Literary

Hal Wake, former Artistic Director of the Vancouver Writers Festival, leads Jan Redford, End of the Rope, and Angie Abdou, Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom, in a candid conversation about marriage, motherhood, and memoir. Salt Spring Public Library. 7:30 p.m.

Kathy Page reads from her new novel Dear Evelyn. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.

Peter Freeman launches Cape Horn Birthday,  the non-stop round-the-world journey of a lone sailor and his thirty-two-foot sloop. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. 

Double book launch of Pacific Northwest books: Kolea, Story of Hawaii and Beyond (Russell Cahill), and Anna, Like Thunder (Peggy Herring). SS Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m. 

Launch of The Complete Cold Mountain, Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. These poems from China have been celebrated by cultures of both east and west, and continue to be revered as among the most inspiring and enduring works of poetry worldwide. 

Finding Home: Collected Stories of Salt Spring Island Circles of Women. Celebration for book produced by local women writers, about how each one came to live on Salt Spring. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m. 

This month's book is The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. Salt Spring Public Library. 1 to 3 p.m. Book club meets from 1 - 3 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month. 

Joanne Barnard leads genealogy workshop at Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 10 a.m. Whether you have already done part of your family history or are just wondering what it’s about, come and find out why people are so enthusiastic about genealogy. 

Gabriola Island authors Fay Weller and Mary Wilson share Changemakers: Embracing Hope, Taking Action and Transforming the World. SS Public Library Program Room. 1 p.m. 

With featured poet Stephan Torre. Salt Spring Public Library. Reader sign-up at 6:45 p.m.; open mic at 7 p.m. and guest poet at 7:30 p.m.

Share a non-fiction book you have read at today's meeting at the Salt Spring Public Library. 1 to 3 p.m.

With author Colleen Adrian at the SS Library. 11 a.m. to noon.

With guest poet Christopher Levenson at the Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. Reader sign-up at 6:45 p.m. One poem per reader. Starts at 7 p.m. Guest poet at 7:30 p.m.

Rosemary Sullivan presents her book called Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.

With featured poet Philip Keven Paul and special guest Eden Robinson. SS Public Library. 7 p.m. Reader sign-up at 6:45 p.m. One poem per reader.

Authors Susan McCaslin and John Porter present their unique, unified, multi-genre work that includes dialogue, imaginary letters, poems and reflective essays. Salt Spring Public Library. 1 p.m. 

Amanda Hale features Hale’s new book of Cuban stories, Angela of the Stones, and Cornelia Hoogland’s Cuba Journal: Language and Writing. Salt Spring Public Library. 2 p.m.

Author John Dominic Crossan reads from and discusses his book called How to Read the Bible & Still be a Christian. SS Public Library Program Room. 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Author of Did You Know I Would Miss You? The Transformational Journey of the Suicide Survivor, offers hope and healing to suicide survivors, and supports siblings whose grief is often overlooked. Salt Spring Public Library. 1 p.m. 

Novel being discussed is Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien. Salt Spring Public Library. 1 to 3 p.m.