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t*rmdmof t*f;Mnof$nfet September 1985
HOT NEUS FRO]I THE EXECII
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lhurs &t 5 Jn Drabek ald Trwr Carolgr femld wer to Vlctorio to met with Culturol Servicas Dirctor Tun Flaldlng rd hls rclstmt Down Woilm. The metAlr orcltlrp evanlng wllh... ing wc ordlal end anong the a$Jcts discussad wra dlnmr by tho Bmd*alk Caf6... fundlrp a F*ratlon csntral offlca spm; lmrffi wor- muslc Dy tho Al Wolrl Qlntgt.. al I furdi ng ; i m plementotlm of a Wr lters- | n-Sctmls sd talmt by Brltlstr Slumbia provlma; for gmls the and two lmg-term the wrltorsl Wffi mre cruld ?rofqn Fefiratlm h6 ben wrklng towrd the establlstrment thohtrtGslre? of a FBC1Y Summar Wrltlng Rstrot End ttn csnpllailm of a omprdnnslw Members Dlrctory. A BC Bot Prlat Dlscuslons went well In wery regard, lavlrp m reps optlmlstic tlnt tte Fd will be rruivlng suNanThe lmg-awaltEland lmg6served lmal rmgnltlally Inrffi furullrp ilrlng the curront urd forthtlm of m own worGmlths lsthe rcult of mufi gfcornlru tar. Yidorla's Llterry AwrG frmmltts ls fort m the pert of sarreral BC groups and ls dlvl&d Into o(pctql to approve m reqrst for a grmt...flrnl wrd four catrurlc. Thlsllw, l0E bmks W BCafihors frqn Ministen Janes Ch$ot ls dre latsr thls mmth. old publlsherc wore submlttad frun crcs Cana6 In (mre thtalls Inslth, pry 2) tln fol lowlrp brak6ntn:
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Tmlgh much 0f our grant ls ltkety be sp*en ln the web of numbsrs whldr frame Operatlrg Expensc, there mqy wall be eru.Eh t0 cmsl$r the rental of a moftst office spm. Rsrt dlsarsslms wlth offlcers of ottnr wrltlng groups - -Wrlters' Unlm, PWAC, pcts' Lcgue, etc.-- irdlcate thot mary wrltars wlll be ylslttrB BC for onfererneeand so forth turlrp Expo/ frntenniol tmr. lt wruldglve tho Fo&raHm cmsl&rable presmca to have a plmrt spffi smswlpre In Varpouver wlpre we.culd welcone Ursa colla4uc afil excharuE rcws wer a cup of brew at lmt. To thst erd, sweral mambrs tpve ban loktru Intottra business of rentol spm, flrdlru rylte a sprd In both ryica ard qnllty. Furttr talks m thls will cflno up 0t thls month's cuncll meetlng, rp fiibt, wlth mre rnws ln ttp rpxt issn of Wrd Works.
- Rotbrlck lhlg-Brrwn Rqloncl Prln: - Ettpl Wllsar Flctlm Prla 44 - Hubert Evms ibn-Flctlon Prla l6
(citattm) - Elll Duthle Bmkseller's 0n Septsmbor 25th
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thre stprt-llstod boks In edt catogory wlll be mS at the Assclatlm of Bok Publlstrrs il BC, 1622
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flnal Awanb wlll be pressnt€d In the Ormvllte of tha Bcrdrvclk Caf6, stcrtfrp wlth a flne buffst dlnmr md Gh b6r, m0'd W rdlo perssrallty Vlc*l &berau, and toppod W sr evsnlrg 0f {hnos muslc WAI WolrL Tlckets re $20, all Inclurbrl, ild thetrorsopwr at 7 pm. The
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Uord from the Chaltmm Iwo potentially very lmpmtant ontcts for the Fe&rstlm hovo bgt InltlatqL Ttre mct rwrt ls refemed to rur oreutlve mlstont, wlth wtsn I trareld to Vlctorlo for a lmrtwormlq renewal of my cqualntanca wlth Tcn Fleldlry The ottFr cilte thls-summen,,wh t welcond In my llvlng rmm Jon Tarpmlrg, Chalrmon 0f tho BC Engllstt Tdprs'Asoclotlm. Fr myrelf, c o frmer Ernll$r iechei, ttn metlrB wc a rfrotehtc me ild,i suspct, m Infrmcilvs olp f(r t'lr. Tsnpenlro Esfre levtru, he offrd to (cmtfiua on pqir z) In the news brlef from
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