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@VoteYYJWilliams Hi Janice. We've put in a request for an interview with Susan Kim but haven't heard back. Would you be able to share your perspective with us? Please DM if possible.

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CBC/Radio-Canada has paused activities on its corporate and news Twitter accounts, after the social media platform put a "government-funded media" label on its @CBC account, in its latest move to stamp public broadcasters with designations. https://t.co/NcndZXiDj5

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@robertjwiersema visited us, with advice on how to deal with a reading slump, and some recommendations:

-The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin
-How To Sell A Haunted House - Grady Hendrix
-Everybody Knows - Jordan Harper
-Don't Fear the Reaper - Stephen Graham Jones

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How a UVic professor's artwork ended up on a Metallica music video:

https://t.co/lGCCalkk3p

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A story brimming with community and love. Victoria’s “tea cup tree” honours a grandmother who was a passionate teacher and traveller. @cbcnewsbc @CBCNews https://t.co/oHJQyihFID

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Victoria writer David Lennam just had a lost suitcase returned almost a year after a trip to Ireland. Apparently a luggage handler in Dublin recently discovered the missing suitcase. We want to hear about your lost luggage stories. [email protected]
Photo: David Lennam

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Our Beyond the Bestseller columnist @robertjwiersema HIGHLY recommended new books from three of his favourite writers:

-Mr Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll
-Lone Women by Victor LaValle
-White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link

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It was great to have Canada Reads author Michael Christie join @CBCdsouza at the James Bay library branch for a feature conversation about his book Greenwood. LISTEN HERE: https://t.co/kq0xlSUSdr

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The blossoms are out. The days are getting longer. Spring is here! We want to see your photos of how beautiful Vancouver Island is at this time of year. Share a photo for your chance to win a CBC mug!

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Here's the latest recommendations from our Beyond the Bestseller columnist @robertjwiersema:

-I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
-A Guest at the Feast by Colm Toibin
-On Writing and Failure by Stephen Marche

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Join @AllPointsWestBC host Jason D'Souza on March 21 for an evening with #CanadaReads finalist Michael Christie. Details and ticket reservations here: https://t.co/mUmqT7vpJG

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An aquatic traveller had a “leg” of their journey interrupted during the deep freeze of December. Instead of making a trip to Scandanavia, Storm,
a giant pacific octopus, has a new home in Sidney.
Photo courtesy of @SalishSeaCentre

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Our Beyond the Bestseller columnist @robertjwiersema joined us with some winter reading recommendations:

- The Cloisters by Katy Hays
- Blaze Me a Sun by Christoffer Carlsson
- the 2022 Best American series

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One of these Gregors hasn’t had his coffee yet…

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Um, good morning…

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Join us Friday for a special live broadcast of @AllPointsWestBC from Nanaimo!

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📍Are you in the Nanaimo area? ☕️

Join us for special live broadcasts from Nanaimo of @CBContheisland , @AllPointsWestBC and @nxnwcbc this Friday and Saturday.

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@guitarwithjamie It was called Made Me Everything.

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Getting excited for our special #Nanaimo show!!
Both @CBContheisland & @AllPointsWestBC will be broadcasting live from Serious Coffee on Hammond Bay, on Jan 27th. (Come, grab a coffee, and say hi!)
Did a little site visit with @madelinegcbc yesterday ☕️