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Media Releases
Greater Victoria Public Library Announces Release of 2021 Emerging Local Authors Collection
January 27, 2021 VICTORIA, BC – Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) is celebrating local authors with the unveiling of the 2021 Emerging Local Authors Collection. The collection, now in its sixth year, features self-published, [...]
Meet Victoria’s New Youth Poet Laureate – James Summer
January 15, 2021 VICTORIA, BC – The City of Victoria and the Greater Victoria Public Library are pleased to announce James Summer is Victoria’s new Youth Poet Laureate. The Youth Poet Laureate serves as [...]
GVPL extends open hours at select branches and re-introduces computer lab at sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ James Bay Branch
January 13, 2021 Victoria, BC – Beginning today, Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) is pleased to offer extended open hours at four of its branches and access to public computer stations at the sxʷeŋxʷəŋ [...]
Lifelong learning at GVPL receives $45,000 boost from Friends of the Library
June 13, 2019 Victoria, BC – The Friends of the Greater Victoria Public Library announced last night at their Annual General Meeting that the volunteer group will provide the library with $45,000 of funding [...]
Library’s “Change Your Mind” campaign wins top international award
Greater Victoria Public Library awarded prestigious John Cotton Dana Award for outstanding library marketing and public relations May 15, 2019 Victoria, BC – The American Library Association announced today Greater Victoria Public Library has [...]
Meet Victoria’s New Poet Laureate John Barton and Youth Poet Laureate Aziza Moqia Sealey-Qaylow
January 11, 2019 Victoria, BC – The City of Victoria and the Greater Victoria Public Library are pleased to announce John Barton as Victoria’s new Poet Laureate and Aziza Moqia Sealey-Qaylow (pronounced Ah-zee-zah Moe-kia [...]