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Winners of the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award
And the winners are…. – Jenny Fry
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Free Comic Book Day, the Eisners, and More: Revitalizing Interest in Your...
Comic book, comic-strip novel, illustrated novel, graphic memoir…a graphic novel by any other name is indeed as satisfying. The fact is, those who are currently enjoying books from your graphics...
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Readers’ Advisory from a Newbie Keener
Academic Theory vs. the Real World The BCLA What R U Reading blog is meant to be a Readers’ Advisory toolkit for librarians. With this in mind, I wanted to take the opportunity to write as a recent...
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Readers Advisory and Literary Prizes
The recent Booker shortlist announcement got me thinking… should I promote the finalists? How? And if I promote the Booker, should I also promote the Giller? What about the Pulitzer? The Women’s...
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Changes and Ceremonies: RA and Alice Munro
It’s all going according to plan… Let’s take a break to discuss a challenge too many of our libraries face — we have run out of copies of books by Alice Munro. Of course, readers eager to experience...
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Providing LGBT Reader’s Advisory Services
Today’s guest blogger is Amanda Wanner, the Library Coordinator for Qmunity’s Out on the Shelves Library and an MLIS student at UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. An...
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Readers’ Advisory Sessions at PLA 2014: Audiobooks
Today’s post comes from Anna Ferri, the 2014/15 BCLA student representative, one of the two UBC student representatives with RAIG, and a current MLIS candidate. This year I was bound and determined to...
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Scotiabank Giller Prize 2014 — A Tweet-Cheat-Sheet
Cathy Mount has a background in academic and business libraries, and is now pursuing her interest in public library work. A dedicated reader of classic literature, she strives to achieve a balance with...
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Introducing the Library Bound Student RA Award!
Library Bound and the BCLA Readers’ Advisory Interest Group are pleased to announce The Library Bound Student Readers’ Advisory Award! Are you a BC resident currently enrolled in an MLIS or Library...
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Winners of the 2015 Alberta Literary Awards announced
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta announced the winners of this year’s Alberta Literary Awards on May 23, during the Alberta Literary Awards Gala. Click here for the list of winners.
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Kelowna Author Wins 2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Alix Hawley from Kelowna won for her novel “All True Not a Lie In It”. Click here for the whole story.
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Announcing the 2nd Annual Library Bound Student RA Award
Library Bound and the BCLA Readers’ Advisory Interest Group are pleased to announce our second annual … Library Bound Student RA Award! Are you a BC resident currently enrolled in an MLIS or Library...
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