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Events
Author Joline Martin will read excerpts from her book, War Resisters, Standing Against the Vietnam War. War Resisters offers a contemporary perspective on the struggles and triumphs of American Vietnam war resisters who resettled in Canada on Vancouver Island. This important collection of stories sheds light on an invisible minority, illustrating the courage it took […]
Come learn about Coast Salish art, culture and storytelling on Saturday Dec. 20th, 2pm - 4pm. Andrea Fritz will read from her newest book Woolly Dog Warms His Family and talk about its relation to her serigraph Sqwiqwi, on display now in her Eve Smart exhibition Lyackson Place Names. This event is free and open […]
Ben Nuttall-Smith, a former resident of Sechelt will be interviewed by local author Caitlin Hicks. Ben will read from his memoir, "The Birdie at Willets Cottage" (RutherfordPress.ca) and "Margot, Love In the Golden Years", and "Puzzles, Plays and Whimsy." Also, if you're interested in participating in the 5th Art & Words Festival, Aug. 21-23, at […]
A raw, searching and intimate memoir, Bloom: Letters on Girlhood is a conversation between two acclaimed writers about silence and shame and what it means to come of age as young women. In this candid memoir-in-letters, Claire and Nicole explore the awkwardness and confusion of adolescence, delving into everything from periods, first bras and body […]
Join us for an hour of stories celebrating the Roberts Creek Elementary writer-in-residency program with bestselling children's author Tanya Lloyd Kyi. The event will showcase writing by students in grades 5, 6 and 7 and will be hosted by Kyi. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served. No registration required. The event is sponsored […]
Join us for a reading from Janie Chang’s new book The Fourth Princess. The Fourth Princess is a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as secrets of their pasts come to light, even as the mansion’s own secret threatens the present. Shanghai, […]
