UBC Library and Pacific BookWorld News Society book prize awarded to B.C. author

B.C. author Derek Hayes is the recipient of the inaugural Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, a new award from UBC Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society. Hayes was chosen for his 2012 book, British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas (Douglas & McIntyre). The $1,000 prize will be awarded at a reception on May 7 at UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. For more information, click here.