Keith Halliday
Official website of Yukon best-selling youth adventure novel Aurore of the Yukon plus Keith's Yukon-noir climate thriller Moonshadows and the new
A Very Yukonomist Christmas.
A Very Yukonomist Christmas is a warm, witty, and distinctly northern celebration of the holiday season from award-winning Yukon columnist Keith Halliday.
For twenty years, Halliday’s widely read “Yukonomist” columns have captured the quirks, challenges, and quiet joys of Yukon life.
In this festive collection, he gathers his best Christmas writings—offering a uniquely Yukon take on everything from finding the perfect spruce in a land of endless wilderness to hosting “Outside” relatives who aren’t quite prepared for forty-below temperatures.
Whether you’re a longtime Northerner or a curious Southerner, A Very Yukonomist Christmas delivers laughter, insight, and a generous dose of northern spirit.
Moonshadows
'The Yukon-noir climate thriller has arrived.' - GRANT REDFERN
'Ripping action on and off the Whitehorse trails! And the dark humour glitters like black ice.' - PAUL CHRISTENSEN
IN THE YUKON TERRITORY'S NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE, AFTER THE WILDFIRES AND CLIMATE REFUGEES…
An explosion rips through the night sky at the Northern Lights LNG plant, showering hot metal on protesters at the Winter Solstice climate vigil.
Who did it? Eco-terrorists? Or was it a false-flag operation by Freedom activists?
Government plans for carbon rationing and phasing out gasoline have polarized Yukoners, pitting the Greens versus the Freedom Movement and sparking escalating tit-for-tat protests and violence.
Winter goes through the motions covering the stories for the Yukon Sun, but mostly worries about rebuilding his relationship with his daughter Taiya and recovering from his Oxy and booze addictions.
Until Taiya joins the Greens, forcing Winter to drop the journalistic detachment and save his daughter. But first, he has to figure out, from whom?
BOOKS
REVIEWS FOR AURORE
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"A wild ride ... Equal parts historical fact and pure entertainment."
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"Amazing ... a thrilling read ... a tribute to the wisdom of kids. Can't wait for the movie!"
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"We found the story very exciting because we never knew what might happen next. We loved Aurore and thought she was very brave."
THE YUKON NEWS
SUE,
who read it to her kids in Toronto
THANK YOU NOTE, from an elementary school class
Awards & interviews
GOLD general feature - in The Yukon Magazine
"Northern Cousins in a World of Silos," by Keith Halliday, Winter 2025. The judges' comments: "The subject is compelling. The story is thoughtful and nicely reported, and it's delivering an argument. Readers will put this down and pick up the conversation, and spurring that kind of dialog is exactly what a regional mag should be doing."
Ma Murray award for best column - Yukonomist in The Yukon News
The judges' comments: "Keith Halliday's cleverly woven mix of seriousness and humour work to great effect in creating insight and providing perspective. His strong, clear writing allows readers to easily relate to the matters he explores."
1st Place - George Cadogan Outstanding Columnist Award
The Yukon Questionnaire with "Yukonomist" Keith Halliday
Asking questions is something familiar to Keith Halliday. A longtime journalist, author, consultant and close observer of the North, Keith has spent decades asking tough questions and making sense of Yukon life. But that doesn’t necessarily make the hot seat any easier. In this episode, Keith turns reflective, opinionated, and occasionally unexpected as he weighs in on the Yukon's most pressing questions, from the practical to the philosophical, in a conversation shaped by deep roots, wit, and a lifetime of paying attention.
BIO
Keith Halliday is a Whitehorse-based management consultant and author.
He is the author of the Aurore of the Yukon Series of historical youth adventure novels, which were inspired by tales he heard around woodstove from his pioneering grandparents.
His latest book is A Very Yukonomist Christmas, following Moonshadows and Tar Sands Diplomat.
He also writes for the Yukon News, Up Here Business and The Yukon Magazine.
He and his wife Stacy have four children and live in Whitehorse.
Contact Keith
Please send me an email.