We’ve just announced our Spring 2018 Read Local BC events, so we’re thinking a lot about format and audience enjoyment. Perhaps one of these upcoming events this week will spark our imagination. We know they’re sure to kindle your curiosity.
Ron Norman and Keith Ogilvie cap off the Sidney Literary Festival’s Spring Series with an event on Friday, May 11.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/an-evening-with-ron-norman-and-keith-ogilvie-sidney/
Following a standing-room-only event on May 10 in Vancouver, Mark Winston and Renée Sarojini Saklikar head to Surrey, where Renée is the City’s Poet Laureate. Join Mark and Renée for the launch of Listening to the Bees on Friday, May 11 in Surrey.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-listening-to-the-bees-by-mark-winston-renee-sarojini-saklikar-surrey/
The annual writers festival in the Shushwap, Word on the Lake, takes place this weekend, May 11-13.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/word-on-the-lake-2018/
Saturday, May 12 is the Vancouver Island Children’s Book Festival in Nanaimo. All events are accessibly priced and the festival site is great to wander around.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/vancouver-island-childrens-book-festival/
Sarah Cox continues her tireless book tour with an event on Quadra Island on Saturday, May 12.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-breaching-the-peace-by-sarah-cox-quadra-island/
Janice Strong continues the book tour for the 4th edition of her popular hiking guide, Mountain Footsteps: Hikes in the East Kootenay of Southwestern British Columbia. Hear from Janice on Saturday, May 12 in Invermere, or Tuesday, May 15 in Cranbrook.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/mountain-footsteps-by-janice-strong-at-lotus-books-cranbrook/
Vancouver artist and historian Michael Kluckner will launch his third graphic novel, Julia, on Tuesday, May 15 in Vancouver.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-julia-by-michael-kluckner-vancouver/
In Victoria on Tuesday, May 15, Eve Joseph is joined by Patrick Friesen and Bill Gaston as the trio launch their new books.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/quarrels-by-eve-joseph-victoria/
For the armchair historian in the Okanagan, be sure to catch colonel-cum-author Patrick M. Dennis as he launches Reluctant Warriors: Canadian Conscripts and the Great War on Tuesday, May 15 in Kelowna.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-reluctant-warriors-by-patrick-m-dennis-kelowna/
Prior to the big launch of The Light a Body Radiates, hear Ethel Whitty read from her new book at Vancouver Public Library’s South Hill branch on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 16.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/the-light-a-body-radiates-by-ethel-whitty-vancouver/
Joanna Streetly and Kate Braid are taking their new books on a mini-tour. One non-fiction (Wild Fierce Life) and one poetry (Elemental), these two books complement each other in examining the natural world around us. Meet Joanna and Kate on Wednesday, May 16 on Galiano Island and on Thursday, May 17 in Victoria.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/joanna-streetly-kate-braid-victoria/