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Q&A with novelist and Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Suzette Mayr
We spoke with Suzette Mayr about the research she did for her novel The Sleeping Car Porter, and how the Chung Collection at UBC Library’s Open Collections helped shape its course.
UBC alumnus Silvia Moreno-Garcia on her latest novel and her love of interlibrary loans
Moreno-Garcia’s novel Gods of Jade and Shadow was named one the best books of 2019 by NPR, The New York Public Library and BookRiot.
UBC alumnus Lindsay Wong shares the writing process behind new memoir.
Wong reflects on the process of writing her book The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family and her experience at UBC Library.
UBC Instructor Mandy Len Catron shares the writing and research process behind her new memoir
Catron shares how she utilized UBC Library and its collections for her new memoir How to Fall in Love with Anyone.
Arthur J. Ray wins 2017 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize
University of British Columbia professor emeritus Arthur J. Ray is the winner of this year’s Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History.
Q&A with novelist and UBC alumna Shannon Selin
We spoke with Shannon about the extensive research she does for her books and how UBC Library and Collections have played a crucial role.
Naomi Klein lecture
Join us at the Chan Centre on October 26 to hear internationally renowned author Naomi Klein.
Richard Wagamese author reading
The Ojibway author of Indian Horse will be reading at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Ray Hsu, Evelyn Lau at Robson Reading Series
The Irving K. Barber Centre is proud to present writers Ray Hsu and Evelyn Lau, who will appear at an upcoming instalment of the Robson Reading Series. Ray Hsu is a poet, activist and scholar who teaches creative writing at UBC. His book Anthropy won the 2005 League of Canadian Poets’ Gerald Lampert Award and […]