Emma Dakin (the fiction writer nom de plume of local author Marion McKinnon Crook) will read from Storms in the Cotswolds, the latest in her British Book Tour Mysteries series.
Tour guide, Claire Barclay shepherds her tourists to the heart of the Cotswolds where they go on forays, visiting the haunts of Agatha Raisin, Carter and Campbell and other notable characters from mystery novels.
When Claire and her tourists find a body in a nearby field, Detective Inspector Mark Evans rushes to help. After reviewing the situation, he doesn’t see much to concern himself with until his uncle is attacked. Then, he’s keen to investigate. The local coppers don’t want him involved, but Claire observes, probes and, with the help of Anna, uncovers a terrorist plot—and confronts a murderer.
PJ Reece will be launching his new comedic novel “Coast Confidential: Trouble in Paradise Vol. I” and Taylor James Waters, will be launching her book of flash fiction, “Mind Cuttings” at the SCWES All Ghouls Meeting (AGM) at Mission Point (Haunted) House, Davis Bay on Sunday, October 27th, 2 pm-4:30 pm. No admission. Free treats. No tricks.
Join us for our All Ghouls Meeting if you dare–bahaha. Also, a book launch, “Mind Cuttings” by Taylor James Waters. At Mission (Haunted) House. Costumes optional. Witches brew, deep-fried spiders, and other tasty treats will be served.
Guest appearances with singer songwriter Dee Brown and Randeesh, and African snacks by iyabo.
The People of Colour Artist Collective co-present local award-winning author Vimalasara in conversation with local integrative medical physician, Rahul Gupta, to explore their new book A First Aid Kit For The Mind Breaking The Cycle of Habitual Behaviors.
Trauma expert Ken Hardy: “This inspiring and insightful book left me in absolute awe of Mason-John’s wisdom and guidance as one of the premier social, cultural, and psychological healers of our time.
ONLINE ONLY EVENT
REGISTER to attend this live-streamed event.
Following the success of her groundbreaking memoir A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, Alicia Elliot’s new novel And Then She Fell has quickly become an award-winning national bestseller. It’s a story about Native life, motherhood, and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences.
For the first event of this fall lineup, join Alicia Elliott in conversation with award-winning author Carleigh Baker.
Alicia Elliott (she/her) is a Mohawk writer and editor living in Brantford, Ontario. She has written for The Globe and Mail, CBC, Hazlitt, and many others.
REGISTER HERE to attend this live-streamed event.
Calling all readers, performers, and writers! Join us 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 all levels of English are all welcome.
In-person space is limited: register through the library’s website.
Aug 15 – 18th. Tickets for the 42nd annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts are on sale now. Get the schedule and all the details here.
Our 2024 authors include Carly Butler, Brent Butt, Charlene Carr, Kevin Chong, Sarah Cox, Gregor Craigie, Marion McKinnon Crook, Lorna Crozier, Wade Davis, Tara Sidhoo Fraser, Sam George, Jill Yonit Goldberg, Catherine Hernandez, Jess Housty, Susan Juby, Betty Keller, Deborah Kimmett, Naomi Klein, Grant Lawrence, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Simon Paradis, Waubgeshig Rice, David Roche, Kara Stanley, Iona Whishaw, Howard White and Shelley Wood—PLUS esteemed moderators Mo Amir, Megan Cole and Andreas Schroeder, and musical guest Jill Barber.
Bestselling BC author Roberta Rich reads from her new riveting historical thriller, The Jazz Club Spy. A Jewish cigarette girl at a jazz club in 1939 New York finds the soldier who burned her Russian village years earlier, and gets swept up in a political conspiracy and espionage.
Also accessible live on Zoom from the Library’s website.
Free but in-person space is limited; register online or contact the Library.
With summer around the corner, we thought some one-day gatherings for Healing Arts would be easier to fit into your schedule. We hope you’ll join us! Be sure to register at the link below or call 604-840-2342 so we can prepare enough project supplies for all participants.
You can register for one or more of these one-day sessions–whatever works for you!
Memory Bracelets with Camellia Rumball – 10 a.m. – noon, FRIDAY, July 12
Register by email here.
Join Christian McKay Heidicker author of the middle-grade hit and Newbery Honor-winning Scary Stories for Young Foxes for a creative discussion about his work and life as an artist. This is a live interview on YouTube. Comments will be turned on for questions and moderated by library staff. ASL interpretation will be provided.
9:30 session: https://youtu.be/U2aDBDisHJQ
10:45 session: https://youtu.be/dym7zrMIHg4
