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Event Series WIR 2024 – Writers’ Café

WIR 2024 – Writers’ Café

Meeting Room A

Want to meet other writers? Need some inspiration to get words down on the page? Hoping to protect some precious time each week to focus on your writing? Come to the library for a weekly drop-in Writer's cafe session with Robin Stevenson. Start a new piece of writing with the weekly writing prompts Robin provides, or focus on your own work-in-progress--it's […]

Event Series Young Writers’ Group

Young Writers’ Group

Meeting Room B

Interact, create and engage in this fun and informal writing group!  Talk writing, genre, learn new techniques, and develop your craft. Ages 10+  welcome. Young Writers Group meets every Friday when school is in session. Drop-in.

WIR 2024 — Powerful Memories — Texada

Texada Library Gillies Bay, BC, Canada

The most powerful books are usually ones with characters that feel real, with emotions readers can connect to. One technique to add more emotional intensity to our writing involves drawing on our own childhood memories and using them to deepen character development and craft vivid scenes. Acclaimed author Robin Stevenson will discuss how to draw […]

Event Series TinkerTrunk

TinkerTrunk

Rotary MakerSpace

Kids 8-12 choose-your-own-tech-adventure from the Makerspace Cabinet of Gadgetry in these self-led, adult-supported sessions.

WIR 2024 — Powerful Memories

First Credit Union Community Room

The most powerful books are usually ones with characters that feel real, with emotions readers can connect to. One technique to add more emotional intensity to our writing involves drawing on our own childhood memories and using them to deepen character development and craft vivid scenes. PRPL’s Writer in Residence for 2024 is Robin Stevenson […]

katherena vermette: real ones

Virtual

This program will be accessed live, online via https://www.crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-present. BC Libraries Present — FAQ How can I participate in events? All events are hosted on Crowdcast, which is a virtual events platform used by public libraries, universities, literary festivals, and dozens of diverse organizations. BC Libraries Present has a Crowdcast channel: https://www.crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-present This is where […]

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 After School Prime Time

After School Prime Time

First Credit Union Community Room

Primary grades K+ are invited to unwind and connect through play in this weekly afterschool drop-in featuring a cool collection of low-tech, high-interest play and crafting resources. This program is best suited for children ages 5+. Adult supervision is required. Full details below: Children are an important part of the community the library serves and […]

Event Series Fantasy Adventure Club

Fantasy Adventure Club

Meeting Room A +1 more

Youth 12+ are invited to immerse themselves in the world of role-playing games. A Tunnel Goons adventure facilitated by Robin Gibson in Meeting Room A or a Dungeons and Dragons adventure led by Dungeon Master Dan Rogers in Meeting Room B. About Robin Gibson Robin Gibson is a game designer and illustrator, who has been […]

Free

Knit Night

Friends of the Library Lounge 100-6975 Alberni Street, Powell River, BC, Canada

Join fellow knitting enthusiasts in the Friends of the Library Lounge for a drop-in knit night.