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UBC alumnus Silvia Moreno-Garcia on her latest novel and her love of interlibrary loans

UBC alumnus Silvia Moreno-Garcia on her latest novel and her love of interlibrary loans

By michelle blackwell on December 12, 2019

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.

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UBC alumnus Lindsay Wong shares the writing process behind new memoir.

UBC alumnus Lindsay Wong shares the writing process behind new memoir.

By michelle blackwell on December 6, 2018

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.

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UBC Instructor Mandy Len Catron shares the writing and research process behind her new memoir

UBC Instructor Mandy Len Catron shares the writing and research process behind her new memoir

By michelle blackwell on June 22, 2017

Catron shares how she utilized UBC Library and its collections for her new memoir How to Fall in Love with Anyone.

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Arthur J. Ray wins 2017 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

By michelle blackwell on March 9, 2017

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.

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Q&A with novelist and UBC alumna Shannon Selin

Q&A with novelist and UBC alumna Shannon Selin

By michelle blackwell on August 30, 2016

We spoke with Shannon about the extensive research she does for her books and how UBC Library and Collections have played a crucial role.

Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, alumni, authors, collections, community engagement, digitization, Koerner Library, open access, profile, Rare Books and Special Collections, research learning and scholarship

Naomi Klein lecture

Naomi Klein lecture

By Jessica Woolman on October 15, 2014

Join us at the Chan Centre on October 26 to hear internationally renowned author Naomi Klein.

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Richard Wagamese author reading

Richard Wagamese author reading

By Jessica Woolman on September 25, 2013

The Ojibway author of Indian Horse will be reading at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Posted in General | Tagged with aboriginal, authors, IKBLC, indigenous

Ray Hsu, Evelyn Lau at Robson Reading Series

By Glenn Drexhage on February 10, 2011

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 […]

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