CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7894
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:
Alice Munro Colloquium [at David Thompson University Centre (DTUC) on March 8, 1984?]
Title Source:
Cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Notes:
Fred Wah is present, and he asks questions on side one
Name:
Munro, Alice
Dates:
1931-2024
Name:
Butling, Pauline
Notes:
Pauline Butling is present, and she asks questions
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Good
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:
T00:54:10
Size:
68.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:48:07
Size:
61.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
[1984-03-08?]
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Related Tape
Notes:
We are not sure at all, but we guess it could be the questions and answer period after her reading happening at David Thompson University Centre (DTUC) on tape #79 in Fred Wah's third batch
LOCATION
Address:
713 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC, V1L 4G8
Venue:
David Thompson University Centre
Latitude:
49.489145
Longitude:
-117.301457
Notes:
We are not sure at all, but we guess it could be the questions and answer period after her reading happening at David Thompson University Centre (DTUC) on March 8 in 1984 on tape #79 in Fred Wah's third collection
David Thompson University Centre got closed in Nelson in 1984; its current adopted name is Notre Dame University College
Since the exact location could not be found on OpenStreetMap, the provided link refers to the closest point on Vernon Street in Downtown Nelson, within the Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, V1L 4G2, Canada
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Alice Munro answers a variety of questions asked by the audience explaining if she write autobiography or not; she talks a bit about her book titled "The Ottawa Valley" which she finds closest to what she calls autobiography.
She also talks about the following topics:
The way she writes and rewrites her books
The ideas she finds to write about
How she started writing and how she's fitting into this career
She also talks about the magazine editor that she collaborates to write two versions of The turkey Season, the book itself, and linked stories
Her way of writing, her initial draft, and the beginning and end of writing
Her idea about others criticizing her works and she criticizes others'
Her early publishment and she sent her works to get published for free and what a big difference it made to see herself in print
Her piece of advice for young writers
How she thinks she is defined in others' views
Type:
General
Note:
We are not sure at all, but we guess it could be the questions and answer period after her reading happening at David Thompson University Centre (DTUC) on March 8 in 1984 on tape #79 (SWALLOW ID 7827) in Fred Wah's third collection
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