Join the VIRL in welcoming author Carolyn Redl with her new book, "Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living" (Heritage House, 2023). Part travelogue, part natural history, this enchanting book explores Island life over the course of a year. Listen to a short reading and view photos from the […]
Meet award-winning author Ellen Schwartz at Notably, a Book Lover’s Emporium and get a signed copy of her new book, "Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader" (Heritage House, 2023).
Join bestselling author Haley Healey for an afternoon of adventurous stories and brave women to celebrate the launch of her two new picture books—the first in the Trailblazing Canadians series from Heritage House. "Kimiko Murakami: A Japanese-Canadian Pioneer" is the inspiring and true life story of a Salt Spring Island homesteader and internment camp survivor. […]
Meet award-winning author Ellen Schwartz and get a signed copy of her new book, "Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader" (Heritage House, 2023). In her memoir, Ellen reflects on the idealistic, tumultuous, and eye-opening time she spent as a back-to-the-land hippie homesteader in Kootenays in the 1970s. https://www.heritagehouse.ca/book/galena-bay-odyssey/
Join the VIRL in welcoming local author CAROLYN REDL with her new book, "Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living" (Heritage House, 2023). • • • • • Saturday, May 27 3:00–4:30 pm The Forum: Parksville Civic & Technology Centre 100 Jensen Ave. E., Parksville, BC • • • […]
Laugh and reminisce about the 70s in the Kootenay region with award-winning author Ellen Schwartz. Ellen will share funny and touching stories from her new book, "Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader" (Heritage House, 2023). In her memoir, Ellen reflects on the idealistic, tumultuous, and eye-opening time she spent as a back-to-the-land hippie […]
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. Written by the late Glen A. Mofford, "Room at the Inn" is an illustrated social history profiling 40 historic hotels spread over five regions of the southern […]
Join us for a triple book launch! Hear from Chef Robin Kort, Amanda Lewis, and Carolyn Redl, in conversation with moderator Yvonne Blomer as they discuss all things wild and natural. — "The Coastal Forager's Cookbook: Feasting Wild in the Pacific Northwest" by ROBIN KORT is a collection of 40 recipes that showcase foraged ingredients […]
Join local author Grant Hayter-Menzies as he presents Freddie: The Rescue Dog Who Rescued Me, a book for anyone who has ever loved and lost an animal. Freddie is the moving memoir of a writer—a biographer of historical animals—whose life was forever changed when a rescue dog came into his life. Tracing their journey from […]
Join local author Danielle S. Marcotte for the launch of her new picture book, Blue Camas, Blue Camas. Sunday, November 19 | 1:00 pm Black Bond Books – Ladner Village Blue Camas, Blue Camas is the captivating story of how a flower that has been cultivated on Canada’s west coast since time immemorial came to […]