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Friends of the Library Book Drive
Friends of the Library Book Drive
The Friends of the Library hold a Book Drive on the fourth Monday of every month from 3-5 pm at the Library to collect book donations from the community. These books are sold to raise funds for library services and initiatives. Please only bring books in good condition, and no textbooks. Thank you.
3 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Knit Night
Knit Night
Join fellow knitting enthusiasts in the Friends of the Library Lounge for a drop-in knit night.
2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Poetry Circle
Poetry Circle
A shared creative space for poetry with Amira Abouelalla. A place for listening, connecting, and being inspired...and of course, POETRY! First Credit Union Community Room Every other week on Thursdays, 4:30-6:00 pm. Drop-in.
1 event,
Write On
Write On
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 […]
1 event,
Crafternoons at PRPL
Crafternoons at PRPL
All ages are invited to drop in & join a CASUAL CRAFTERNOON with Jenny Allen Taves. Over the course of these ongoing crafternoons, Jenny will guide you in a variety of art and craft projects. You’ll get to play with paper, mark making, collage, and maybe even stamp carving, bookbinding, paper folding, and pop-up design! […]
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Joy! la Joie! Poetry Contest for Kids
April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by writing a poem about what joy or la joie means to you! Entries will be accepted through March until April 23. Entries accepted in French and English. No more than two poems per entrant. Please include your name, age, grade, and school on your submission. Winning entries will […]
3 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Knit Night
Knit Night
Join fellow knitting enthusiasts in the Friends of the Library Lounge for a drop-in knit night.
1 event,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
1 event,
Write On
Write On
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 […]
1 event,
Spirit Orcas in Powell River
Spirit Orcas in Powell River
Join two Special Olympic long distance swimmers Aly and Dixon as they share the story of their 25km swim in the Great Bear Rainforest. Saturday March 11, 2pm at the Library For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
1 event,
Joy! la Joie! Poetry Contest for Kids
April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by writing a poem about what joy or la joie means to you! Entries will be accepted through March until April 23. Entries accepted in French and English. No more than two poems per entrant. Please include your name, age, grade, and school on your submission. Winning entries will […]
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Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Children's Services Coordinator Sonia Zagwyn at szagwyn@prpl.ca. KIDS CAMP (Ages 8-10) RUNS 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, MARC 13-17. Parents/guardians wishing to register multiple participants must […]
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Teen Services Coordinator Mel Edgar at edgar@prpl.ca. TEEN CAMP (Ages 11+) RUNS 1:00 – 3:00 PM, MARCH 13-17. For more information about our 2023 instructor, read […]
Library Board Meeting
Library Board Meeting
Library Board Meetings are held at 4:00 pm on the second Monday of the month in the Library unless there is a holiday. Minutes and agendas are found on the library's website. Members of the public may request to appear as a delegation by emailing Chief Librarian, Rebecca Burbank, rburbank@prpl.ca.
3 events,
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Children's Services Coordinator Sonia Zagwyn at szagwyn@prpl.ca. KIDS CAMP (Ages 8-10) RUNS 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, MARC 13-17. Parents/guardians wishing to register multiple participants must […]
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Teen Services Coordinator Mel Edgar at edgar@prpl.ca. TEEN CAMP (Ages 11+) RUNS 1:00 – 3:00 PM, MARCH 13-17. For more information about our 2023 instructor, read […]
4 events,
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Children's Services Coordinator Sonia Zagwyn at szagwyn@prpl.ca. KIDS CAMP (Ages 8-10) RUNS 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, MARC 13-17. Parents/guardians wishing to register multiple participants must […]
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Teen Services Coordinator Mel Edgar at edgar@prpl.ca. TEEN CAMP (Ages 11+) RUNS 1:00 – 3:00 PM, MARCH 13-17. For more information about our 2023 instructor, read […]
4 events,
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Children's Services Coordinator Sonia Zagwyn at szagwyn@prpl.ca. KIDS CAMP (Ages 8-10) RUNS 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, MARC 13-17. Parents/guardians wishing to register multiple participants must […]
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Teen Services Coordinator Mel Edgar at edgar@prpl.ca. TEEN CAMP (Ages 11+) RUNS 1:00 – 3:00 PM, MARCH 13-17. For more information about our 2023 instructor, read […]
4 events,
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp for Kids
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Children's Services Coordinator Sonia Zagwyn at szagwyn@prpl.ca. KIDS CAMP (Ages 8-10) RUNS 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, MARC 13-17. Parents/guardians wishing to register multiple participants must […]
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camps for Teens
Spring Break Comic Camp 2023 This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 13-17. Registration is now closed. To be waitlisted for a spot, please contact Teen Services Coordinator Mel Edgar at edgar@prpl.ca. TEEN CAMP (Ages 11+) RUNS 1:00 – 3:00 PM, MARCH 13-17. For more information about our 2023 instructor, read […]
Write On
Write On
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 […]
2 events,
Comics Café with Sean Karemaker
Comics Café with Sean Karemaker
Youth and Adults are invited to draw with award-winning graphic novelist Sean Karemaker and make a collaborative storytelling scroll. All materials provided. Participants receive a voucher for a free drink and treat at the Nook by Lift. Drop-in.
Tech Savvy – Book Building Tool
Tech Savvy – Book Building Tool
Tech Savvy – Book Building Tool Learn about the user friendly book building tool available for free from Ingram Spark, one of the world’s leading book and ebook printers and distributors. Saturday March 18, 2pm at the Library For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
1 event,
Joy! la Joie! Poetry Contest for Kids
April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by writing a poem about what joy or la joie means to you! Entries will be accepted through March until April 23. Entries accepted in French and English. No more than two poems per entrant. Please include your name, age, grade, and school on your submission. Winning entries will […]
2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Knit Night
Knit Night
Join fellow knitting enthusiasts in the Friends of the Library Lounge for a drop-in knit night.
1 event,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
2 events,
Write On
Write On
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 […]
An Introduction to Ayurveda
An Introduction to Ayurveda
Author and Ayurveda practitioner Todd Caldecott will give discuss the theory and practice of Ayurveda – including diet, yoga, meditation and herbal remedies – and will present his book Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life.
2 events,
Friends of the Library Booksale
Friends of the Library Booksale
The qathet Friends of the Library are hosting a Spring Booksale with new and gently used books available. Explore the selection, which will be in the lounge area near the New Books. Please note that book donations will be accepted on the Saturday, as the library is closed for repairs on Monday, March 28th.
Mélange à Collage – with Community Radio Station CJMP 90.1 FM
Mélange à Collage – with Community Radio Station CJMP 90.1 FM
Adults and youth, connect with community and mix it up collage style. With hands busy, minds are relaxed and open to conversation. All materials provided. Drop-in. For more information contact Teen Services Coordinator, Mel Edgar at edgar@prpl.ca. About Community Radio Station CJMP 90.1FM Collage with multidisciplinary artist Laura Balducci who is also a member of […]
1 event,
Joy! la Joie! Poetry Contest for Kids
April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by writing a poem about what joy or la joie means to you! Entries will be accepted through March until April 23. Entries accepted in French and English. No more than two poems per entrant. Please include your name, age, grade, and school on your submission. Winning entries will […]
3 events,
Closed for Repairs
The library will be closed to the public for two days - Monday March 27th and Tuesday March 28th for repairs. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Postponed Friends of the Library Book Drive
Postponed Friends of the Library Book Drive
The Friends of the Library hold a Book Drive on the fourth Monday of every month from 3-5 pm at the Library to collect book donations from the community. These books are sold to raise funds for library services and initiatives. Please only bring books in good condition, and no textbooks. Thank you. Please note that you […]
2 events,
Closed for Repairs
The library will be closed to the public for two days - Monday March 27th and Tuesday March 28th for repairs. We apologize for the inconvenience.
An Introduction to Brain Health
An Introduction to Brain Health
Lindsay Grasso from the Alzheimer Society of BC will give an introduction to brain health and dementia and will share strategies on brain training to help maintain and improve your memory.
3 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Knit Night
Knit Night
Join fellow knitting enthusiasts in the Friends of the Library Lounge for a drop-in knit night.
2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
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.
Poetry Circle
Poetry Circle
A shared creative space for poetry with Amira Abouelalla. A place for listening, connecting, and being inspired...and of course, POETRY! First Credit Union Community Room Every other week on Thursdays, 4:30-6:00 pm. Drop-in.
2 events,
Write On
Write On
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 […]
Michael Robinson – A Memoir
Michael Robinson – A Memoir
Rhodes scholar and Order of Canada recipient Michel Robinson will present his new memoir You are Referred - My Life in Applied Anthropology, a collection of tales about working in energy regulation, community consultation and with various NGOs. Friday March 31, 7pm at the Library. For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
2 events,
Teen Poetry Contest 2023 – JOY!
Celebrate Poetry Month by entering the Teen Poetry Contest at PRPL! April is National Poetry Month and teens aged 12-18 are invited to enter a poetry contest on the theme of JOY - with thanks to the League of Canadian Poets! Enter for a chance to win recognition and a prize! Winning selections will also […]
Crafternoons at PRPL
Crafternoons at PRPL
All ages are invited to drop in & join a CASUAL CRAFTERNOON with Jenny Allen Taves. Over the course of these ongoing crafternoons, Jenny will guide you in a variety of art and craft projects. You’ll get to play with paper, mark making, collage, and maybe even stamp carving, bookbinding, paper folding, and pop-up design! […]
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