987, which gave him a technical excuse to continue his skiing. When he’s bored, he telemarks. 

On the literary side, at sixteen Keith published two poems in the Northwestern University’s literary magazine. Since then he has published short stories and poems in a wide variety of literary magazines.  He has published six books. Most recently, in 2010, Whitecap Books published Island Lake Lodge: the cookbook (Vancouver, 2010) which won a Gourmand Award and became a Canadian Bestseller. like socks in the dryer, his second poetry collection appeared in 2013. The Fernie Originals, a collection of essays on living in Fernie and profiles of Fernie businesses came out in 2015. Keith is a past Board member, Vice President and President of the Federation of BC Writers. Currently, Keith is a reader and editor for the Whitefish Review. Occasionally, with no real schedule, Keith blogs on his website, www.keithliggett.ca