The Vancouver Public Library has honoured a number of authors with new plaques meant to commemorate literary "landmarks" across the city. As part of the project, which was founded by VPL and B.C. BookWorld in 2015, ... Read More »
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The Vancouver Public Library’s nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona branch officially opened its doors on April 19, following a Coast Salish ceremony. The unique Downtown Eastside building – funded by the VPL, the City of Vancouver, and ... Read More »
April 20, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries
The country's largest library system has released the lists of its most-borrowed titles of 2016. A number of the year's biggest Canadian books proved to be just as popular with Toronto Public Library patrons as ... Read More »
Two B.C. writers have been honoured with provincial literary awards. First Nations author, artist, and activist Jeannette Armstrong has won this year's George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, a $5,000 prize recognizing a B.C. author's outstanding ... Read More »
June 13, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
Binky the Space Cat author Ashley Spires Twenty B.C. storybook characters have come to life, thanks to a new recognition project helmed by the Vancouver Public Library and the Society of B.C. Children’s Writers and ... Read More »
January 28, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing
The season of literary festivals and readings in the park is well underway, and it's not slowing down this weekend. Here are just a few of the events featured on Q&Q's calendar. This is the ... Read More »
July 27, 2012 | Filed under: Events
Speed dating has been given a bookish twist, thanks to the Toronto Public Library's debut LGBTQ Literary Speed Dating night, which takes place July 4, 6:30 p.m. at the TPL's Bloor/Gladstone branch. Organized by librarian ... Read More »
Patrick deWitt signing for Ablutions, Indigo Eaton Centre, Toronto (June 8, 12 p.m., free) The Adventure of the Process": The Writer's Guild of Alberta Conference and Alberta Book Awards Gala, Hotel Arts, Calgary (June 8“10, ... Read More »
June 8, 2012 | Filed under: Events
As part of her three-year term as Vancouver's poet laureate, Evelyn Lau is offering free manuscript consultations. Starting March 5, Lau, who is working on her sixth poetry collection, will meet monthly with selected writers ... Read More »
January 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
The first full-service library branch in Vancouver's Riley Park and Little Mountain neighbourhoods opened last week, thanks to the city's Olympic legacy planning. Vancouver Public Library's new Terry Salman Branch is located in the Hillcrest ... Read More »
October 20, 2011 | Filed under: Libraries
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