Southern Gulf Islands Community Libraries

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Event Calendar

Jun

Fri

Kids’ Summer Reading Club – all Libraries

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Jun 28 – Aug 28 all-day

Summer Reading Club 2019!

Get ready kids! The Library’s Summer Reading Club “Imagine the Possibilities!” will start Friday June 28, 2019.

Come by the Library to sign-up and get your own free booklet to keep track of all the books you read in July & August. Collect fun stickers & bookmarks, and proudly receive your very own Reading Medal.

Regular reading throughout the summer helps kids maintain or improve reading skills while school is out. Kids are encouraged to read lots of books, and to listen to someone read to them. We look forward to seeing you and your family at the Library this summer.

For fun activities online, visit the: Summer Reading Club website

Jul

Tue

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

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Jul 23 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

For kids of all ages

Every Tuesday in July & August, 2:00 – 3:00 pm.

Parents and caregivers are invited to bring and join their children or grandchildren while enjoying stories read by lively volunteers.

Children will also be able to take out their personal book choices.

Categories: Kids Library: Galiano Summer Reading Program

Jul

Tue

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

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Jul 30 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

For kids of all ages

Every Tuesday in July & August, 2:00 – 3:00 pm.

Parents and caregivers are invited to bring and join their children or grandchildren while enjoying stories read by lively volunteers.

Children will also be able to take out their personal book choices.

Categories: Kids Library: Galiano Summer Reading Program

Aug

Tue

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

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Aug 6 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

For kids of all ages

Every Tuesday in July & August, 2:00 – 3:00 pm.

Parents and caregivers are invited to bring and join their children or grandchildren while enjoying stories read by lively volunteers.

Children will also be able to take out their personal book choices.

Categories: Kids Library: Galiano Summer Reading Program

Aug

Tue

AGM – Saturna Island Library

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Aug 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Annual General Meeting of the Eddie Reid Memorial Library Society (EMRLS)

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

12 noon

Location: Saturna Island Community Library

Any library card holder wishing to become a member of the ERML Society, and vote at the AGM, can do so for an annual fee of $5.00.

To register as a member of the Society, complete a registration form available at the Library.

Categories: Library: Saturna

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

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Aug 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

For kids of all ages

Every Tuesday in July & August, 2:00 – 3:00 pm.

Parents and caregivers are invited to bring and join their children or grandchildren while enjoying stories read by lively volunteers.

Children will also be able to take out their personal book choices.

Categories: Kids Library: Galiano Summer Reading Program

Aug

Tue

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

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Aug 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Summer Story Time – Galiano Is. Library

For kids of all ages

Every Tuesday in July & August, 2:00 – 3:00 pm.

Parents and caregivers are invited to bring and join their children or grandchildren while enjoying stories read by lively volunteers.

Children will also be able to take out their personal book choices.

Categories: Kids Library: Galiano Summer Reading Program

Aug

Wed

Low cost PNE passes on Library Day! – Vancouver

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Aug 21 all-day

Pacific National Exhibition – Vancouver BC

Library Day – Wednesday August 21, 2019

11 am – Late

Presented by Tim Hortons and InterLink Libraries

Show any BC library card and photo ID to receive $6.00 gate admission!

On Wednesday, August 21, 2019, fair-goers over the age of 13 can receive a discounted $6.00 gate admission to the Fair by presenting a BC Library card!

Presenting their library card grants one cardholder admission (one card must be shown per person to receive the discount) and ID is recommended.

Admission to the PNE Fair is free for children 5 and under, and $5.00 for children 6-13 yrs.

Fair attendees can visit the Library Zone near Toon City and Gate 4 for lively activities, or simply take a break in the relaxation zone. There will also be impromptu storytimes, maker activities, virtual reality, games, and more!

Categories: Adults Kids Library: Galiano Library: Mayne Library: Pender Library: Piers Library: Saturna Teens

Love of the Salish Sea Islands book launch – Galiano Library

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Aug 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Galiano Island Library presents:

Book Launch: Love of the Salish Sea Islands – New Essays, Memoirs and Poems by 40 Island Writers

Meet the Authors

Author Steven Ross Smith joined by special guests Cathy Ford and Arlene Paré, authors from Mayne Island.

Stephen Ross Smith, over three decades, has lived part-time in a cabin on Galiano Island. Five years ago he purchased a kayak to ply the waters around the island, and to write about the experiences. He has published the poetic series fluttertongue, now six books long. He is also the 2019 Banff Poet Laureate.

The event will discuss the new book “Love of the Salish Sea Islands – New Essays, Memoirs and Poems by 40 Island Writers“, edited by Mona Fertig (2019). “A treasury of writing celebrating the beauty, community, and importance of our archipelagos. Forty skilled island writers share their love of the many islands in the Salish Sea off British Columbia’s coast through passionate, eclectic and reflective-new and previously unpublished-essays, memoirs and poems.” 49thshelf.com

Everyone welcome!

Co-hosted by Galiano Island Books.

Categories: Adults Library: Galiano

Aug

Sun

“Be My Love” book launch- Mayne Island Library

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Aug 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Book Launch at the Mayne Island Library

“Be My Love” by Kit Pearson

Sunday Aug. 25, 2019 at 2 pm

Please join Order of Canada and Governor-General Award-winning author Kit Pearson for the Mayne Island launch of her latest novel, Be My Love.

Be My Love is the companion volume to The Whole Truth and to Nothing But the Truth. All three novels are set on an island called “Kingfisher Island” which is actually based on our own Mayne Island. There will be copies of the book available for sale; Kit will be available to sign books after the reading.

Everyone is welcome.
Refreshments will be served.