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Yesterday, UNIT/PITT Projects received new stock from Luminous Books (London) and Owl Cave (San Francisco). New arrivals include: William S. Burroughs, the Evergreen Review and the Coelacanth Journal issues 6, 7 & 8 from London. The Coelacanth Press, named after the Prehistoric fish with a human heart that was thought to be extinct but then…

On the day we were coming in to install PJS Collective: Before I’m Done, this great piece of #idlenomore stencil painting on a small pallet was leaning against the outside of the building, waiting for us. It’s entirely possible that it was left there by collective member John Walkus-Greene, although he has never confirmed that.…

While you can still come to UNIT/PITT and see Before I’m Done until early March, starting tonight we’ll also be hosting Luminous Books with Owl Cave. Luminous Books, a London-based bookseller and book-curator, is installing a temporary bookshop and collection, which will exist at 15 East Pender until March 30. Books will be available for reading,…

This Friday, February 15 (2013) – starting at 8pm – Luminous Books and Owl Cave will be presenting an artist-curated second hand bookshop focusing on fiction, philosophy, art and other curiosities at UNIT/PITT Projects. Parcels from London, San Francisco, Portland and Paris are on their way to Vancouver for the temporary bookshop. Stock will be added as it arrives so…

Opening Friday, February 15 2013, 8 pm – runs until March 30 at Unit/Pitt Projects, 15 E Pender St., Vancouver. Public hours are Wednesday – Saturday, noon – 5pm. London-based artist-curated bookshop Luminous Books finds shelter at Unit/Pitt Projects this month. A temporary bookshop of second hand fiction, philosophy and cultural curiosities alongside reading lists…