Libraries for isolated BC areas —CBC

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On 27 May 2014, CBC reported six new libraries have been installed in isolated, Indigenous communities across BC. Each new library adds to the 200 First Nations that already have a library.

CBC credits Write to Read BC, along with Bob Blacker and former lieutenant-governor of BC, Steven Point.

At its start, the project recruited retired librarians to solicit book donations. Write to Read BC soon had over 30,000 new and used books to assess and catalogue from their headquarters in a donated storage locker.

The work is ongoing, with more libraries planned.