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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.

Posted in General | Tagged with authors, creative writing, services

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.

Posted in General | Tagged with authors, creative writing, IKBLC

UBC student wins Library’s Croquet Collection Prize

UBC student wins Library’s Croquet Collection Prize

By Jessica Woolman on August 10, 2017

UBC fourth-year student Mariah Dear is the second winner of UBC Library’s annual Croquet Collection Prize.

Posted in General | Tagged with creative writing, croquet, digital collections, profile, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

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.

Posted in General | Tagged with authors, collections, creative writing, faculty, IKBLC, research learning and scholarship

Literary magazine now online

Literary magazine now online

By Jessica Woolman on October 15, 2015

Explore more than 55 years of PRISM online.

Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, creative writing, digital collections, UBC

Poetry night at Koerner Library: April 9

Poetry night at Koerner Library: April 9

By Glenn Drexhage on April 1, 2014

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a sumptuous night of food and verse.

Posted in Events | Tagged with creative writing, Koerner Library

Robson Reading Series – author profile

By Glenn Drexhage on November 9, 2011

Michael V. Smith, an Assistant Professor of creative writing at UBC’s Okanagan campus and an award-winning author, is profiled in the Ubyssey – UBC’s student newspaper. Smith will read from his work on Thursday, November 10 as part of the Robson Reading Series, held at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Posted in General | Tagged with creative writing, Media coverage, robson reading series

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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