Reading
Zoom Author Talk: Susan Juby
Zoom Video MeetingIslandLink and the Kootenay Library Federation invite you for an evening of murder and shared secrets as we talk with author Susan Juby about crime writing and her book, Mindful of Murder. We will have a chance to ask Susan questions- don’t miss it! Scan the QR code or use the meeting ID to attend. […]
Tamar Griggs
Book Launch with Salt Spring author Tamar Griggs, Tamar at Sea. Signed, special edition books will be available for purchase.
Maria Coffey – Postponed
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaPostponed Maria Coffey reads from her new book Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life - A Memoir. The Salt Spring Trail & Nature Club presents Coffey with her compelling memoir about opting for adventure instead of motherhood, and the lifelong outcomes of that choice. Winner of the 2023 […]
Cherie Geauvreau
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaCherie Geauvreau – Peace, Power, Poetry! Local poet Cherie reads from her recent poetic works. Poetry, prose, story-telling, art and music intertwine in Cherie’s life. So does hope, anticipation, joy and laughter, pain and disaster. Cherie arrived on Salt Spring island in 1986 and immediately fell in live with the coast and the island. Here […]
BC Libraries Present: Alicia Elliott – And Then She Fell
Virtual EventFor the first event of this fall's BC Libraries Present lineup, join Alicia Elliott in conversation with award-winning author Carleigh Baker. 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, […]
Harold Munn
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaReverend Dr. Harold Munn presents Faith in Doubt: How my Dog Made Me an Atheist and Atheism Made Me a Priest An Experiment in Faith What happens when an atheist and a believer find themselves next door neighbours? What happens when religion finds itself in a culture of science and secularism? Could they hold hands? […]
BC Libraries Present: Jessica Johns
Virtual EventFor the third event of this lineup, join Jessica Johns in conversation with award-winning writer Selina Boan. Jessica Johns’s debut novel, Bad Cree, is a gripping story about intergenerational trauma that follows a Cree millennial who has haunting dreams about her dead sister and Kokum. It’s a horror novel that grapples with the effects of […]
Author Reading with Theresa Southam
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaSoutham will walk through the arc of her book with a special focus on the case of Salt Spring resident Dr. Briony Penn. Briony and other Salt Spring understood the full implications of clearcutting the Garry Oak forests and rewrote its narrative. Their work inspired other island communities and contributed to positive social change. No […]