Join award-winning author and historian Dr. Barry Gough at the University of British Columbia as he celebrates the release of his new book, The Elusive Mr. Pond: The Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer who Opened the Northwest (Douglas & McIntyre, $34.95). The event is presented by the UBC Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, and the Historical Maps Society of BC. It will take place in the Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, on Thursday, October 2 at 4pm, and admission is free. Books will be available through the UBC Bookstore, and light refreshments will be served. For more information about this event, please contact Robin Inglis at 604-816-4582.