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December 2019
PR – Book Sale – Christmas Gift theme
The Powell River Friends of the Library have curated a book sale with items that are ideal for Christmas gifts!
Find out more »Book Launch: Six Stinky Feet and a Sasquatch
The shishalh storyteller Andy Johnson will do an opening song and then tell a sasquatch story from his own tradition. Lillian Lai, an animation art director in Vancouver, did the book's illustrations. Books available at the event.
Find out more »Get Cozy at the Library: Hazards of Hampshire book launch
An independent woman, her dog, and murder. Throw in a Hampshire village and you have a perfect setting for a cozy… An afternoon of British treats, tea, and mystery with a reading from the inaugural book in the British Book Tour Mysteries series by Marion Crook, writing as Emma Dakin. Books for sale by Talewind Books.
Find out more »PR – Seven Year Summer
An inspiring story of loss and renewal, Anna Byrne presents her moving and insightful account of her own journey will cancer and the last weeks of life of her friend Eleanor in a hospice. For more information call 604-485-4796 Ext. 206.
Find out more »Book Launch and Signing: Domestic Dragon
A debut poetry book by Rosalee Stavroff. Enjoy hot chocolate while meeting the author. Books available at Talewind Books, Eco-Freako & directly from RosaleeStavroff@gmail.com
Find out more »Book Speed Dating
Are you looking to meet new books? This is a not a human-dating event, but a book-dating one! That said, you will be talking to humans about books that have inspired you, shocked you, enlightened you and more… To participate in this free, interactive event, call the library to sign up at 604.886.2130.
Find out more »PJ Story Time & Stuffie Sleepover
PJ Story Time: Wednesday, December 18 6-6:45pm Children Area Stuffie Sleepover Slideshow: Thursday, December 19 4-4:30pm Community Meeting Room Do you wonder what your stuffed animals do when you're not around? What would they do if they were left at the library overnight? Unsupervised! Come to our PJ Story Time then tuck your stuffie in for the night at the library. Come back the next day to see what they got up to the night before. You will even get…
Find out more »January 2020
Winter Intention Gathering.
Intention Gathering is back for its 21st year of magic, bliss and community celebration! ♥ Intention is a multi-day, family friendly, participant co-created festival and retreat at the most intentional time of year. DANCE PARTIES! WORKSHOPS! PASSION SHOWS! RITUAL! ARTISAN MARKET! YOGA! KIDS' PLAY SPACE! ART! DIY CULTURE! SPONTANEOUS FUN! SHARED MEALS AND ACCOMMODATIONS INCLUDED! For more information, please go to www.intentiongathering.org . Much more information will be available there in the next few weeks.
Find out more »PR – Kiwanis Club Book Sale
Kiwanis Club is hosting another giant book & marmalade sale! Funds raised go to Kiwanis Charities. Please bring your own bags! If you would like to donate books for this sale, please call 604.483.1440
Find out more »Workshop and Book Launch with Michael Mirolla
The author of over a dozen works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama, Montreal's Michael Mirolla launches his new novel, The Last News Vendor. Workshop: Learn how to structure a short story for best effect, how to maintain the internal structure and logic of a short story in order to keep the reader engaged, and how to tighten and hone their first (and second and third) drafts. Participants are encouraged to bring a short story they have written (2000 max.,…
Find out more »Storytelling – Words & Images with Christina Leist
The Gibsons Library will host Vancouver children's author & illustrator Christina Leist. Hear her stories, get inspired by her drawings, then try a few of her imagination and doodling exercises. She might even put on some costumes and draw for you. For children in K - gr. 3. Space is limited so register early.
Find out more »Songs, Poems, and Tales With Happy Endings!
Discouraged or even burnt-out by recent bad-news events and coming catastrophes? Here's a way to lighten your mood and everyone else's! Five-minute mic, 7 to 9, at the incomparable Gibsons Public Art Gallery! All ages and levels of performance welcome! Sign up at juncojan@eastlink.ca! "Say it in five while you're still alive!" By donation to this lovely gallery!
Find out more »Writing from the Body
We will practice mindfulness to descend into the body and write from a deep and connected place. Through play, enticing prompts and visual imagery we will discover new doorways into imagination and memory. These techniques enable us to break through creative blocks, bypass the inner critic and retrieve stories held in the body. Each session ends with an opportunity to share your writing or thoughts in the supportive environment of a small group. To register contact spaces2b@gmail.com
Find out more »Celebrate Family Literacy Day with Rick Scott
The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is happy to be a part of the Sunshine Coast Literacy Coalition with two FREE concerts. Register in advance at share-there.com
Find out more »MUSE: Open Mic at the Library
It's a new year...so anything goes! Share 5 minutes of poetry, prose or song on whatever moves you! Sign up in advance by calling the library at 604.886.2130 or sign up at the event.
Find out more »PR – Karen Southern & Ann Nelson present House Histories & Heritage
Local historian Karen Southern and series editor Ann Nelson will share stories about the production and present the final volume in this visual history series on the buildings in the Townsite National Historic District.
Find out more »February 2020
Writing workshop with Arushi Raina
For youth ages 12+ "Let's work together to write in voices--familiar, unexpected, and sometimes strange. Let's talk about what it means to be different. Let's reach people with words." ARUSHI RAINA grew up in South Africa and has also lived in India, Egypt, Nigeria, the US, UK, and most recently, in Vancouver Canada. Her debut novel, When Morning Comes is set in apartheid South Africa and explores the lives of four very different teens on the brink of a youth…
Find out more »Author Event : The Soweto Youth Uprising in Fact & Fiction, with Arushi Raina
At this author talk, “The Soweto Youth Uprising in Fact and Fiction,” novelist Arushi Raina provides glimpses of apartheid South Africa through pictures, fiction and facts, followed by a discussion on how moments in the stories and histories echo with current events in Canada and internationally. ARUSHI RAINA grew up in South Africa and has also lived in India, Egypt, Nigeria, the US, UK, and most recently, in Vancouver Canada. Her debut novel, When Morning Comes is set in apartheid…
Find out more »LGBTQ2 Book Club at the Gibsons Public Library
The LGBTQ2 Book Club discusses The Best Kind of People, by Zoe Whittall, over coffee and muffins. Books are available for borrowing from the Gibsons Public Library (ask at front counter for the book). For more information, contact Andrea Routley at aroutley@gibsons.bclibrary.ca. Please note: This book club is for LGBTQ2 readers and allies to discuss LGBTQ2-authored books from an LGBTQ2 perspective.
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Book Faire
Feb 7-9. Fri 12 to 5, Sat 10 to 5 and Sun 10 to 3. Up to two boxes of gently used donated books are appreciated (Fri/Sat only).
Find out more »Off the Page play reading
In Lowest Common Denominator by Dave Deveau, Harmony is trying to get back on her feet post-divorce, and ends up on a blissful, booze-filled date with Peter, an insurance salesman. But when she walks in on her seventeen year old son Trevor kissing him it unleashes something powerful and sacred in her. Their three lives are set in motion – perpetually intertwined. Lowest Common Denominator explores the often-controversial world of intergenerational relationships and unleashes the darkness that exists just underneath…
Find out more »Black History Month Celebration
Gibsons' 5th annual Black History Month Celebration! African food tasting and demos, short film screenings from Black Strathcona, launch of "I Am Still Your Negro," by Valerie Mason-John, a talk on "History and Geography of Blackness in BC" with Dr. Handel Wright, Nigerian dance and more! FREE. (Donations for food are gratefully accepted but not required.) Presented by the Black History Month organizing committee and the Gibsons & District Public Library. Generously sponsored by the Gibsons Public Market and TD…
Find out more »PR – Memoir Writing for Seniors
Wednesdays, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm. Feb 5 - Mar 25. Free. No writing or computer experience necessary. Contact Sandra to register: stonn@prpl.ca or 604.485.4796
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