MEDIA RELEASES & INQUIRIES
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Media Releases
Crack the Case with GVPL’s Summer Reading Club
Program aims to keep children’s reading skills up over the summer Monday June 21, 2021 Victoria, B.C. School may be out (or nearly out) but that does not mean children should take a break [...]
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 [...]