On Friday, May 4, Read Local BC is excited to attend the BC Book Prizes Gala. Good luck to all the finalists! If you’re also itching to go to a lit literary party, there’s no reason you can’t get all glammed up to attend these upcoming events.
Rebecca Hendry and Kim Clark are holding a dual-launch for their new novels on Saturday, May 5 in Sechelt. Both the book titles wear ONEsies (One Good Thing & A One-Handed Novel) so the authors will be quizzing the audience: This ONE or the other ONE?
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/one-good-thing-a-one-handed-novel-launch/
Also in Sechelt, Sarah Cox will launch Breaching the Peace on Sunday, May 6 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Council.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-breaching-the-peace-by-sarah-cox-sechelt/
Over the next couple weeks, Donna Kane is holding a few events for her new memoir, Summer of the Horse. Meet her on Monday, May 7 at Bolen Books in Victoria. Or if you’re on Salt Spring Island, meet her on Tuesday, May 8.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/summer-of-the-horse-by-donna-kane-victoria/
Tuesday, May 8, Maggie de Vries is launching her latest kids book, Swimming with Seals, in Ladysmith.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-swimming-with-seals-by-maggie-de-vries-ladysmith/
Another opportunity to meet Donna Kane—this time with another riveting memoirist, Pat Ardley—is in Vancouver on Wednesday, May 9. Pat’s book has been on the BC Bestseller List for x weeks.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/women-of-the-wild-pat-ardley-donna-kane/
For those in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Pat Ardley will be holding a solo event in Whistler on Thursday, May 10.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/grizzlies-gales-and-giant-salmon-by-pat-ardley-whistler/
Thursday, May 10 in Vancouver, Renée Sarojini Saklikar and Mark Winston launch their collaborative book, Listening to the Bees.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-listening-to-the-bees-by-mark-winston-renee-sarojini-saklikar-vancouver/