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The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood’s heritage gardens. With 19 events and 3 workshops to choose from, there is an event for everyone! The festival will feature […]
The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood’s heritage gardens. With 19 events and 3 workshops to choose from, there is an event for everyone! The festival will feature […]
Whether you’re a poet or write prose only, you’ll enjoy this highly interactive workshop. We’ll ditch the lines and write beautiful/interesting/shocking/strange sentences, and like Tom Snarsky and Amy Lowell before us, compose poetic paragraphs. 2: 3:0-4:00, Saturday, Aug. 22, Gibsons Public Art Gallery $25 Sign up by emailing sunshinecoastwritersandeditors@gmail.com
The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood’s heritage gardens. With 19 events and 3 workshops to choose from, there is an event for everyone! The festival will feature […]
The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood’s heritage gardens. With 19 events and 3 workshops to choose from, there is an event for everyone! The festival will feature […]
Aug 4, 11, 18. We invite caregivers and preschoolers to join local storytellers in a variety of outdoor locations around qathet, reflecting the diversity of stories that enrich our communities and our lives and help us make sense of the world we share. Everyone welcome! Details and locations from website here.
Writing Workshop with Fran Bourassa Practice “free writing” short pieces from “word whip” prompts that elicit memories, emotions, and powerful ideas for poetry and stories. This method is quick, powerful, and everyone can enjoy it. Fran Bourassa is an award-winning poet and contributing writer to numerous anthologies, including Breaking the Surface, Pacific Poetry Anthology, Force […]
Join the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for their 5th Anniversary Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, August 21-23, and the Book Awards for BC Authors Reveal at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, Saturday, August 22nd.
Join us with the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for the 2026 Arts and Words Festival, a three day literary festival in which writers collaborate with visual artists! Every year, artists and writers on the Sunshine Coast are randomly paired together. Working together they reflect on each other’s stories, artistic practices, styles, and bodies […]
Sunshine Coast poet and musician, Catherine McNeil (Cat Mac) will be reading from her award-winning poetry book, "Emily & Elspeth." Joining her is Vancouver author, Daniela Elza, author of scar/city, poetry, and Is This an Illness or an Accident, her memoir. Both of Elza's books are finalists for awards in this years Book Awards for […]
Michael Gurney interviews Author and Artist teams from the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival, at Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Karen Webb, Artist & Paula Shadel Marion Crook, Author & Michelle Nielsen, Artist Margot Hallman, Artist & Peter Toews, Author Serena J. Trinder, Artist & Rose Clarke, Artist & Author M.J. Milne, Author & […]
Is it nature or nurture, the promise of fame and fortune, or just a pathological compulsion to see our names in print? Could it be the hope to leave the legacy of our life’s story for our grandchildren? Maybe it’s a struggle we can’t abandon, or maybe we’re doing it for fun. Join author Elizabeth […]
Karen Webb, Author, Artist, Actor, and Educator interviews Artist and Author teams of the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Elaine Seepish & Michael Healey Robin Lamarche & Paddy Meade David Kipling & Landyn Funk Lynda Manson & Kathleen Vance Joan Fletcher & Lorraine Gallant Del Lobo & […]
Author and professor Shelley Wright discusses climate change, the Arctic ecosystem and the role of Inuit as citizens and guardians of the land and sea. For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
Marion Crook, Award-winning Author, interviews Artist and Author teams at the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Andrea Coates, Author & Ann-Marie Brown, Artist Isabella Mori, Author & Hilary Moses, Artist Emily Jew, Artist & Jean Stewart, Author Rosa Reid, Author & Erika Mastig, Artist Joyce Gwilliam, Author […]
Join us with the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for the 2026 Arts and Words Festival, a three day literary festival in which writers collaborate with visual artists! Every year, artists and writers on the Sunshine Coast are randomly paired together. Working together they reflect on each other’s stories, artistic practices, styles, and bodies […]
Join the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for their 5th Anniversary Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, August 21-23, and the Book Awards for BC Authors Reveal at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, Saturday, August 22nd.
Explore how to write a glosa, a courtly form that steals a quatrail from another poet's work to structure a poem of your own, in the course of which you create a glosa - or gloss on that poet's work. Tangling with your chosen poet may allow her or his subtle influence to inform your […]
Explore how to write a glosa, a courtly form that steals a quatrain from another poet's work to structure a poem of your own, in the course of which you create a glosa - or gloss on that poet's work. Tangling with your chosen poet may allow her or his subtle influence to inform your […]
Join author and artist, Ruth Rodgers, for the launch of her latest historical fiction novel at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery as she presents this latest story about the thousands of ‘home children’ sent out from England to Canada to fulfill agricultural and domestic service roles in the 1870s to the 1930s. Joseph and Lucy, […]
Come listen to readings from the finalists from the Book Awards for BC Authors contest, including: - Daniela Elza - Marion Dodds - Veronica Woodruff - Joline Martin - Calvin White - Susan McCaslin
Enjoy readings from Sunshine Coast Authors of their new books, including: Ken Blosser Joan Fletcher Doris Good Robin Lamarche M.J. Milne Jan DeGrass Marion McKinnon Crook Ruth Rodgers Free. Reserve your seat by emailing: sunshinecoastwritersandeditors@gmail.com
Join us with the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for the 2026 Arts and Words Festival, a three day literary festival in which writers collaborate with visual artists! Every year, artists and writers on the Sunshine Coast are randomly paired together. Working together they reflect on each other’s stories, artistic practices, styles, and bodies […]
Join the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for their 5th Anniversary Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, August 21-23, and the Book Awards for BC Authors Reveal at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, Saturday, August 22nd.
Learn the essentials of bookbinding including: paper grain and folding, sewing, and forming signatures to create a basic pamphlet book suitable for journaling or art projects. Sunday, August 23, 10:30-Noon Gibsons Public Art Gallery $10 to cover provided materials. Register by emailing sunshinecoastwritersandeditors@gmail.com
Jan DeGrass, Author, interviews Artist and Author teams from the Art & Words Festival, including: Tracy Hall & Janice Rafael Karen Taylor & Lianne Kirilenko Rizz Fischer & Bruce Edwards Leslie MacFarlane & Karis Gauthier Richard Feehan & Roger Handling Pammila Ruth & Lorena Ruth Kathaleen Quinn & Matt Thomson Rachel Amina & Denise Olson […]
She’s is an award-winning Indigenous writer, filmmaker and musician. She and her company, Full Regalia, have produced over 30 dramatic, documentary and experimental films, which have screened Internationally. A recipient of the “Trailblazer” award, “her films have has served as a springboards & inspiration for countless other projects”. She works as creative and production consultant, […]
Use Tarot cards to write your next story with Tarot Cards tapping into your intuition to create: - Characters - Conflict - Plot A technique used by Stephen King, Italo Calvino, John Steinbeck and others. No previous experience with Tarot Required. Beginner decks with the meanings written on them to save time, Tarot journal pages […]
Fourth Monday of every month from 3-5 pm at the Library to collect book donations from the community. These books are sold to raise funds for library services and initiatives. Please only bring books in good condition, and no textbooks.
Gail Sidonie Šobat’s presents her novel on the intergenerational trauma of an immigrant family from the war-torn Balkans and the healing power of music. For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
