Events

The Salt Spring Island Weavers and Spinners Guild have invited author and fibre artist  Francine McCabe to speak at the Salt Spring Public Library June 7th.

Marion McKinnon Crook, author of Always Pack a Candle and Always on Call, will be signing books at Nanaimo's Windowseat Bookshop June 12th.

Join author, illustrator, and painter Joanne Thomson for a signing and watercolour demonstration this June or July

Join Rayna Meakin at McNalley Robson Winnipeg for the launch of A Little Camper Love.

Join horticulturalist/arboriculturalist and bestselling author Collin Varner for a guided walk of trees in the Garden City, followed by a book signing at Munro’s Books.

Join author and historian Ken Mather for the launch of The O’Keefes of O’Kanagan: The Families of O’Keefe Ranch in Vernon on May 6, 2025. 

Join author Haley Healey for the launch of her new picture book, Huxley’s Island Adventure, on April 26 in Nanaimo. 

Join Jenna Greene for the launch of her middle-grade novel, Summer of Rocks, at Analog Books in Lethbridge on April 5, 2025.

Join Rosalie I. Tennison for the launch of Naomi's Houses: A Memoir at McNally Robinson's Grant Park location in Winnipeg on April 3, 2025.

Join author Sheila Harrington as she launches her new book, Voices for the Islands: Thirty Years of Nature Conservation on the Salish Sea, at various locations in southwestern BC.

Join bestselling author Marion McKinnon Crook in Terrace to launch Always On Call: Adventures in Nursing, Ranching, and Rural Living.

Join the Sooke Regional Museum on Earth Day for this fun family event with author and scientist, Gloria Snively.

Join award-winning historian and mariner Michael L. Hadley and the Maritime Museum of BC for the launch of Hadley's memoir, Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring, Music, and Pilgrimage.

Meet author Doris Jeanne MacKinnon and pick up a signed copy of The Premier and His Grandmother: Peter Lougheed, Lady Belle, and the Legacy of Métis Identity,

Join Black Bond Books and local Ladner author Danielle S. Marcotte for the launch of her new picture book, Blue Camas, Blue Camas.

Celebrate Métis Week at Lougheed House with the launch of The Premier and His Grandmother

Join historian David Laurence Jones at Owl's Nest Books in Calgary for the launch of his new book, New World Dreams: Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest.

Join Bolen Books and local author Grant Hayter-Menzies as he presents Freddie: The Rescue Dog Who Rescued Me.

Join award-winning local author Jenna Greene for the launch of her new middle-grade novel, An Owl without a Name, at Analog Books in Lethbridge, Alberta.

Meet award-winning author Jenna Greene and pick up a signed copy of her new middle-grade novel, An Owl without a Name, at Owl's Nest Books in Calgary, Alberta.

Meet author and artist Francine McCabe as she tours her book, Fleece and Fibre: Textile Producers of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

Pick up a copy of Room at the Inn: Historic Hotels of British Columbia’s Southern Interior, signed by local historian and author Greg Nesteroff, who wrote the foreword.

Join the Vancouver Island Regional Library – Courtenay branch for an event with author Carolyn Redl sharing her new book, Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living.

Join the Vancouver Island Regional Library – Parksville branch for an author talk and panel discussion with Carolyn Redl in celebration of her new book, Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living.

Join author and former Edmontonian Carolyn Redl as she shares her new book, Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living. 

Join the JCC Jewish Book Festival and Heritage House for the launch of Ellen Schwartz's memoir, Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader.

Join Bolen Books for a triple book launch with Chef Robin Kort, Amanda Lewis, and Carolyn Redl, in conversation with moderator Yvonne Blomer as they discuss all things wild and natural.

Join bestselling author Cathy Converse at the Maritime Museum of BC for an afternoon of sailing stories and maritime adventures to celebrate the launch of her new book, Frances Barkley: Eighteenth-century Seafarer.