Half-Blood Blues and Blood Red Road are two of the winners of this year's BC Book Prizes. View all the winners and finalists here.

The 2011/12 Red Cedar Award winners have been announced. The Fiction Award winner is After the Fire by Becky Citra, and the Information Book Award winner is How to Build Your Own Country by Valerie Wyatt, illustrated by Fred Rix. For a list of past winners click here.

Sunday hours at the library have wrapped up and will resume again in October. Have a great spring and summer from all of us at GVPL!

Asian Heritage Month is celebrated each May to acknowledge the long and rich history of Asian Canadians and their contributions to the growth and prosperity of Canada. In celebration of 2012 Asian Heritage Month, Greater Victoria Public Library compiled this booklist of recent fiction and non-fiction by Asian authors, or on topics of interest from this vast area.