This week’s blog features a host of author events, both in person at local libraries and bookstores, and online. Scroll down to read all the details.
Note: the Federation of BC Writers is not directly affiliated with any of the following organisations or groups.
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Author Event: Maryanna Gabriel – Walking The Camino: On Earth As It Is
Tuesday, June 20 at 1:00 pm
Salt Spring Island Library, Salt Spring Island, BC
Join Maryanna Gabriel as she presents a story about the transformative power of pilgrimage. Part literary memoir, part travelogue, this was the Second Prize Winner In Creative Nonfiction from Pottersfield Press, distributed by Nimbus Publishing. Maryanna is a dramatic reader and sure not to disappoint! Books will also be on sale. Courtesy of the Salt Spring Library, with thanks. For more information, visit https://saltspring.bc.libraries.coop/event/maryanna-gabriel/
Or https://www.maryannagabriel.ca/, or email onearthwalking@gmail.com
Author Event: Chief Robert Joseph, Susan Juby, and Monique Gray Smith
Tuesday, June 20 at 7:00 pm
Bolen Books, Victoria, BC
Join the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for readings from three 2023 BC and Yukon Book Prizes finalists. For more information about this in-person event visit: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
Author Event: Lyndsie Bourgon
Saturday, June 24 at 2:30 pm
Kelowna Downtown Library, Kelowna, BC
Join the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for this On Tour event, featuring Lyndsie Bourgon, author of Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods. Lyndsie will discuss the process of using oral history in creative nonfiction writing. For more information about this free in-person event, visit: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
Author Event: Sharon Easton – Beach Moose & Amber
Sunday, June 25, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Campbell River Library, 1240 Shoppers Row, Campbell River, BC
Free event
Follow Sharon’s journey as she uncovers her family’s painful and remarkable story of escape, survival, and loss. Experience their hardships through the Russian Revolution, Nazi-occupied Lithuania, and on to their new life in rural Nova Scotia. Sharon beautifully honours her mother’s last wish — not to be forgotten. The event will feature an introduction and conversation with Q&A, followed by book signing and refreshments. Books will be available for sale by Visa, debit and cash. Everyone is welcome. For more information, visit https://sharoneaston.com/ or https://virl.bc.ca/event/conversations-with-the-author-sharon-easton/
Storied: Nature and Environmental Writing with Lyndsie Bourgon and Michael J. Hathaway
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 7:00 – 8:30 PM PST
Online event – registration required
Free
Join the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for Storied: Discussions on Books, Publishing, and the Creative Process. What goes into a piece of nature or environmental writing? Lyndsie Bourgon and Michael J. Hathaway will give a mini lecture on nature and environmental writing before taking audience questions. Lyndsie Bourgon is the author of Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods, a finalist for the 2023 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. Michael J. Hathaway’s book What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make is a finalist for the 2023 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize and the 2023 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes.
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/event/storied-nature-and-environmental-writing-with-lyndsie-bourgon-and-michael-j-hathaway/
Meet the Authors Night
Tuesday, July 11, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
40 Knots Winery, 2400 Anderton Rd, Comox, BC
Cost: $5 donation to support literacy and education in the Comox Valley
Grab a glass of wine and join three BC travel writers – Ella Harvey, Meaghan Hackinen, and Lisa Duncan – for an evening of stories, slides, and enticing readings from around the world!
Ella Harvey: “In In A Time of Light and Shadow, Ella Harvey gracefully ties together the multiple landscapes of travel and work in humanitarian disasters with a personal journey of purpose, identity, love, and reconciliation. Ella’s skilled, lyrical writing gives colour to the immediacy of her experiences, holding the beauty and brokenness of our world together.” ~ Dianne Westwood, Psychologist
Lisa Duncan: “If you ever wanted to travel to Africa, Chasing Africa is your second-hand, vicarious chance to go, and Lisa Duncan is a charming and upbeat travel companion.” Wanda Baxter ~ Miramichi Reader
Meaghan Hackinen: “Everyone says ‘Be careful,’ but Meaghan Marie Hackinen wants to live large. South Away will fill your lungs with the fresh air of adventure and restore your faith in human goodness. An exhilarating debut.” ~ Candace Savage, author of A Geography of Blood and Strangers in the House
For reservations and more info, visit https://www.exploretock.com/40knotswinery/event/416153/meet-the-authors-ella-harvey-lisa-duncan-meaghan-hackinen
