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 GPAG, please attend this informational session to sign up. Artists, writers, photographers, and songwriters welcome.
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 to all!
Lyackson Place Names features hand produced silk screen prints in the traditional style of the Coast Salish People, exploring place names and different aspects of storytelling and culture. Each print in Andrea Fritz’s exhibition focuses on a place within Lyackson territory on the Salish Sea or on an aspect of Coast Salish storytelling, and is accompanied by the story relating to the piece. Lyackson Place Names will be closing on Saturday, December 20th at 4pm.
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 for resisters to leave behind their friends, families, and communities with no certainty of return. Supporters on both sides of the 49th parallel showed compassion to the resisters by helping them escape the US draft and peacefully integrate into Canadian communities. In return, the resisters contributed to their communities as farmers, teachers, caregivers, and more. Joline will facilitate a discussion.
Meet the Authors – Double Book Launch featuring Ken Blosser, The Loyal Order of Old School Chums & Sheila Anne Wray, Wildcraft Medicine: In the Presence of Wonder.
Call for submissions for “Snippets from a Small Town: Understanding Life on the Sunshine Coast,” sponsored by the Small Neighbourhood Grant program. Send your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, and art to cathalynn@gmail.com by Monday, November 17th. Small honorariums available. Launch at Gibsons & District Public Library Wednesday, December 17th, 11 am. Cover art by Sheri Peters.
In-person tickets to Wade Davis & Vicki Gabereau in Conversation with emcee Ed Hill are SOLD OUT. Livestream tickets are now available for you to watch this event at home! Tickets will allow for live virtual access to the event via computer monitor or smart TV, and include a GPAG membership and access to the video after the event.
Join the livestream with cultural anthropologist, explorer and author Wade Davis and beloved moderator Vicki Gabereau in conversation, with emcee Ed Hill, on a wide span of topics – inspiring us to see and to seek global perspectives of diversity, promise and home.
Livestream begins 6:30pm; Discussion begins 7:15pm – 8:30pm
Livestream tickets: $40. Find more information and purchase online via EventBrite!
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
