The Salt Spring Island Historical Society is honoured to welcome Snumithiya Jillian Harris for her talk “Women in the Colonial Era”. Jill Harris is a knowledge holder, Elder, and former Chief of the Penelakut Tribe. Among her current projects, Elder Harris is working with the search for residential school missing children. Her studies in ancestry, […]
Join us for the book launch of Ferco Rising, the debut sci-fi novel of A.C. Bibby. A.C. Bibby will read from their first part of the Altus Chronicles. For countless years, the Hara and the 'Nekams' lived out of sight of each other. Until a Haran civilian enters the mines, and the consequences reach far […]
A Two Day Journaling Workshop with Alexandra Aristera Tuesday, March 28th & Thursday, March 30th – 3 to 4:30pm Maximum of 10 students, 12 to 16 years old. Let’s go on a magical journey. We will search and find our spirit animal who will guide us to our superpowers. We will explore the benefits of […]
In partnership with Family Place, The Library is proud to host ‘MotherGoose,’ 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 relationships. […]
Starting in November for youth aged 9-13, join us in the Library’s Community Program Room for an afternoon of games with your friends. Snacks provided, play the games you’d like! One teen will be present to monitor/facilitate as needed, but this afternoon is for playing boardgames of your choosing. Drop-in, open 2-4PM.
Please join award-winning poet, translator and Zen teacher, Peter Levitt, author of 17 books of poetry, prose and translation, as he launches Yin Mountain: The Immortal Poetry of Three Daoist Women, co-translated by Rebecca Nie.
In partnership with Family Place, The Library is proud to host ‘MotherGoose,’ 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 relationships. […]
With featured poet Carlie Blume. CARLIE BLUME is a 2017 graduate of Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio. Her work has appeared in The Maynard, Train: a poetry journal, Canthius and more. Her debut collection of poetry, Gigglepuss was published in 2022. Sign-up for the open mic starts at 6:45. One poem per reader, max. […]
