The Vancouver Magic Circle's library first came into being shortly after the club was formed in 1942. The books were mainly donated by club members with many of them coming from the Club's first president Charles Howard.

Over the next 30 years, the library was tended by a number of people. The library continued to grow until it consisted of hundreds of books, including many rare books.

The library continued to be stored at the homes of various members until the club relocated to the Moberly Park Community Hall in 1973. At this location it was possible to store the books on site giving member full access at each meeting.

In 1996, The Vancouver Magic Circle once again changed locations to it's present home, the Sunrise Community Hall. Unfortunately no storage space was available, so the books were again kept in the homes of various members.
 
 
 

A Current Overview

In 1998, Greg Dietlein was appointed club Librarian. Greg divided the library into four sections. The first included rare and irreplaceable books and the second contains the more contemporary works. The third contains videos and CD's. The fourth is comprised of asorted periodicals.

Both the newer books and the reserve section are made available to the Vancouver Magic Circle's membership at most monthly meetings. The newer books are available for checkout by members of the Vancouver Magic Circle .

The entire library is currently on display at Greg's home where it can be accessed throughout the year by members of the Vancouver Magic Circle, The International Brotherhood Of Magicians and The Society Of American Magicians. The current inventory consists of more than 1400 books, periodical and videos. The books date from the mid 1800's onwards.

There is an ongoing program to continue to expand the library. The library has already increase in size by more than 400 books this year alone. Many of these books have come to us by donation.

Donors to the Library
(Year 2001)

Members of The Vancouver Magic Circle

Dennis Chan
David Wilson
Gerry Hennessey
Ian McLeod
Shawn Farquhar
Greg Dietlein
Jack Bastow
Micheal Glenister
Glen LaBarre

Friends of The Vancouver Magic Circle

Anthony Lindan, Toronto Ont.
Mike Close, Las Vegas, NV

Commercial Donors

Book Town, New Westminster BC
Perfect Magic, Montreal, QB