November 7, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Tanis Helliwell with her keen intuition and humour, presents her memoir that explores topics including past lives, spirit guides and spiritual realms. For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
Tag: books
October 4, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
The Non-Profit Murder Society cordially invites you to a local author reading.
Local author (and Murder Society member) Terry Baker will read from her unpublished book, The Murder Mystery Pub, the first in a series of mystery novels set in Powell River — reimagined in the book as Oceanview. This event is drop-in.
About The Murder Mystery Pub
A man dressed in the costume of a 19th-century theatre-goer is found dead on the Salish Trail. His death is ruled natural causes — but ex-RCMP constable Sandy Tremblay and her best friend Jac suspect murder……
About The the Non-Profit Murder Society
Love murder? Love mysteries? There is a place where you can come and talk about your love of the genre with others, walk away with recommended reads, and perhaps a new friend or two.
Whether you love Agatha Christie, Harlan Coben, Elly Griffiths or others. Whether your preference is gruesome or cozy, the Non-Profit Murder Society welcomes you. Come plot your next read with Marilee and Mel.
September 24, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
New date (Wednesday instead of Tuesday) and new location (Meeting Room B)! Still a place to read in quiet camaraderie with other silent readers.
No questions or conversation prompts, no presentations, just time set aside to read quietly with other book lovers. There is time to chat at the end of the session, but conversation is always optional.
September 20, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Meet PRPL’s newest Writer in Residence, the award-winning author Marion Quednau. This unconventional talk features one writer’s sources (and disclaimers) of her inventions. Bring all your questions! Drop-in.
For more information about Marion Quednau, and PRPL’s Writer in Residence program visit https://prpl.ca/writer-in-residence-2025/
July 15, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
David Dumaresq presents his new book The Shame Game: Stolen Lives, on the devastating impact of identity theft and the hidden costs of shame and redemption.
June 14, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Tla’Amin elder ošil (Betty Wilson) and artist Prashant Miranda present this beautifully illustrated ʔayʔajuθəm and English book, drawn from ošil’s childhood memoires. For information contact Mark at mmerlino@prpl.ca
January 18, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Authors Bob Hackett and Romilly Cavanaugh will discuss their new book Standing on High Ground. The speakers will discuss what drew them to engage in civil disobedience, what they learned from their experiences and from reading the chapters in the book written by other arrestees and how their perspectives have changed on climate politics and sustainability after standing with Indigenous land and water protectors.
January 28, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
No assigned reading. No questions or conversation prompts. Bring your current book (or borrow one) and read in quiet camaraderie with other introverts. Chat about your favourite authors, or not. This book club allows the social connection of other books clubs, without the social pressure!
Drop in on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the Friends of the Library Reading Lounge at the Library.
February 26, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Preschool storytime opens the story seat up to YOU on the last Wednesday of the month. Bring a favourite preschool-friendly picture book, song, or rhyme and share it with the kids. Sonia will find complementary books and songs to go with your selection! Email szagwyn@prpl.ca at least two weeks ahead to book your spot!
So you want to book the stage? Here are some tips to help you prepare:
For picture books, choose a story that is not too long (ideally no longer than 3 sentences per page) and has bold or bright pictures that will show up across the room.
For songs or rhymes, think about how your audience might participate with a clap, sound effect, refrain, chorus or action. Feel welcome to accompany yourself with an instrument!
Read the book/learn the song/practice the rhyme ahead of time – Make sure you are comfortable reading or singing the piece you have chosen, that you can pronounce all the words, and can get the pace of the wording right.
Introduce your piece before you begin.
Hold the book with the pictures facing towards your audience and place your hand at the top or bottom of the spine so that you cover as little of the pictures as possible. Leave enough time to appreciate the illustrations while keeping the flow of the story going.
Use an expressive voice – Change the volume and tone of your voice to reflect the things that are happening in the story. Use different voices for different characters.
Make eye contact – Be comfortable enough with your piece to look at your audience as you read or present. It will keep them engaged.
Have fun and don’t worry about being perfect. Really! Your enthusiasm will translate to your audience regardless of natural blips or stumbles.
February 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Kiwanis club of Powell River are doing some fundraising for a local lady, Helena Rogers Girard who is in need of a Liver Transplant and facing some expenses. Help us help her!
We are only accepting Fiction books for the sale and Kids books in good condition during the month of January 2025.Kiwanis club of Powell River are doing some fundraising for a local lady, Helena Rogers Girard who is in need of a Liver Transplant and facing some expenses. Help us help her!
We are only accepting Fiction books for the sale and Kids books in good condition during the month of January 2025.