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University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Douglas Coupland (Coupland)
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Two personal notes

Contains a brief note that originally accompanied an event invite (not included) forwarded to Coupland because the senders thought he might like the design (undated), and a thank you card from someone named Lynn (possibly author Lynn Coady?) thanking Coupland for his blurb, April 1, 2012.

Movie ticket stubs, 1998

Includes movie ticket stubs to:

  • Lost In Space (April 10, 1998)
  • Sliding Doors (May 16, 1998)
  • Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (May 24, 1998)
  • Bullworth (May 31, 1998)
  • The Truman Show (June 05, 1998)
  • The Last Days of Disco (June 14, 1998)

Travel arrangements and a boarding pass

Contains an itinerary of a trip by Coupland to the UK (London, Cambridge, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Manchester), Amsterdam, Brussels, and Rotterdam, from Thursday April 16 to Friday, May 1. Also included are publisher contacts, and a stub from a boarding pass, dated April 24th (year uncertain; likely 1998) from Edinburgh to Manchester.

Kinsella v. Lau et al. defendant's documents

Contains a copy of documents submitted by the defendants in the libel case launched by author W.P. Kinsella following an article written by former lover and fellow writer Evelyn Lau, entitled "Me and W.P." that appeared in Vancouver Magazine (1997). Because Coupland had guest-edited the issue of the magazine in which the article appeared, he was also named in the libel suit, along with Jim Sutherland and Telemedia Communications, Inc. Ultimately the suit was settled out of court.

Booksmith author trading card

Includes an author trading card for Douglas Coupland (#228) from The Booksmith in San Francisco. The back of the card advertises a reading by Coupland taking place at 7pm on Friday March 13th.

Two clippings related to the libel suit following Evelyn Lau's publication of "Me and W.P."

Contains two clippings related to the libel suit started by author W.P. Kinsella after the 1997 publication of an article entitled "Me and W.P" by Evelyn Lau, a former lover and fellow writer. Coupland, who guest-edited the issue of Vancouver Magazine in which the article appears, was also named as a defendant in the suit.

Includes page A11 from the Globe and Mail Arts section (Wednesday, March 4, 1998), and a copy of BC Frank Magazine (Issue 268, March 25, 1998) in which W.P. Kinsella and Evelyn Lau appear on the cover.

Bill Good interview with Coupland

Contains a commercial cassette tape (orginally containing The Buck Owens Show - Big in Vegas), overdubbed to contain an interview with Coupland.

Written over top of the original tape label in black marker:
"Aug 29/95 CKNW Dougie - Bill Good"

"this is really random" t-shirt

File includes one white t-shirt, with the text "this is really random" in sans-serif black lettering. Associated with Coupland's 1995 novel Microserfs.

Two clippings

Contains a photocopy of an article from Gardening Life magazine (March/April 2003, p. 104), in which Coupland answers questions about his garden, and an article that appears to be from Vancouver magazine (Summer 1995; "A Doug's Life" by Dale Hrabi) on the world premiere screening of Douglas Coupland: Close Personal Friend (directed by Jennifer Cowan) in New York at the Museum of Television and Radio.

A press clipping sent to Coupland's parents

Contains a brief letter sent to Coupland's parents, accompanying a clipping in which Coupland's novel is referenced (Pinkerton, James P. "Economy Bites the Edge Off Generation X" Los Angeles Times, February 24, 1994, B19).

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