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“It really was an elaborate trip”: Earle Birney on work, writing, and the BC Southern Interior

By Karis Shearer & Paige Hohmann In the following exchange, UBC (Okanagan) SpokenWeb affiliates Karis Shearer and Paige Hohmann turn their attention to a clip from the SoundBox Collection and consider its connection to the B.C. Interior and the B.C. Regional Digitized History archive. This is part one of a series called “Archival Bonds” where […]

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Fred Wah at Malaspina College, 3 February, 1972

This recording consists of a feature-length reading by Fred Wah, hosted by Morris Donaldson, at Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University) in Nanaimo, B.C., 3 Feburary 1972. See the exhibit “World word alive”: Fred Wah at Malaspina” for further context. Citation: 41. Wah Malaspina_Side 1_1-4_(MA) from Fred Wah fonds 1972.02.03. The SoundBox Collection, AMP Lab at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C.

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Birney Reminisces

Earle Birney reflects on his travels from Creston to Vernon, B.C. when he was a young man.