Literary
Events
Third Wednesdays, from 5:30-6:30pm in the tasting room. 10% off food and drinks for all who gather. New books announced every month-try it, you just might like it and it's a great way to meet new people in an analogue fashion....in real life! More info sharleneandsean@gmail.com.
Last Thursday. A shared creative space for poetry with Amira Abouelalla. A place for listening, connecting, and being inspired…and of course, POETRY! Whether you are someone who writes poetry, reads poetry or even thinks in poetry, this is an open place for you to share. Drop in.
An informal space to share and discuss poems you love, poems that you are currently reading, or poems you have written! Poems can be from any publication or book, as well as from online resources. For teens and adults This event happens on the first Tuesday of the month, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
Calling all readers, performers, and writers! Join us on the first Wednesday of each month to share your own original material, or your favourite work by someone else: novels, stories, poems, songs, plays, memoirs, creative nonfiction, etc. Come enjoy reading, performing, or just listening. Five minutes maximum per person, please. Teens, adults, and performers at […]
Local author Jocelyne Gregory leads this writing group. Saturday May 9, 10:15-11:30am Online Registration required.
Free 45 min consultation with Jocelyne Gregory MFA, on seven pages of your poetry or prose. You will be asked to provide a sample of your work 1-2 weeks prior to your appointment. One hour slots available at 12:00pm; 1:00pm; 2:00pm. Registration required. To register, call the library at 604-885-3260 or info@sechelt.bclibrary.ca
Fri. noon-5pm; Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. noon-3pm. Huge selection of quality used books for sale. Fiction, non-fiction, kids' books, CDs, DVDs. Donations of gently read books accepted on Friday and Saturday - one box per family per day. No donations Sunday, please. Books in good condition only, no textbooks, library books, encyclopedias, magazines. All proceeds in […]
Stuart Isto will lead a two day book binding workshop. Registration Required. To register contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
Fri. noon-5pm; Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. noon-3pm. Huge selection of quality used books for sale. Fiction, non-fiction, kids' books, CDs, DVDs. Donations of gently read books accepted on Friday and Saturday - one box per family per day. No donations Sunday, please. Books in good condition only, no textbooks, library books, encyclopedias, magazines. All proceeds in […]
Stuart Isto will lead a two day book binding workshop. Registration Required. To register contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
Fri. noon-5pm; Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. noon-3pm. Huge selection of quality used books for sale. Fiction, non-fiction, kids' books, CDs, DVDs. Donations of gently read books accepted on Friday and Saturday - one box per family per day. No donations Sunday, please. Books in good condition only, no textbooks, library books, encyclopedias, magazines. All proceeds in […]
Third Wednesdays, from 5:30-6:30pm in the tasting room. 10% off food and drinks for all who gather. New books announced every month-try it, you just might like it and it's a great way to meet new people in an analogue fashion....in real life! More info sharleneandsean@gmail.com.
Last Thursday. A shared creative space for poetry with Amira Abouelalla. A place for listening, connecting, and being inspired…and of course, POETRY! Whether you are someone who writes poetry, reads poetry or even thinks in poetry, this is an open place for you to share. Drop in.
The dedicated authors from the Mini One-Day Writer's Retreat will be reading from their manuscripts at the SCWES May Meeting, Sunday, May 31st, 2-4:30 pm, featuring Joan Fletcher's launch of her scifi novel, "The Data Raiders."
An informal space to share and discuss poems you love, poems that you are currently reading, or poems you have written! Poems can be from any publication or book, as well as from online resources. For teens and adults This event happens on the first Tuesday of the month, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
Calling all readers, performers, and writers! Join us on the first Wednesday of each month to share your own original material, or your favourite work by someone else: novels, stories, poems, songs, plays, memoirs, creative nonfiction, etc. Come enjoy reading, performing, or just listening. Five minutes maximum per person, please. Teens, adults, and performers at […]
Order of Canada recipient Michael Robinson will present his entertaining memoir about his community consultation work with Indigenous people to safeguard traditional resources. Texada Seniors Centre. For more information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
Come join our discussion of Betty Baxter’s new book! When Betty Baxter was hired to coach the Canadian women’s volleyball team in 1980, she was met with a media frenzy as the first woman in the position. Then her career was cut short—Baxter was fired in January 1982 and tossed from volleyball at age twenty-nine […]
Join us to recognize National Indigenous Peoples Day by watching a powerful documentary on Haida resistance and environmental justice. On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect […]
Local author Jocelyne Gregory leads this writing group. Saturday May 9, 10:15-11:30am Online Registration required.
Celebrate Pride with an inspiring afternoon of storytelling from Quirk-e (Queer Imaging and Riting Kollective for Elders), a Vancouver-based collective of queer elders who have been creating, connecting, and advocating together since 2006. Through powerful readings of original work, Quirk-e members share stories of creativity, resilience, and living authentically across generations. Join us for readings followed by a thoughtful discussion […]
Love murder? Love mysteries? There is a place where you can come and talk about your love of the genre with others, walk away with recommended reads, and perhaps a new friend or two. Learn from RCMP Insp. Pat Walsh (ret’d) about a type of covert investigation conducted by the RCMP. Drop-in.
Third Wednesdays, from 5:30-6:30pm in the tasting room. 10% off food and drinks for all who gather. New books announced every month-try it, you just might like it and it's a great way to meet new people in an analogue fashion....in real life! More info sharleneandsean@gmail.com.
