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October is Canadian Library Month and the UVic Libraries (with help from the Campus Bookstore) are celebrating with an exhibition of award-winning book design, a book launch and a reception and reading to honour recent UVic authors.
On Oct. 22 Michael Prince, Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Human and Social Development, launches his new book, Absent Citizens: Disability Politics and Policy in Canada (Univ. of Toronto Press). The book describes how disability exists in the shadows of public awareness and at the periphery of policy making. People with disabilities are, in many respects, missing from the theories and practices of social rights, political participation, employment and civic membership. Absent Citizens also considers social activism and civic engagements by people with disabilities and disability community organizations to ameliorate the marginalization of an often overlooked segment of the Canadian population. Prince will give a free public talk, followed by refreshments, Oct. 22 from 4–6 p.m. in the staff lounge of the McPherson Library.
Meanwhile, through Nov. 14, the 32 winners of the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada are on exhibit in the Archives and Special Collections reading room. In February, these books compete in the annual Stiftung Buchkunst competition, the largest book-design competition in the world, in Leipzig, Germany. Award winners include BC publishers, authors and artists, including Frances Hunter, Daphne Marlatt, PK Page, Paul Headrick, and UVic’s Jan Zwicky. The Alcuin Society, of Vancouver, promotes a wider appreciation of books and reading and supports excellence in book design and production.
And on Oct. 27, UVic Libraries and the UVic Bookstore invite everyone to a reception to honour UVic authors from 7:30–9:30 p.m. in the Bookstore. The evening will feature readings by four authors chosen from the 144 submitted works from 2007 and 2008: Lorna Jackson (writing) will read from Cold Cocked: On Hockey; Bill Gaston (writing), Gargoyles; Paul Zehr (exercise science, physical and health education), Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero, and Karena Shaw (environmental studies), Indigeneity and Political Theory: Sovereignty and the Limits of the Political.
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