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Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch

350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC, V6B 6B1
Canada

604-331-3603; infovpl.ca

Web site: http://www.vpl.ca

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Description: Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch maintains a collection of 1.4 million items and acts as a system-wide resource for 22 branch locations. A substantial amount of material is retained for reference only use in the Central library; this includes periodicals, newspapers and government documents.

The Special Collections department (reference only materials) maintains a very strong local history collection, in print and photos, as well as children's materials and rare books.

The Popular Reading Library, Multilingual services, and the Children's Library all have extensive circulating collections.

The level of non-fiction collections at Central support comprehensive, sustained independent study, undergraduate and graduate course work in some areas, and professional levels in some areas.

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World Poetry (November 30 at 7:30pm)
7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level Poetry and music from around the world. Featured for this date: Godwin Barton, Phoebe Tsang, Maria Sammarco, Jacqueline Maire, Bernice Lever. Music by violinist Phoebe Tsang.
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Rick Hillier (December 4 at 12:00pm)
Rick Hillier.
Friday December 4 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Please join us as General Rick Hillier recounts his role and experiences with the Canadian military in the new book, A Soldier First: Bureaucrats and the Politics of War.
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Jerry Wasserman: Who's Afraid of the American Dream? (December 7 at 7:30pm)
Jerry Wasserman.
7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Meeting Room, Level 3 A lecture speaking to the themes of self-deception and disappointment with life prevalent in mid-to-late century American theatre, such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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First Nations Stories - Newly Dramatized! (December 9 at 7:00pm)
7:00 pm Free Promenade Join First Nations Storyteller-in-Residence Amanda Nahanee and members of the Native Youth Artists Collective for their final rehearsal and performance of local Coast Salish legends and history.
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Past events

Robert Ward (March 10 at 7:30pm)
Robert Ward reads from All Good Pilgrims.
Author of All the Good Pilgrims shares his story of a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. Monday, March 10 at 7:30pm, free. Alice MacKay Room, lower level, Central Library (350 West Georgia Street). More info: 604.331.3603.
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Gary Geddes (March 12 at 7:30pm)
Gary Geddes reads from Falsework.
Award-winning poet reads from Falsework, his new poetry collection about the collapse of Vancouver's Second Narrows Bridge. Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30pm, free. Peter Kaye Room, lower level, Central Library (350 West Georgia Street). More info: 604.331.3603.
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Anita Rau Badami (April 1 at 7:30pm)
Anita Rau Badami reads from Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?.
The author reads from Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? Set against the tumultous backdrop of a fragmenting Punjab and moving between Canada and India, the novel charts the interweaving stories of three Indian women, each in search of a resting place amid rapidly changing personal and political landscapes.

Anita ... (more)Rau Badami was born in India in 1961. Her first novel, Tamarind Mem, was published in 1996 and her award winning second novel, Hero's Walk was published in 2000. Shortly after the publication of her second novel, Anita Rau Badami received the Marian Engel Award, which is given to a Canadian woman author in mid-career for outstanding prose writing.
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Indran Amirthanayagam (April 16 at 7:30pm)
Indran Amirthanayagam reads from The splintered face: Tsunami poems.
The author reads from his compelling collection of poetry, The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems.

Indran Amirthanayagam was born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He is a poet, essayist and translator in English, Spanish and French. His first book, The Elephants of Reckoning won the 1994 Paterson Prize in the United ... (more)States. His poem Juarez won the Juegos Florales of Guaymas, Mexco in 2006. Amirthanayagam is currently working on a translation of the work of poet Jose Eugenio Sanchez.
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John Donlan (April 21 at 7:30pm)
John Donlan reads from Spirit Engine.
The author reads selections from his fourth collection of poetry, Spirit Engine.

The trajectory of the poems - the music of their struggle and commitment - from Domestic Economy through to Spirit Engine, has a unity, logic, beauty, and integrity too rare in contemporary writing. - Ken Babstock
John ... (more)Donlan lives in Vancouver half the year, where he works as a reference librarian for the Vancouver Public Library. For the other six months, he lives on a wilderness lake north of Kingston, Ontario.
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Steven Galloway (April 22 at 7:30pm)
Steven Galloway promotes The Cellist of Sarajevo.
Join us for the launch of Steven Galloway's eagerly anticipated new book, The Cellist of Sarajevo which tells the story of three people tying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst.

Steven Galloway is the ... (more)author of Finnie Walsh and Ascension. He teaches creative writing at UBC and SFU.
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Jordan Scott, Donato Mancini, Steven Collis (April 23 at 7:30pm)
Jordan Scott reads from Blert.; Donato Mancini reads from AEthel.; Steven Collis reads from The Commons.
Readings from the authors' new and recent work.

Fascinated by the ligature - a joining of two letters in a single word - Donato Mancini conjures one up in the title of his second book of concrete poetry, AEthel.

Through the unique symptoms of the stutterer, the language in Jordan Scott's Blert ... (more)becomes a rolling gait of words hidden within words, leading to different rhythms and textures, all addressed by the mouth's slight erosions.

Tearing down (intellectual) property's fencing, Stephen Collis' The Commons veers in and out of history to find spaces of linguistic hope. Poetry proves that our languages are common, shared, and un-enclosable.
Event webpage
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Susan McCaslin (April 30 at 7:30pm)
Susan McCaslin reads from Lifting the Stone.
A poet and editor, Susan McCaslin is the author of eleven volumes of poetry, including her most recent collection, Lifting the Stone. She has edited two anthologies on sacred poetry, A Matter of Spirit and Poetry and Spiritual Practice. Susan is on the editorial board of Event: the Douglas College Review, ... (more)and is poetry editor for The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion.
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Stephen R. Bown (May 29 at 7:30pm)
Stephen R. Bown on tour for Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver.
Presentation and slide show for my latest book. "The gripping story of Captain George Vancouver's epic voyage charting the Pacific - from the height of his greatness to his ultimate downfall."
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Mary Novik reads from her debut novel, Conceit, winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (October 10 at 7:30pm)
Mary Novik reads from Conceit.
Mary Novik reads from her debut novel, Conceit, hailed as a magnificent novel of seventeenth-century London by The Globe and Mail. The story of Pegge, the daughter of the poet John Donne, who was a contemporary of Shakespeare, Conceit is quickly becoming a book club favourite. It was longlisted for the ... (more)Giller, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award, and was chosen as a Best Book of 2007 by both Quill & Quire and The Globe and Mail.
Event location: 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
Event webpage
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Chris Humphreys (December 12 at 7:30pm)
Chris Humphreys reads from The Last Confession: The True History of Dracula.
Chris Humphreys reads from his newest novel, The Last Confession: The True History of Dracula (to be published in October 2008). Winter 1481, two powerful men - one a warlord, one a cardinal - journey to a remote castle of Poenari on the borders of Transylvania, to hear the last confession of the man ... (more)known as The Devil's Son. Chris (C.C.) Humphreys is an author and actor who lives in Vancouver, Canada. He has written five historical fiction novels, and a trilogy for young adults, The Runestone Saga.
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City Poets Series - World Poetry (December 15 at 7:30pm)
Poetry and Music from around the world, presented bilingually. World Poetry hosts are Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea.
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Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence (January 8 at 7:30pm)
Joe Dominguez reads from Your money or your life: transforming your relationship with money and achieving financial independence.
Join us for a talk by Vicki Robin, coauthor with Joe Dominguez, of the national best-seller Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence, a nine-step program for personal financial transformation. Discover how to change the way you earn, spend ... (more)and save money - and help others do the same. Vicki has lectured widely and appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows, including The Oprah Winfrew Show, and Good Morning America. Newspapers around the world have reported on her work on lowering consumption in North America.
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Drew Hayden Taylor - a program for Teens (January 19 at 12:15pm)
Drew Hayden Taylor reads from The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel.
Join award-winning author Drew Hayden Taylor as he reads from his novel, The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel, a teen story about an Ojibway vampire, and his most recent anthology, Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality. Taylor is widely known for his thoughtful and sharply witty observations ... (more)on Aboriginal subjects and issues. Over the last two decades, Drew Hayden Taylor has been an award-winning playwright, a journalist/columnist, short-story writer, novelist, scriptwriter, librettist, and has worked on over 17 documentaries exploring the Native experience.
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Drew Hayden Taylor (January 19 at 7:30pm)
Drew Hayden Taylor reads from The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel.
Join award-winning author Drew Hayden Taylor as he reads from his novel, The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel, a teen story about an Ojibway vampire, and his most recent anthology, Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality. Taylor is widely known for his thoughtful and sharply witty observations ... (more)on Aboriginal subjects and issues. Over the last two decades, Drew Hayden Taylor has been an award-winning playwright, a journalist/columnist, short-story writer, novelist, scriptwriter, librettist, and has worked on over 17 documentaries exploring the Native experience.
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The Black Writers' Network: Long Time Coming (February 16 at 7:00pm)
A celebration of African Heritage Month in words and music. Featured performers include Tanya Evanson, Carlos Costa, Roger Blenman, and others. Come enjoy stories, poetry, song and dramatic readings.
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"Re-imagining the Past", Writers' Trust Workshop with Mary Novik (April 20 at 6:00pm)
Mary Novik.
Re-imagining the Past, 6-8 pm Are you writing a short story or novel based on historical people or events? Pitch your story idea to the group (in two minutes or less) and join us in answering these questions: Are you writing for yourself, or for a specific market? Will this be literary fiction or straightforward ... (more)narrative? How much research is enough? How much is too much? Which has priority in your story, truth or art? We will also discuss using facts as triggers to jumpstart fiction, seeing through a character's eyes to improve focus, dealing with readers' expectations, developing good work habits, and encouraging the subconscious to play its part. MARY NOVIK (www.marynovik.com) is the author of Conceit, called "a magnificent novel of 17th-century London" by The Globe and Mail, which chose it as a Book of the Year for 2007. Conceit was long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller and won BC's Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Free, but advance registration required at info@writerstrust.com More information at http://www.marynovik.com and http://writerstrust.blogspot.com
Event location: Alma VanDusen Room, lower level, Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
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The Word on the Street Vancouver (September 27 at 11:00am)
Vancouver's annual The Word on the Street Festival features over 100 authors, poets, magazine & book publishers, writers, bookstores, comic/'zine producers and spoken word artists. Readings all day long, storytelling for kids, book signings, comic book / independent 'zine area, and a whole marketplace ... (more)of exhibitors.
Event webpage
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World Poetry: Celebration of Rumi (September 28 at 6:30pm)
A program for adults Monday September 28 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Join us for an anniversary event celebrating the birth of the renowned 13th century Persian poet. Join us for an anniversary event celebrating the birth of the renowned 13th century Persian poet. Featuring Dr. ... (more)Mehdi Meshgini Rumi's life and books, Recital of Rumi's poetry translated into different languages, Performance of Persian music and dance For more information please contact Vancouver Public Library at 604-331-3603
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Andreas Schroeder (October 5 at 7:30pm)
Andreas Schroeder reads from Renovating Heaven.
Andreas Schroeder A program for adults 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level Join author Andreas Schroeder as he reads from his newly published autobiographical novel Renovating Heaven, the story of Mennonite life in B.C. from the 50's to the 70's. Join author Andreas Schroeder as he reads ... (more)from his newly published autobiographical novel Renovating Heaven, the story of Mennonite life in B.C. from the 50's to the 70's. By turns hilarious, bizarre and heartbreaking, we follow Schroeder and his family as they settle on a small Fraser Valley farm and proceed to try to make sense of the perplexing behaviour and values of The English who surround them. Schroeder is the author of 22 books and holds the Rogers Communications Chair in Creative Nonfiction in UBC's Creative Writing program. For more information please contact Vancouver Public Library at 604-331-3603
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Library Resources for Writers (October 6 at 2:00pm)
Wired for Learning - Library Resources for Writers A program open to all ages Tuesday October 6 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Free Computer Training Room, Level 5 Discover writing guides and research databases at the library. Explore basic market guides and research databases for your writing projects.
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Author Reading - Denise Chong (October 6 at 7:30pm)
Denise Chong reads from Egg on Mao.
A program for adults Tuesday October 6 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Join Denise Chong, bestselling author of The Concubine's Children, as she reads from her new book, Egg on Mao : The story of an ordinary man who defaced an Icon and unmasked a dictatorship.
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An Evening with Jane Hall (October 7 at 7:00pm)
Jane Hall.
An evening with Jane Hall A program open to all ages Wednesday October 7 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Free Alma VanDusen Room, Lower Level Author Jane Hall will be reading from The Red Wall; a Woman in the RCMP. Published in 2007 by General Store Publishing House , The Red Wall was shortlisted for the Edna Staebler ... (more)Award in Creative Non-Fiction.
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The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of My Lost Family (October 7 at 7:00pm)
Leilah Nadir reads from The Orange Trees of Baghdad : In Search of My Lost Family.
A program open to all ages Wednesday October 7 7:00 pm Free Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level Born to an Iraqi-Christian father and a British mother, and raised in Britain and Canada, Leilah Nadir has never set foot on Iraqi soil. The Orange Trees of Baghdad is the journey to uncover her lost family roots. ... (more)Distanced from her Iraqi roots through immigration and now cut off by war, the closest link she has to the nation is through her father, who left Baghdad in the 1960s when he was sixteen to pursue his studies in England. He never looked back, until now, through his daughter's journey to uncover her lost family roots. Leilah Nadir has a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and a Joint Honours Bachelor's degree in English and History from McGill University. The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of My Lost Family has been described as stunning in its brilliance and poignant in its elegance. The book won the George Ryga award in 2008 and has been published in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Italy and France. Leilah has worked in London and Vancouver in the publishing industry. Since the invasion of Iraq, she has written and broadcast political commentaries for the CBC, The Globe and Mail and The Georgia Straight, and published a feature article in Brick magazine. Leilah also writes fiction and has written a play entitled Heavenly Bodies. For more information please contact VPL - Fine Arts and History at 604-331-3716
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VPL Fall Book Sale - Oct 15th to 18th (October 15 at 10:00am)
Thursday October 15 10:00 am-9:00 pm Friday October 1610:00 am-6:00 pm Saturday October 17 10:00 am-6:00 pm Sunday October 18 12:00 pm-5:00 pm Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Thousands of book on sale each day with prices ranging from 25 cents to @2.25. Materials sold "as is". All sales final. All items ... (more)are cash and carry, please bring your own bag. Shoppers will not be admitted 30 minutes before closing.
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Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History (October 15 at 7:30pm)
Canyon Sam discusses Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History.
A program for adults Thursday October 15 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Alma VanDusen Room, Lower Level Writer and activist Canyon Sam uncovers the history of Tibet from the perspective of its women in her new book, Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History, a lyrical memoir that span more than twenty years.
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Hollyburn: The Mountain and the City (October 19 at 7:30pm)
Francis Mansbridge reads from Hollyburn: The Mountain and the City.
A program for adults Monday October 19 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Alma VanDusen Room, Lower Level Please join us as the author presents Hollyburn: The Mountain and the City. This is the first book to explore the rich and diverse history of Hollyburn, the forested, mountainous area above West Vancouver.
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Author Reading - Anne Campbell and Susan Telfer (October 19 at 7:30pm)
Anne Campbell reads from Soul to Touch.; Susan Telfer reads from House Beneath.
A program for adults Monday October 19 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Meeting Room, Level 3 Please join us as Anne Campbell and Susan Telfer read from their books Soul to Touch and House Beneath.
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Pinch Me: A Long Walk from the Prairies (October 20 at 7:30pm)
Beth Rowles Scott discusses Pinch Me: A Long Walk from the Prairies.
A program open to all ages Tuesday October 20 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Meeting Room, Level 3 Beth Rowles Scott presents her new book Pinch Me: A Long Walk from the Prairies. Beth became the first female high school principal in BC. Retired, she and new husband George started ACCES - education for impoverished ... (more)Kenyans.
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Alcuin Wayzgoose, 2009 (October 24 at 10:00am)
A program open to all ages Saturday October 24 10:00 am-4:00 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level A celebration of fine press printing in British Columbia. The Alcuin Wayzgoose exhibitors will display their books, broadsheets and ephemera and will demonstrate some of the techniques used in fine press ... (more)publishing.
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How To Start and Run a Book Club (October 26 at 6:30pm)
How To Start and Run a Book Club A program for adults Monday October 26 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Free Computer Training Room, Level 5 Have you ever thought about starting a book club, but were unsure how? Then this is the club for you!
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World Poetry (October 26 at 7:30pm)
Carole MacRury.; Ashok Bhargava.; Addena Sumter-Freitag.; Sean Arthur Joyce.; Warren Stevenson.
A program for adults Monday October 26 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level Poetry and music from around the world. Featuring book launches by Carole MacRury, Ashok Bhargava, Addena Sumter-Freitag, Sean Arthur Joyce and Warrren Stevenson. Music by Pancho and Sal. For more ... (more)information please contact Vancouver Public Library at 604-331-3603
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Finding Book Reviews (October 27 at 2:00pm)
A program open to all ages Tuesday October 27 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Free Computer Training Room, Level 5 Learn how to find book reviews at the library and impress your friends at your next Book Club meeting.
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Amanda Nahanee: First Nations Storyteller-in-Residence (October 28 at 7:00pm)
Amanda Nahanee.
A program open to all ages Wednesday October 28 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Join Vancouver Public Library's inaugural First Nations Storyteller-in-Residence Amanda Nahanee for an evening of storytelling from her culture and history.
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D.D. Barant and A.M. Dellamonica: Voyage to Other Worlds! (October 29 at 7:30pm)
D.D. Barant.; A. M. Dellamonica.
A program for adults Thursday October 29 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Meeting Room, Level 3 Vancouver fantasy authors D.D. Barant and A. M. Dellamonica voyage to other worlds as they read from their new alternate-universe novels.
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General Rick Hillier (November 1 at 12:00pm)
Rick Hillier reads from A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War.
General Rick Hillier A program for adults Friday December 4 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Free Please join us as General Rick Hillier recounts his role and experiences with the Canadian military in the new book, A Soldier First: Bureaucrats and the Politics of War.
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Guy Dauncey (November 3 at 7:30pm)
Guy Dauncey reads from The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming.
Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Join the sustainable energy revolution! Guy Dauncey presents his book, The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming. Drawing on working solutions from around the world, he reveals how we can reduce our carbon footprint.
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Author Reading - Marina Sonkina (November 4 at 7:30pm)
Marina Sonkina reads from Tractorina's Travels and other stories.
A program open to all ages Wednesday November 4 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level Marina Sonkina, refugee of the Soviet Union, now a university professor in British Columbia, reads from her new book Tractorina's Travels and other stories.
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Dal Richards and Jim Taylor (November 5 at 7:30pm)
Dal Richards and Jim Taylor reads from One More Time: The Dal Richards Story.
Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Join us as Dal Richards and author Jim Taylor lovingly look back on seven decades of keeping the music alive. Their new book, One More Time: The Dal Richards Story recounts the fascinating life story of the legendary bandleader.
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Airs, Contes et Comptines (November 9 at 2:00pm)
Airs, Contes et Comptines A program open to all ages Monday November 9 2:00 pm-2:30 pm Free Harvey Southam Room Children's Library
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June Hutton (November 9 at 7:30pm)
June Hutton discusses Underground.
7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Alma VanDusen Room, Lower Level June Hutton presents her debut novel, Underground, in a unique reading for Remembrance Day that recognizes Canada's forgotten veterans of the Spanish Civil War.
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Not A Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy (November 12 at 7:00pm)
Donald Gutstein reads from Not A Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy.
A program for adults Thursday November 12 7:00 pm-9:00 am Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Simon Fraser University researcher Donald Gutstein discusses his new book Not A Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy. Hear about one of the most important unreported stories of recent ... (more)years.
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Anthony Pagden (November 13 at 7:30pm)
Anthony Pagden reads from Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West.
7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level Anthony Pagden reads from his mesmerizing work, Worlds at War, which delves deep into the roots of the clash of civilizations between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas.
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Voices in Spanish: Cinema and Literature (November 14 at 3:00pm)
3:00 pm-4:30 pm Free Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level Join us for an exciting bilingual program in Spanish and English featuring talented local Spanish speaking authors and internationally acclaimed film directors present at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.
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Celebrating Books that Move You (November 16 at 7:00pm)
7:00 pm-9:00 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Join us for an evening of adventure, art and wild beauty and celebrate Fall books that move you.
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Author Reading - Cynthia Flood (November 16 at 7:30pm)
Cynthia Flood reads from The English Stories: Stories.
A program open to all ages 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level Author Cynthia Flood reads from her book The English Stories. Set in 1950's England, Amanda, a young Canadian, attends an English boarding school, and learns about being The Other.
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A Life in the News with Tony Parsons (November 23 at 7:00pm)
Tony Parsons reads from A Life in the News.
7:00 pm-9:00 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Meet Tony Parsons and hear him talk about his time serving over 35 years as anchor of the News Hour. In his first book, A Life in the News, Tony Parsons tells his own story of hosting the evening news.
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Ray Culos (November 24 at 7:30pm)
Ray Culos reads from Vancouver's Shoeshine Boys.
7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Meeting Room, Level 3 Ray Culos reads from his new book, Vancouver's Shoeshine Boys. A 20th century phenomenon, this is the story of Italian immigrants who arrived in Canada in search of a dream.
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Adria Vasil (November 26 at 7:30pm)
Adria Vasil reads from Ecoholic Home.
7:30 pm-9:00 pm Free Adria Vasil's new book Ecoholic Home offers tips on how to keep your home clean, energy-efficient and healthy. It addresses the green side of the economic crisis.
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