StoryTime is a great way to build early literacy skills, read new books and old favourites, and have fun with games, crafts, and more! Everyone welcome, aimed towards ages 3-6

Our weekly drop-in games night is a great chance to  meet up with friends over a board game.  Play an old favourite or try your hand at a new game!  

Love of the Salish Sea Islands: New Essays, Memoirs and Poems by 40 Island writers, with an Introduction by Gail Sjuberg. This unprecedented anthology of previously unpublished brilliant memoirs, essays and poems gathers 40 skilled and award-winning…

This free event is a chance to chat with other Spanish speakers or learners in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Those who want can join in learning and singing a Spanish language song or two.…

Teen Book Club is an opportunity to get together, eat snacks, and talk about books. September 17 Welcome Meeting October 1 Anya’s Ghost October 15 Through the Woods November 5 Brazen November 19 Nimona December…

Every Wednesday afternoon in the program room from 12:45 pm – 4 pm. Drop-ins welcome.

Reader sign-up at 6:45. One poem per reader. Featured poet Karen Lee White is Northern Salish, Tuscarora, Chippewa and Scots from Vancouver Island. Adopted into the Daklaweidi Wolf Clan of the Interior Tlingit/Tagish people on…

StoryTime is a great way to build early literacy skills, read new books and old favourites, and have fun with games, crafts, and more! Everyone welcome, aimed towards ages 3-6

Our weekly drop-in games night is a great chance to  meet up with friends over a board game.  Play an old favourite or try your hand at a new game!  

Presented by Philip Reece, Indro Robotics. Understanding drone capabilities and their use in a major emergency. Emergency Preparedness Series for Salt Spring Islanders. Co-sponsored with The Salt Spring Emergency Program.

The Salt Spring Emergency Program is hosting a free workshop series at the Salt Spring Public Library and one session at the Legion*. Community members, POD leaders, First Responders and all interested are encouraged to…

 

The La Leche League meets in the library once a month for breastfeeding support and discussion.  For more information contact lllc.saltspringisland@gmail.com

Angela Crocker and Vicki McLeod present Digital Legacy Plan: A Guide to the Personal and Practical Elements of Your Digital Life Before You Die.  When you die, what will your digital legacy be? What will…

Join us for the continuation of this Reconciliation Reading Circle. Featuring guest speakers and discussion about several books, articles, and important topics. Local Indigenous women will facilitate the discussion to expand our understanding of local…

Every Wednesday afternoon in the program room from 12:45 pm – 4 pm. Drop-ins welcome.

StoryWalk is a self-led program where participants walk from the library, through Mouat Park to the pool, following the story along the path. Fun for all ages!  Presented in partnership with CRD Parc with funding…

StoryTime is a great way to build early literacy skills, read new books and old favourites, and have fun with games, crafts, and more! Everyone welcome, aimed towards ages 3-6

Our weekly drop-in games night is a great chance to  meet up with friends over a board game.  Play an old favourite or try your hand at a new game!  

The library is excited to host the first ever Write on the Rock Children’s Book Festival, featuring readings from Aidan Cassie and Mike Deas!

This free event is a chance to chat with other Spanish speakers or learners in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Those who want can join in learning and singing a Spanish language song or two.…

Teen Book Club is an opportunity to get together, eat snacks, and talk about books. September 17 Welcome Meeting October 1 Anya’s Ghost October 15 Through the Woods November 5 Brazen November 19 Nimona December…

Every Wednesday afternoon in the program room from 12:45 pm – 4 pm. Drop-ins welcome.

StoryTime is a great way to build early literacy skills, read new books and old favourites, and have fun with games, crafts, and more! Everyone welcome, aimed towards ages 3-6

Our weekly drop-in games night is a great chance to  meet up with friends over a board game.  Play an old favourite or try your hand at a new game!  

Patrick Taylor launches An Irish Country Family: An Irish Country Novel. An Irish Country Family is a charming entry in Patrick Taylor’s beloved internationally bestselling Irish Country series. Before Doctor Barry Laverty joined Doctor Fingal…

Arleen Pare (Brick Books), delving into the work and lives of influential Toronto sculptors, Frances Loring and Florence Wyle. Paré takes a a poetic tour of the women’s lives, work, and their decades-long romance. Using…

This free event is a chance to chat with other Spanish speakers or learners in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Those who want can join in learning and singing a Spanish language song or two.…

Join this 2-part beginner-level introduction to Excel. Free of charge to library card holders! Learn the basics and build your skills over this quick Monday morning series.

iPad, Tablet, eReader and basic Mac tutoring with Conrad Koke. Sign-up sheets are found in the Info Desk Programs binder. Sessions are available every Monday.

Tech Café: Fraud Prevention with Ryan Smith, Manger IT, Cyber Security of Island Savings Trust will give an informative presentation on the topic of fraud prevention and cyber security.  All are welcome.

Susan Glickman reads What We Carry, her collection of poetry that explores the weight of human history on individual, cultural and environmental levels. From her “Extinction Sonnets”—odes to various disappearing species—to a spirited examination of…

Every Wednesday afternoon in the program room from 12:45 pm – 4 pm. Drop-ins welcome.

The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 – 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month. Meet other book lovers and have fun…

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED Every summer, thousands of fingernail-sized toadlets migrate from their breeding ground in the wetlands to where they live in the forest. Few make it to the other side of the road. Struggling…

StoryTime is a great way to build early literacy skills, read new books and old favourites, and have fun with games, crafts, and more! Everyone welcome, aimed towards ages 3-6

Our weekly drop-in games night is a great chance to  meet up with friends over a board game.  Play an old favourite or try your hand at a new game!  

Local author Briony Penn launches Stories from the Magic Canoe. Wa’xaid, (the Good River) or Cecil Paul, an Xenaksiala elder, provides timely cultural teachings through personal stories about residential schools, industrialization, and theft of cultural…