Tag: BC Books

Please join Munro’s Books for a book signing with award-winning, globe-trotting, history-hunting storyteller, Ken McGoogan!
In his latest book, Searing for Franklin: New Light on the Great Arctic Mystery, arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Go to full post …read more

Please join Munro’s Books for the launch of new books by two beloved local poets!
Award-winning poet Arleen Pare’s latest collection, Absence of Wings, is both an intimate family portrait and a public documentation of how we, as a society, can Go to full post …read more

Please join Munro’s Books in celebrating new books by two local authors: Ali Blythe and Jason Jobin!
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art —
Breaking open John Keats’s “Last Sonnet,” in his third book of poetry, Stedfast, Ali Go to full post …read more

This annual festival brings together readers and writers and all lovers of the spoken and written word. We gather on idyllic Bowen Island to spend two days engaged in stimulating writing workshops, facilitated by professional writers, authors, poets, screenwriters and others. Go to full post …read more

Wordstorm members will be showcasing their poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction at a free family-friendly public event open to all ages on August 24th from 5 pm to 7 pm. The event happens in the atrium of the Harbourfront Library during Go to full post …read more

Join North Shore libraries for a refreshing summer series with local authors and local brews! Attend all four Brews & Books to win a prize (details below).
Rescue Me takes you behind the scenes of some of North America’s riskiest search Go to full post …read more

Join North Shore libraries for a refreshing summer series with local authors and local brews! Attend all four Brews & Books to win a prize (details below).
Join us at Bridge Brewing Co. to learn more about camping in Western Canada! Go to full post …read more

The Surrey International Writers’ Conference is the most comprehensive professional development conference of its kind in Canada. SiWC offers writers in all genres — from beginners to experts — the opportunity to hone their craft.
SiWC will be a hybrid in Go to full post …read more

Join the VIRL in welcoming author Carolyn Redl with her new book, “Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living” (Heritage House, 2023).
Part travelogue, part natural history, this enchanting book explores Island life over Go to full post …read more

Join the VIRL in welcoming local author CAROLYN REDL with her new book, “Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living” (Heritage House, 2023).
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Saturday, May 27
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Join bestselling author Haley Healey for an afternoon of adventurous stories and brave women to celebrate the launch of her two new picture books—the first in the Trailblazing Canadians series from Heritage House.
“Kimiko Murakami: A Japanese-Canadian Pioneer” is the Go to full post …read more

On Sunday, April 23 at 2pm, join the Friends of the White Rock Library in celebrating local literature for the Read Local: Author’s Open House. This entertaining afternoon program features five local authors reading from their latest works. Read Local is Go to full post …read more