Community Program Room
Andrea Scott, Ian Thomas and Karl Meade
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaA celebration and book launch with the 2024 Chapbook Winner Andrea Scott, reading from In the Warm Shallows of What Remains. Joining in are Raven Chapbooks 2023 Winner Ian Thomas, author of Green Islands, and Karl Meade, author of Doom Eager.
Hooked for Life: A Story of Herring in the Salish Sea
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaSalt Spring Author/Artist/Naturalist Briony Penn with special guest Eric Pelkey, hereditary chief of Tsawout First Nation, will present: Hooked for Life: A Story of Herring in the Salish Sea Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Weekend on Salt Spring Island! Through personal insight, family involvement, first nations and fishing history, Briony and Eric will reveal the amazing life […]
Indigenous Art Market
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaThe Salt Spring Island Public Library is hosting an Indigenous Market. The Market will feature artwork, jewelry, and Wanda’s Famous Northern Style Bannock! Vendors include Indigenous folks who are residents of Salt Spring Island, as well as from various First Nations on Turtle Island. Join us to browse and purchase quality, handmade goods!
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.
Toastmasters Club Meeting
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaJoin the Toastmaster Club meeting at the library. Hybrid meeting. Zoom Meeting ID: 427 061 030
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
Teen Pizza Party
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaAre you a teen or have a teen that is looking for a fun space to hang out? Join us at the Library for a Pizza Party to brainstorm what Teens want to see at the library. Is there a club you’d like to see? Book events that would be interesting? Let us know! RSVP
Land Acknowledgements Circle
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaInterested in Learning More About Land Acknowledgements? Join us for for a free workshop on Thursday, June 13 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm This workshop will be an opportunity for settlers to learn more about how to meaningfully incorporate land acknowledgements into their lives as an important part of truth and reconciliation. The circle […]
Art Jam: Joseph Reville (aka CJ) and Sherman Sherwood
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaOriginal digital art by outsider artists. Opening Reception, Thursday, June 13th at 2-4pm Art Exhibition June 13 – July 30 The art exhibit can be viewed when the Library Community Program Room is not in use Mondays-Fridays 10AM-5PM, Saturdays 10AM-3PM.
William Deverell
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaJoin us for an evening with bestselling author William Deverell. His new book The Log-Shot Trial will soon be in bookstores. Arthur Beauchamp is mortified. A revised biography of his early career as a lawyer paints him as a dissolute womanizer. So he decides to write a memoir to set the record straight as he […]