The Salt Spring Island Public Library, in conjunction with Salt Spring Books, is hosting the book launch of international bestselling author and local writer Patrick Taylor on Tuesday, October 23. Mr. Taylor will read from his recently released novel An Irish Country Wedding, which is the seventh book in the bestselling Irish Country Doctor series about a […]
As part of the Salt Spring Public Library’s March Focus on Women celebration, VICKI GABEREAU, best known for her work as a journalist and television personality, will speak on Wednesday, March 19 at 7 pm at ArtSpring. Vicki will talk about ‘reinvention after retirement'; she’s now in the shoe business in Vancouver. Please bring a […]
Author John Vaillant returns on March 5th to ArtSpring with his latest book, The Jaguar’s Children, and the Salt Spring film premier of Hadwin’s Judgement, a documentary based on his Governor General’s Award-winning book The Golden Spruce (Norton 2005). Producer Elizabeth Yake, President of the local production company True West Films, will introduce the award-winning […]
Local authors Deborah Campbell and Kevin Patterson launch their new books at ArtSpring. Deborah Campbell’s A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War is the riveting true story of a remarkable relationship between two women--the award-winning Canadian journalist Campbell and Ahlam, an Iraqi woman working as a "fixer" […]
Joel Solomon, pioneering clean money investor and change agent, explains this shift in his new book, part memoir of an inspiring thought leader’s journey from presidential campaigner to budding oceanographer to multi-millionaire investor, part insider’s guide to the businesses remaking the world, and part manifesto for a bright new future. The Clean Money Revolution explores […]
Dr. Bonnie Henry says to be kind, be calm, be safe. She never said to write a limerick on the subject of the pandemic, but why not have a little fun? This project is a collaboration between ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island Public Library and Salt Spring Island Foundation. We all thought it would be great […]
