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Author Fonds Recording

Fred Wah on Mountain Pass Radio (1976)

Fred Wah talks to Brian Fawcett and reads poetry on Mountain Pass Radio Citation: Wah, Fred. “Mountain Pass: Fred Wah.” 2022.003.065, Fred Wah Fonds. SoundBox Collection, AMP Lab at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C. Citation: Wah, Fred. “Mountain Pass: Fred Wah.” 2022.003.065, Fred Wah Fonds. SoundBox Collection, AMP Lab at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C. On 22 […]

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Author Exhibition

“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 (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. —Klara du Plessis | Bibliography Fred Wah Digital Archive: https://fredwah.ca/  Wah, Fred. Lardeau. Island Press, 1965.  —. Mountain. Audit / East […]

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Birney Reminisces

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