Literary

Salt Spring poets Christine Smart, Diana Hayes, Lorraine Gane and Murray Reiss read at the library for a National Poetry Month celebration. 7 p.m.

Eve Lazarus launches Murder by Milkshake, the story of Esther Castellani’s death in 1965 by her husband Rene, a CKNW personality. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.

Reed Richard reads from his book Rumi.nations for a book launch at the Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. Reed will be bringing the audience on a journey of expanding awareness through a connection with nature and emotional vulnerability.

Launch of book by local author Jack Little, professor emeritus in the history department of Simon Fraser University, examines five popular protests in the wider Howe Sound area during the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.

Dahr Jamail’s new book from the frontlines of climate disruption is a passionate ode to the wonders of our endangered planet that offers ways of engaging the climate crisis with […]

Jon van Tamelen launches The Ancestor, a non-fiction sailing adventure where the author acquires a 38-foot wooden smuggling boat on the island of Carriacou in the West Indies. With stone […]

Featured poet is Natalie Meisner. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. Reader sign-up at 6:45. One poem per reader. 

Aly Coy presents Unpacked, a memoir of checked baggage, about Coy's five years spent travelling in Western Europe. Salt Spring Public Library. 6 to 8 p.m.

Victoria author Joy Davis gives a reading and talk on her new book about small island living at the Salt Spring Public Library on Wednesday, June 19. 6:30 p.m.

Celebration for new Mother Tongue Publishing book containing new essays, memoirs and poems by 40 island writers. Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve. 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Listen to work by queer writers and pay tribute to Taryn Muldoon, the celebrated poet, spoken word performer and community activist who is moving to Nova Scotia this fall to attend university. SS Public Library. 7 to 9 p.m.  

Anne Fleming presents her children’s book, The Goat, a touching modern fairy-tale for young and old readers alike, about connecting to others, embracing difference, and facing your fears. Fleming is the award-winning author of five books of fiction and poetry including Gay Dwarves of America. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.

Teen Book Club is an opportunity to get together, eat snacks, and talk about books at the library, taking place on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

This month's book is Up Ghost River by Edmund Metatawabin. The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 – 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month. Meet other book lovers and have fun discussing an interesting read.

Salt Spring author Chris (CC) Humphreys reads from his latest novel, Smoke in the Glass. SS Public Library. 7 p.m.

Salt Spring author and photographer Diana Hayes reads from Labyrinth of Green, Poems and Photographs. SS Public Library 7 p.m.

Featured poet Chris Muscat writes about the unseen, ecology, grief and beauty. He has self-published half a dozen chap books and is currently working on two books of poetry to be released in 2020. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. Reader sign-up at 6:45 p.m.. One poem per reader.

Maggie Squires and Drew Bodaly present Gulf Island Lakes: New Work (2014-2019) on Salt Spring's St. Mary, Cusheon and Blackburn, and Cortes' Hague and Gunflint. SS Public Library. 7 to 8:30 p.m.