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The Coast Photo Competition

The 2022 ‘The Coast’ Photo Competition. Submit your photos before the deadline of Wednesday June 8, 2022 at 12pm. For competition rules and Prizes consult – Competition Guidelines

Closure – Holiday

The library will be closed on Friday April 15th and Monday April 18th, but open over the weekend.

Event Series Tech Tips

Tech Tips

Study Table

Drop-in to the Library with your questions and devices for Tech Tips Tuesdays, hosted by LIFT Literacy Services. We will be located at the study table near the Large Print collection, ready to troubleshoot!

Event Series Preschool Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Anne Woznow Children's Reading Room

Sonia Zagwyn offers a lively fare of puppetry, finger plays, action rhymes, singalong songs and the best-of-the-best-of book-tales Wednesday and Thursday mornings, 10:30-11:00 am in the Anne Woznow Children's Reading Room. Toddlers and preschoolers and family members come discover the energy of words and pictures. This is a drop-in program and no registration is required.

Event Series Preschool Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Anne Woznow Children's Reading Room

Sonia Zagwyn offers a lively fare of puppetry, finger plays, action rhymes, singalong songs and the best-of-the-best-of book-tales Wednesday and Thursday mornings, 10:30-11:00 am in the Anne Woznow Children's Reading Room. Toddlers and preschoolers and family members come discover the energy of words and pictures. This is a drop-in program and no registration is required.

Garden Storywalks

VCH Hospital Garden 5000 Joyce Ave., Powell River, BC, Canada

Join Sonia at the VCH Hospital Garden the last Thursday of the month for a storywalk, plus songs and activities in the gazebo for preschool children. Registration required. Email Sonia Zagwyn at szagwyn@prpl.ca

Paws to De-stress (For Teens!)

School got you dog-tired? Teens come take a “paws” in PRPL’s teen room and de-stress with a certified therapy dog- her name is Freda! Check our calendar for details about when Freda will be in the library, special Thursdays between 4:00-4:45 pm.  For more information contact Teen Services Coordinator, Mel Edgar, edgar@prpl.ca.

Event Series Write On

Write On

Virtual

Write On is a fun, creative, and informal online space for writers.  Participating writers will receive creativity-sparking prompts each week, and we will write for 20-25 minutes followed by discussion and time to share and celebrate writing. Write On meets virtually on Fridays from 2-3 pm. Registrants will receive a link by email each week for […]

Free

One Inch from Disaster: True Tales from the Wilds of BC

Virtual

Storyteller Kelly Ricketts presents his lively and hilarious memoir of his adventures and close calls logging, mining, horse wrangling, boxing and performing music in rural BC. Via Zoom. For information or to Register mmerlino@prpl.ca

Poetry Slam- The Language of Trees

First Credit Union Community Room

POETRY SLAM IS BACK! In celebration of Earth Month and in partnership with the Powell River Historical Museum and Archives and hosted by Amira Abouelalla from jehjeh Media — this SLAM’s theme is the Language of Trees. To compete: Bring THREE poems that surround the theme of trees and forestry. All regular SLAM rules apply, particularly a […]