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Meet the Dinosaurs!
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries is now running at the Royal BC Museum until September 16th, and GVPL is joining the fun! Watch for cool dinosaur related events at GVPL, check out our dinosaur-friendly booklist, and between June 15th and July 13th, enter a draw to win a family pass and other cool prizes.
Aboriginal Awareness Week
May 22nd to 25th is Aboriginal Awareness Week. Check out our Aboriginal Peoples page for links to Aboriginal authors and artists in our catalogue and our Aboriginal Peoples eResources where you will find many websites of interest.
Holiday Closure
All GVPL branches will be closed Monday, May 21st for Victoria Day. Regular library hours will resume Tuesday, May 22nd. Our website is always open!
Summer Reading Club is coming soon!
Sunny weather is here and we're preparing for GVPL’s annual Summer Reading Club for kids aged 12 and under! Register for special programs starting June 15th and drop by any GVPL branch on or after June 28 to pick up your reading record. For more information see our SRC page.
BC Book Prize winners announced
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.
Red Cedar winners announced
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.
In celebration of Mother's Day
GVPL has compiled a booklist of recommended fiction and non-fiction for Mums.
Click here to view the list.
Books for Babies a winner!
TIMES-COLONIST - Reading is the birthright of every child. And this year, more than 2,000 newborns will receive a book and a CD from the Greater Victoria Public Library's Books for Babies program. Read more of the Times-Colonist article here.
Read a book, share a story during Canadian Children's Book Week!
May 5-12 is Canadian Children's Book Week! Join in the fun by taking part in our Smarty Pants Canadian book trivia contest, or check out this great booklist of Canadian Fiction for 9-12 year olds! For more information about CCBW, visit bookweek.ca.
Are you prepared for an emergency? Let GVPL help!
May 6-12, 2012 is Emergency Preparedness Week, a national event coordinated by Public Safety Canada to raise awareness about emergency and disaster planning. To help you and your family get prepared, check out our brand new Emergency Planning and Preparedness Subject Guide. It's full of informative and timely links that will take the guess work out of what to do when emergency strikes. Get prepared today!
