The SoundBox Collection
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.
By Klara du Plessis On 3 February 1972 at 8pm, Fred Wah was recorded on ¼ inch magnetic tape reading at Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University) in Nanaimo, B.C. The event was sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and formed part of a two-month series that included other poets such as Stan Persky and Robert Kroetsch. The reel-to-reel is part of the Fred Wah fonds in the SoundBox Collection at the University […]
From “Gladys Hindmarch at South Slocan… [A] Birth [Account], March 1973”
Gladys Hindmarch reads a story from “The Boat Stories” manuscript at South Slocan, B.C.