After two hugely successful events in Vancouver and Surrey, Mark Winston and Renée Sarojini Saklikar are bringing the bees to Victoria on Friday, May 25. Now a BC bestseller, Listening to the Bees is a combination of scientific essays and poetic musings.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-listening-to-the-bees-by-mark-winston-renee-sarojini-saklikar-victoria/
Read Local BC’s second event this season is Poetic Frequency on Tuesday, May 29, hosted by the Surrey Poet Laureate, Renée Sarojini Saklikar at the Surrey Library. Hear from three amazing poets—Kate Braid, Mercedes Eng, and Cornelia Hoogland.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/poetic-frequency-read-local-bc/
Historical fiction fans rejoice! Peggy Herring is launching her new novel, Anna, Like Thunder, in Victoria on Tuesday, May 29.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/anna-like-thunder-by-peggy-herring-victoria/
Read Local BC’s final spring event, Fictional Motives, goes down on Wednesday, May 30 at Massy Books in Vancouver. Join four incredible writers—Jen Currin, Kevin Chong, Peggy Herring, and Rose Seiler Scott—for an evening of fictional delight.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/fictional-motives-read-local-bc/
Stephen Hui is launching 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia at the Wanderung Spring picnic on Wednesday, May 30 in Vancouver. Already a BC bestseller, the book is a fully updated and revised edition of the bestselling guidebook, 103 Hikes.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-105-hikes-by-stephen-hui-wanderung-spring-picnic/
Iona Whishaw is doing a special in-store event on Wednesday, May 30 at a clothing boutique in Vancouver. If you love a light mystery with your history, you’ll want to read this series.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/it-begins-in-betrayal-by-iona-whishaw-vancouver/
If you missed Andrew MacLeod last week at Spirit of BC in Sidney, you have another chance to hear him speak. On Thursday, May 31 in Victoria, Andrew will launch All Together Healthy.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/launch-all-together-healthy-by-andrew-macleod-victoria/
Salt Spring Islanders are in for a treat: Eve Joseph and Patrick Friesen launch their new books on SSI on Thursday, May 31.
http://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/quarrels-by-eve-joseph-salt-spring-island/