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SUMMARY:Gibsons Library: Poetry Reading: Arleen Paré
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry reading with Arleen Paré\, featuring poems from her recent collection Encrypted\, an intimate and moving exploration of family\, mental health\, and intergenerational connection through her relationship with her grandson. \nArleen Paré is a Victoria writer with ten collections of poetry\, one chapbook and one co-edited anthology. She’s been short-listed for the Dorothy Livesay BC Award\, and has won the Victoria Butler Book Prize\, a CBC Bookie Prize\, the bpNichol Chapbook Award\, the American Golden Crown Award for Lesbian Poetry\, twice\, and a Governor Generals’ Award for Poetry. She lives with her wife\, Chris Fox\, in Victoria on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people. \nRegistration required.
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/gibsons-library-poetry-reading-arleen-pare/
LOCATION:Gibsons & District Public Library\, 470 Fletcher Rd S\, Gibsons\, BC\, V0N 1V0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community,Literary
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SUMMARY:SC Botanical Gardens: Jan DeGrass Book Launch of “Temptations and Travels”
DESCRIPTION:Author Jan DeGrass will launch her new book of stories\, Temptations and Travels\, that are part imagination\, part memory in the natural beauty of the Sunshine Coast Botanical Gardens. Temptations and Travels is a collection of stories that wander freely between fiction and lived experience. Here are tales of travels\, trials and temptations. Some tales grow from remembered journeys; others from moments half-forgotten but reshaped and embellished by the storyteller. \nA medieval monk is sorely tempted by a visit from a mysterious woodland woman. The author travels across the stark\, volatile landscapes of Iceland\, where volcanoes and rushing rivers invite wonder and introspection. A mother and daughter guard secrets from one another—each believing silence is an act of love. Elsewhere\, life’s lessons are learned in unlikely forms: from a curious emu\, from chance meetings with passengers on a train or from a handsome stranger in a remote British Columbia gold-rush town. Together they form a rich mosaic of travel\, reflection\, and the small\ntemptations that test human nature.
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/sc-botanical-gardens-jan-degrass-book-launch-of-temptations-and-travels/
LOCATION:Sunshine Coast Botanical Gardens\, 5941 Mason Rd\, Sechelt
CATEGORIES:Literary
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SUMMARY:Sechelt Library: Poetry Circle
DESCRIPTION: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 \nThis event happens on the first Tuesday of the month\, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/sechelt-library-poetry-circle-2/2026-07-07/
LOCATION:Sechelt Library\, 5797 Cowrie St\, Sechelt\, BC\, V0N 3A0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Literary
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SUMMARY:Sechelt Library: Poetry Circle
DESCRIPTION: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 \nThis event happens on the first Tuesday of the month\, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/sechelt-library-poetry-circle-2/2026-08-04/
LOCATION:Sechelt Library\, 5797 Cowrie St\, Sechelt\, BC\, V0N 3A0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Arts,Literary
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SUMMARY:GPAG: Intro to Glosa Poetry
DESCRIPTION: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 tone and expand your expressive range. Workshop includes a copy of instructor Bonnie Quan Symon’s beautiful chapbook of glosas and handouts.
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/gpag-intro-to-glosa-poetry/
LOCATION:Gibsons Public Art Gallery\, 431 Marine Dr\, Gibsons\, BC\, V0N 1V0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Literary,Workshop/Classes/Retreat
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SUMMARY:GPAG: Tarot for Writers
DESCRIPTION:Use Tarot cards to write your next story with Tarot Cards tapping into your intuition to create:\n– Characters\n– Conflict\n– Plot\nA technique used by Stephen King\, Italo Calvino\, John Steinbeck and others. \nNo previous experience with Tarot Required. Beginner decks with the meanings written on them to save time\, Tarot journal pages and stickers provided. \nBring your own decks with booklets if you wish.
URL:https://coastculture.com/event/gibsons-library-tarot-for-writers/
LOCATION:Gibsons Public Art Gallery\, 431 Marine Dr\, Gibsons\, BC\, V0N 1V0\, Canada
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