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 Board Games & Chess Club
Children's AreaEvery Friday afternoon at the library we will have our large selection of board games available for youth to get together and have some fun. Snacks provided!
Friday Games Night
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaFrom cards to dice to boards to pure imagination; board Game Nights at the Library hold no restrictions as to what to play, only what kind of play you want! Join all kinds of players of all skill levels in a safe space to dive into our massive board game collection, learn the rules of […]
Maria Coffey
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaMaria, the author of Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life and her husband Dag Goering will talk about “Living Your Choice”. They choose a life of adventure over raising a family.
Indigenous Friendship Circle
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaThe Indigenous Friendship Circle is a space specifically for Indigenous People to socialize, connect, and share culture including drumming, singing, beading, food, skills sharing, bingo, language, medicine, and cousins. For more information email: cdick@saltspringlibrary.com
After School Engineering Challenge
FabLabJoin Callum every Monday for a STEM challenge afternoon! Get creative, get crafty, get mechanically inclined. Solve a problem, win a friendly competition, beat a record, or just play around and discover a new skill. It’s a great thing to do at a great place to be, after school.
Knit Purl Community
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaWhere people come together, knit together, and share. Out of a love of knitting comes a space where folks can simply sit together and knit. Novice or über experienced everyone is welcome. Join us every third Wednesday of the month, 5-7pm.
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 […]
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, […]
Brian Day
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaBook Launch with Brian Day: The Making Join Brian Day on a poetic odyssey where science, folktales, myths, and world religions are braided seamlessly into a new and vibrant retelling of the story of the universe – an epic tale for our troubled times. Library Community Program Room.