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Evelyn Lau, the City of Vancouver’s third Poet Laureate, invites emerging poets to apply for a free one-to-one manuscript consultation at VPL’s iconic Central Library.

Repairs to the Kensington Branch are almost complete and the branch will re-open on Tuesday, December 2.

The Terry Salman Branch, the first Vancouver Public Library branch to be named after a living person since the Carnegie Library at Main and Hastings streets, is now open at Hillcrest Centre. See opening day photos.

If you haven’t had a chance to pen your Vogon masterpiece for this horrendously hilarious event, there’s still time to enter! Find out more...

Acclaimed writer, poet and historian Wayde Compton, who has turned spinning a turntable into sound poetry art, is the Vancouver Public Library’s 2011 Writer in Residence.

Vancouver City Council has voted unanimously to increase Vancouver Public Library funding in order to open the new Terry Salman Branch this Fall.

The City of Vancouver would like to hear from poets interested in becoming the City’s third Poet Laureate. The call for nominations and submissions is open until August 24.

During a time of coming together and reaffirming all that is wonderful about our city, the Library is inviting everyone to share in a moment of fun and beauty at a Bubble Fun Flashmob on Friday, June 24 from noon to 1 p.m.

The Central Library is open as usual. The building sustained minor damage in the events following Wednesday’s final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Mayor Robertson says the project will expand social housing for women and children and establish a full-service Library branch for the neighbourhood.