Literary

Anthology of pieces by Canadian authors with contributions by Salt Spring writers Wendy Judith Cutler and Corrie Hope Furst. SS Public Library Program Room. 1 p.m. 

Pauline La Bel from Bowen Island presents Whale in the Door. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m.

Dan Jason launches Awesome Ancient Grains & Seeds. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m.

Salt Spring resident Krista Thornhill launches Earth Journey: A Guide to Living with the Seasons. Salt Spring Public Library. 2 p.m.

Featuring Yvonne Blomer, editor Of Refugium: Poems for the Pacific and Johanna Streetly, author Of Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments on the Outer Coast. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m. 

This month's pick is West with the Night by Beryl Markham. The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1-3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month.

Featured poet is Wendy Donawa. Victoria poet Wendy Donawa is a contributing editor for Arc Poetry Magazine, and her poems have appeared in journals, anthologies, and three chapbooks. Elegiac and incisive, her collection Thin Air of the Knowable unpacks the light and dark of daily life in the larger context of humanity's griefs and quandaries.  […]

Donna Kane shares her literary memoir called Summer of the Horse. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m.

Canadian mystery writer Peter Robinson discusses his Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks series. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m. 

Today's pick is All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 - 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month. Meet other book lovers and have fun discussing an interesting read.

Poetry event: Patrick Friesen launches Songen, and Eve Joseph launches Quarrels. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. 

Anthony (Tony) Bruce launches his latest book, To Seek the Wind of Sorrow, at the Salt Spring Public Library. 3 p.m.

With featured poets Barbara Pelman and ulrike narwani. SS Public Library. 7 p.m. Open mic sign-up begins at 6:45 p.m. One poem per reader. 

Salt Spring writer John Bateman launches his book called Salt Spring Has Issues at the SS Public Library. 3 p.m.

Award-winning Salt Spring poet and novelist Robert Hilles reads from his new book of poetry called Line. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.

Salt Spring author Chris Humphreys launches Chasing the Wind, which Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander, calls “a barrel rolling barn burner of a book.”  Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m.    

Kimberly Dark releases her first collection of poetry, Love and Errors, and Linda Rogers shared incandescent stories in Crow Jazz. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 4 p.m.

This month's book is The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi. The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 - 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month. Meet other book lovers and have fun discussing an interesting read.

Traveller and author Gary Karlsen shares memoir No Ordinary Seaman, moving from southwest coastal BC to tracing his Norwegian roots. Library program room. 3:30 p.m.

Local author Danielle Blackwood reads from The Twelve Faces of the Goddess: Transform Your Life with Astrology, Magick and the Sacred Feminine. SS Public Library. 7 p.m. 

The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 – 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month. Meet other book lovers and have fun discussing an interesting read. This month's book is Old Filth by Jane Gardam.

With featured poet Rayanne Haines, who will read from her new collection called Stained with the Colours of Sunday Morning. 7 p.m., with featured poet at 7:30 p.m. Sign-up is at 6:45 p.m. One poem per reader.

The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 – 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month. This month's pick is The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton.