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By Anna Moorhouse on July 17, 2023
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.
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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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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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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.
Posted in General | Tagged with authors, collections, creative writing, faculty, IKBLC, research learning and scholarship
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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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
By Jessica Woolman on October 15, 2014
Join us at the Chan Centre on October 26 to hear internationally renowned author Naomi Klein.
By Jessica Woolman on September 25, 2013
The Ojibway author of Indian Horse will be reading at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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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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