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More books, less local content in B.C.

The Tyee recently posted a good-news/bad-news article about the state of books in B.C. The good news is that local publishers are doing well and the Vancouver International Writers Festival is putting the province on ... Read More »

May 1, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-fiction

By Q&Q Staff

Noah Richler won the $25,000 British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-fiction for his book This Is My Country, What's Yours?: A Literary Atlas of Canada (McClelland & Stewart). (Photos by Dave Roels.) B.C. Premier ... Read More »

April 20, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Let the Dog Decide author at the B.C. Book Fair

By Q&Q Staff

Dog training expert and author Dale Stavroff and his dog, "The Dude," did some demonstrations at the HarperCollins Canada booth at the B.C. Book Fair. (Photos by HarperCollins Canada.) Dale Stavroff (carrying The Dude), Shari ... Read More »

March 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Supreme Court rules against Vancouver bookstore

By Nathan Whitlock

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government should not be required to provide advance funding to Vancouver’s Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium for its legal battle against Canada Customs, The ... Read More »

January 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Creative writing at UBC: an appreciation

By Leigh Anne Williams

CBC Arts looks back at the University of British Columbia's creative writing program on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. There is, of course, a strong emphasis on the commercial glory days of the late ... Read More »

March 17, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Dawn of the machines (in the library stacks)

By Leigh Anne Williams

The robots are coming! The online B.C. magazine The Tyee reports on the University of British Columbia library's plan to launch "a new storage system that uses robotic cranes to fetch books." Once the system's ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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