Salt Spring Library

A monthly book club every 2nd Tuesday of each month! This month we discuss Two Tricksters Find Friendship by Jess Willows and Johnny Aitken. We welcome you to join us in broadening our understanding of reconciliation through the exploration of literature and film created by Indigenous authors. Preregistration is requested. To obtain further information please contact: info@saltspringlibrary.com

Learn how to make use of AI in your day to day life. Join our speaker Juliana Paul for an engaging and beginner-friendly talk where we will beak down the basics of artificial intelligence in a way that actually makes sense. You’ll learn what AI is, how it works, and most importantly, how you can use it in your everyday life to save time, stay organized, and make things a little easier. Try out simple AI tools live Examples of what AI can create Asking the best prompts Real life uses

In partnership with Family Place, The Library is proud to host ‘Mother Goose,’ a FREE and magical group experience for babies, young children (0-4 years) and their parents/caregivers. It is a well-recognized and respected oral language program that returns to tradition by using rhymes, songs and storytelling as a base for enriching parent-child lives and relationships. No toys, just parent and child having fun interacting together.

StoryWalk® is a self-guided supported-activity that allows children and adults to enjoy reading and outdoor activity at the same time. Every weekend, laminated pages from a children’s book is attached to signs, These signs are then sequentially installed from the front of the Library, down the street, then though Mouat Park toward the Rainbow Road Pool. As you stroll down the trail, a story unfolds. StoryWalks® have been installed in 50 states and 13 countries including, Germany, Canada, England, Bermuda, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Korea! ​ StoryWalk® was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. StoryWalks are week long events.

Special StoryTime with children’s author Aidan Cassie Aidan will be reading and launching her brand new book CAT SHAPES. Some of her other great books will also be read. We expect it to be a fun and unique Neighbourhood StoryTime!

Starting after Neighbourhood StoryTime, around 11:30. Weekly crafts are always different, and always fun. From cards, to wreaths, to snow globes to lanterns, to mobiles to puppets, crowns or wands – enjoy the magic of creating and playing while fostering your child’s creativity, and taking part in free community activities together. Drop in program, registration not required; crafts participation is limited to available craft supplies.

Every Friday afternoon at the library we will have our large selection of board games available for youth to get together and have some fun. Snacks provided!

Writing in Community Writers, do you struggle with staying motivated, with setting and achieving your goals, with finding others who understand the unique challenges of getting words on the page – even with simply starting a writing project? Join a group of local writers for weekly “write-ins”. Please note: This is not a critique group. You will not be reading your writing aloud, nor will you be required to read others’ work.

Shop for all the wonderful dads in your lives and support the budding entrepreneurs of our community. Please note that this event is a week before Father’s Day and the market will be from 10am-12pm this time.

Join Explorers Club Medalists & Internationally acclaimed Photographers Pat & Rosemarie Keough Vicariously voyage the Arctic’s fabled Northwest Passage via the Keoughs’ great stories and stunning photography garnered during three transits. Topics include: people and culture, wildlife and vegetation, geology and ice, history and discoveries, climate change, boundary and waterway disputes…. and more! Join us for this free, 90-minute talk/slideshow.

Saturday, June 13 at 7:pm: C.C. Humphreys – The Double Life of Eve Sinclair Come and join us for the launch of Chris’ new book: The Alice Network meets The Nightingale in this romantic and suspenseful novel about a female spy who must push herself to her very limits to save herself and everything she holds dear – from nationally bestselling author and master of historical fiction C.C. Humphreys.

Tech Tutoring with Peter Tuesdays 10AM, 11AM, 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM Bring any kind of device and technology-related questions for tech help with Peter. Book your 45 minute one-on-one tech tutoring session with Peter online or visit the front desk at the Library.

Meditation leader Peter Levitt has practiced meditation for more than fifty years. As a fully authorized Zen teacher, he founded and led the Salt Spring Zen Circle until his retirement in 2023. He is the author of twenty books of poetry and prose, including translations from Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish. He developed this program with the hope that learning the general basics of meditation will bring greater calm, ease, enjoyment and understanding to fellow islanders. Each week’s session will include instruction, meditation, questions & answers, and the sharing of tea. Participants will be sitting in chairs and will be able to continue this practice at home. Beginning and experienced participants are welcome to join.

Where people come together, knit together, and share. Out of a love of knitting comes a space where folks can simply sit together and knit. Novice or über experienced everyone is welcome. Join us every third Wednesday of the month, 5-7pm.

StoryWalk® is a self-guided supported-activity that allows children and adults to enjoy reading and outdoor activity at the same time. Every weekend, laminated pages from a children’s book is attached to signs, These signs are then sequentially installed from the front of the Library, down the street, then though Mouat Park toward the Rainbow Road Pool. As you stroll down the trail, a story unfolds. StoryWalks® have been installed in 50 states and 13 countries including, Germany, Canada, England, Bermuda, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Korea! ​ StoryWalk® was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. StoryWalks are week long events.

The library invites all kids and their dad-figures to build a nature-based project at home, to be submitted to the library for judging. The public will vote for their 2 favourites. The public has a whole week to vote! To be submitted to the library on June 19. Voting until the June 26.

A NEW spin on a classic program.  Children’s Stories read by the people that you meet each day! Every Friday from 11AM-11:30AM, The Library hosts Family Story Time, and all ages event with stories for readers of all level and ability, from babies to 7 year olds. Traditionally, this program fosters early literacy, creates positive associations with books, being read to, and the Library, and provides a rewarding shared experience between adults and their children… and now we’re adding a new element to the Program: Community connection. The Library will host guest Story Time readers, from Fire Fighters, to Book shop owners, to SPCA volunteers, to public health nurses, to ELF (Early Learning For Families — Strong Start) leaders, to PARC Life guards to Grocery clerks to RCMP officers. All th

Starting after Neighbourhood StoryTime, around 11:30. Weekly crafts are always different, and always fun. From cards, to wreaths, to snow globes to lanterns, to mobiles to puppets, crowns or wands – enjoy the magic of creating and playing while fostering your child’s creativity, and taking part in free community activities together. Drop in program, registration not required; crafts participation is limited to available craft supplies.

Every Friday afternoon at the library we will have our large selection of board games available for youth to get together and have some fun. Snacks provided!

Writing in Community Writers, do you struggle with staying motivated, with setting and achieving your goals, with finding others who understand the unique challenges of getting words on the page – even with simply starting a writing project? Join a group of local writers for weekly “write-ins”. Please note: This is not a critique group. You will not be reading your writing aloud, nor will you be required to read others’ work.

Travelling the Pathway of Truth & Reconciliation Presenter Dr. David Schaepe traces survivors’ decades-long path toward truth and reconciliation, focusing on the investigations he leads for the Stó:lō Nation Chiefs Council into three residential schools and a hospital in BC’s Fraser Valley. He outlines the Xyólhmet ye Syéwiqwólh (“Taking Care of Our Children”) project’s methods and goals, highlights the BC Indian Residential School Technical Working Group’s Declaration Rejecting Denialism, and draws on 40+ years of survivor testimony to document residential school histories. Location: Farmers’ Institute for Indigenous Peoples Weekend SSI (Inside the Tipi) https://indigenouspeoplesweekend.ca/

This free event is a chance to chat with other Spanish speakers or learners in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. As this is a Conversational Group some knowledge of Spanish is necessary. ¡Hasta pronto! If you want to join, please contact: programs@saltspringlibrary.com

Tech Tutoring with Peter Tuesdays 10AM, 11AM, 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM Bring any kind of device and technology-related questions for tech help with Peter. Book your 45 minute one-on-one tech tutoring session with Peter online or visit the front desk at the Library.

This month we are reading The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. Interested in reading and discussing well written books? Join the library book club! For more information email: bookclub@saltspringlibrary.com

StoryWalk® is a self-guided supported-activity that allows children and adults to enjoy reading and outdoor activity at the same time. Every weekend, laminated pages from a children’s book is attached to signs, These signs are then sequentially installed from the front of the Library, down the street, then though Mouat Park toward the Rainbow Road Pool. As you stroll down the trail, a story unfolds. StoryWalks® have been installed in 50 states and 13 countries including, Germany, Canada, England, Bermuda, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Korea! ​ StoryWalk® was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. StoryWalks are week long events.