Tech Tutoring
Library Meeting Room 103Tech Tutoring with Peter Fridays, 10AM, 11AM, 12PM, 1PM Bring any kind of device and technology-related questions for tech help with Peter. Book your fifty-minute one-on-one tech tutoring session with Peter by emailing info@saltspringlibrary.com or visiting the tech desk in person.
StoryWalk
Mouat ParkStoryWalk® is a self-guided supported-activity that allows children and adults to enjoy reading and outdoor activity at the same time. Every weekend, laminated pages from a children’s book is attached to signs, These signs are then sequentially installed from the front of the Library, down the street, then though Mouat Park toward the Rainbow Road […]
Neighbourhood Story Time
Children's AreaA NEW spin on a classic program. Children's Stories read by the people that you meet each day! Every Friday from 11AM-11:30AM, The Library hosts Family Story Time, and all ages event with stories for readers of all level and ability, from babies to 7 year olds. Traditionally, this program fosters early literacy, creates positive […]
Youth Games & Chess Club
Children's AreaFor youth aged 9-13, join us in the library for an afternoon of games with your friends. Snacks provided, play the games you’d like! Drop-in, open 1-4pm.
Art: Bill Gardam
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaVisual and written works, photographs, paintings and drawings, poems and short essays. Some reflect Bill’s many years living on Saltspring beside her forests and beaches, while others take us along on canoe trips and on sailing adventures in the Pacific Ocean. Many of the poems were written to be read at the open mic in […]
BC Libraries Present: Kim Stanley Robinson
Virtual EventA series of compelling author talks presented virtually by BC’s Public Library Community BC Libraries Present is a new virtual author series that brings new insights and voices to people in every corner of British Columbia. BC public libraries, both big and small, host these events and provide access to award-winning authors to library users across the province. For the inaugural […]
Bridge
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaJoin us in the community program room to play Bridge! All are welcome.
Mother Goose
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaIn partnership with Family Place, The Library is proud to host ‘Mother Goose,’ a FREE and magical group experience for babies, young children (0-4 years) and their parents/caregivers. It is a well-recognized and respected oral language program that returns to tradition by using rhymes, songs and storytelling as a base for enriching parent-child lives and […]
Poetry Open Mic
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaWith guest poet Yvonne Blomer. Yvonne Blomer’s The Last Show on Earth, (Caitlin Press, 2022) explores grief, love and climate change. In 2022 she had a #2bookyear with Book of Places: 10th Anniversary Edition also being released. Yvonne has edited five anthologies, forthcoming this September is Hologram: Homage to PK Page. She teaches on Zoom […]