Sunday, May 19, 2024
May 19, 2024

Book Launch: Love of the Salish Sea Islands

Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve 265 Blackburn Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

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.

Book Launch: Natalie Meisner

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Launch of My Mommy, My Mama, My Brother, and Me at SS Public Library. 1 p.m.

Queer Writing Circle Reading: What is a Queer Story?

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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.  

Aidan Cassie Book Launch

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Salt Spring author celebrates the release of Little Juniper Makes it BIG. SS Public Library. 1 p.m.

Queer Reading Series featuring Anne Fleming

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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 – Welcome Meeting

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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.

Library Book Club

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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.

Book Launch: CC Humphreys

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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

Book Launch: Diana Hayes

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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

Event Series Reconciliation Reading Circles

Reconciliation Reading Circles

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Reconciliation reading circles starting in fall for 5 weeks. Join others in reading They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars. In these Reading Circles, we explore Bev Sellars’ frank […]

Poetry Open Mic

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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 […]

Event Series Reconciliation Reading Circles

Reconciliation Reading Circles

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Reconciliation reading circles starting in fall for 5 weeks. Join others in reading They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars. In these Reading Circles, we explore Bev Sellars’ frank and poignant memoir, in which she shares her personal account of her residential school experience and articulates her own path to healing. Library staff will […]

Book Launch: Gulf Island Lakes

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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.

Event Series Reconciliation Reading Circles

Reconciliation Reading Circles

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Reconciliation reading circles starting in fall for 5 weeks. Join others in reading They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars. In these Reading Circles, we explore Bev Sellars’ frank and poignant memoir, in which she shares her personal account of her residential school experience and articulates her own path to healing. Library staff will […]

Marissa Stapley Book Launch

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Marissa Stapley launches The Last Resort, an instant national bestselling thriller by visiting Toronto-based author and journalist. Salt Spring public Library. 7 p.m.

Event Series Reconciliation Reading Circles

Reconciliation Reading Circles

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Reconciliation reading circles starting in fall for 5 weeks. Join others in reading They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars. In these Reading Circles, we explore Bev Sellars’ frank and poignant memoir, in which she shares her personal account of her residential school experience and articulates her own path to healing. Library staff will […]

Library Book Club

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 to 3 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month. This month's […]

Double Book Launch: Eufemia Fantetti and Brenda Brooks

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Toronto write Eufemia Fantetti launches My Father, Fortune-tellers & Me: A Memoir — a powerful and witty coming-of-age story of fate versus free will — and Salt Spring's Brenda Brooks presents […]

Event Series Reconciliation Reading Circles

Reconciliation Reading Circles

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Reconciliation reading circles starting in fall for 5 weeks. Join others in reading They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars. In these Reading Circles, we explore Bev Sellars’ frank […]

Love of the Salish Sea Islands Readings

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Salt Spring writers who contributed to Mother Tongue Publishing's Love of the Salish Sea Islands anthology will read at the Salt Spring Public Library. 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Teen Book Club

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Today's book being discussed is Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu.

Poetry Open Mic

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Featured poet Karen Lee White is Northern Salish, Tuscarora, Chippewa and Scots from Vancouver Island. Library program room. Reader sign-up 6:45 p.m., open mic at 7, featured poet at 7:30 […]

StoryWalk

Mouat Park Seaview Avenue, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

A self-led program where participants walk from the library, through Mouat Park to the pool, following the story along the path. Fun for all ages!  Today's book is Duck in […]

Write on the Rock Children’s Book Festival

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

First annual celebration of children's lit at the SS Public Library. Schedule sees Aidan Cassie give a presentation on creating picture books from 11 a.m. to noon; snacks and a […]

Youth Book Club

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Snacks, games, crafts and discussion of Jane, the Fox and Me by Jane Britt. SS Public Library. 3:30 to 5 p.m.