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2 events,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. Free  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 Free |
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1 event, -  xRCCA is excited to invite you to CREEK DAZE 2026! Join us this year as we kick off the festivities at Roberts Creek School, gathering for the lively Higgledy Piggledy Parade leading down to the Pier! Get creative with your costumes straight from the tickle trunk! Meet at 10:45am, parade at 11:11am! Explore a diverse […] Free |
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1 event,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. Free |
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1 event,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 […] $18 – $25 |
2 events,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 […] $18 – $25 - 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 $25 |
1 event,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 […] $18 – $25 |
1 event,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 […] $18 – $25 |
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1 event,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. Free |
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1 event, - 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 […] Free |
8 events,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 […] Free 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. - 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 […] Free |
7 events,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 […] Free - 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 […] $25 |
6 events,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 […] Free 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 $10 |
1 event, - 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. Free |
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1 event, - 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 Free |
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1 event, - Lifelong prospector and instructor Norm Hutton presents A Poor Man’s Guide to Placer Mining, a practical guide on gold panning and surviving in the wilderness. For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca Free |
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1 event, - Join us and 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 all levels of English are all welcome. Time slots for those wishing to read is limited, […] Free |
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1 event,If you’re interested in sharing your writing in a respectful, supportive, and encouraging environment—and offering thoughtful, constructive feedback to fellow writers—we’d love to have you join us! Facilitated by Cathalynn (Cindy) Labonte-Smith and Robin Lamarche, this writers’ critique group provides a welcoming space to share works in progress and receive helpful feedback. Together, participants will […] Free |
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