CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6922
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 17
Source Collection Description:
The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
George Bowering reading his novel "The Short Sad Book", and Jack Hodgins, Robert Kroetsch, and Gladys Hindmarch reading their books in Nanaimo
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
Name:
Hodgins, Jack
Dates:
1938-
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Name:
Hindmarch, Gladys
Dates:
1940-
Name:
Kroetsch, Robert
Dates:
1927-2011
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:26:27
Size:
24.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:54:19
Size:
49.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
LOCATION
Address:
City Nanaimo, Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 5C7, Canada
Latitude:
49.1646
Longitude:
-123.9395
Notes:
In the beginning of the second, Jack Hodgins mentions that the audience came across the water to visit the island
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
The first 9 minutes of the first side is blank and the reading begins at 9:25
Type:
General
Note:
On the second side at 21:42, there is an author that is not introduced and he reads his book.
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