Seeking BC doctors’ literary works

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 56, No. 7, September 2014, Page 349 News

Dr George Szasz is interested in establishing a collection of literary works created by BC doctors and UBC graduates practising outside BC. The collection would include items such as published autobiographies, biographical works, novels, plays, short stories, historical works, and poetry. Currently, Dr Szasz is looking for authors, both current and past, interested in participating in the project. If you would like to contribute your work to this collection, or you know of an author who may be interested, e-mail the name of the author, the title of the work, and the author’s contact information (if known) to gszasz@telus.net. After Dr Szasz has assessed the interest level in creating such a collection he will seek funding to obtain and maintain the literary works and a location to house the collection.

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