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National Novel Writing Month challenges you to write a 50,000 word book in one month. Join us in November for write-ins. We will provide space, story ideas, prizes, and support. All you have to do is write!

Attend this workshop in Mandarin from S.U.C.C.E.S.S. to learn how to renew your PR card, meet the residency obligation, fill out application forms, understand the application procedures and to ensure that you have the required documents.

Call 604-936-5900 (ext 511) or email lu.qi@success.bc.ca for information and to register.

Songs, rhymes, bounces, and fun for caregivers and babies. Learn more about the Library's babytimes and storytimes.

Fall 2019 sessions:

• Mondays, September 16 - December 2, 2-2:45pm
  * No program on statutory holidays (October 14 and November 11)
• Tuesdays, September 17 - December 3, 10:30-11:15am

Do you have questions about immigration, settlement, or finding a job in BC? BC Settlement and Integration Service (BCSIS) can help answer your questions.

Program dates: Tuesdays, September 17, October 15, November 19, and December 17

Make a one-on-one appointment by calling 604-468-6022 or emailing bcsis@success.bc.ca.

Need extra time to practice reading? Children can work with a teen volunteer to improve their reading skills.

Online registration starts on October 1.

The spirit of the Gallery Bistro lives on!

Writers in our Midst is a popular reading series of fiction, poetry, and performance previously hosted by the Gallery Bistro. Join us for a family-friendly affair and a great opportunity to hear (and maybe even meet) local writers. Tea and coffee will be served.

If you would like to read for this event, send 2-3 samples of your work with a short bio (75 words max) for consideration to timbercrestpublishing@gmail.com. Deadline: October 22. You will be contacted by October 29 if you have been selected.  

The presenters:

Kailey Veenstra is a writer and women’s group facilitator, passionate about spreading Love to our world, rather than Fear. She is fascinated by the Beauty of people and places; particularly her oceanside town of Port Moody. Story is her art form; both written and spoken. She is a wife of eight years and a mother to a passionate and spirited four year old daughter.

Sheilagh MacDonald is a member of the Burnaby Writer’s Society. She’s writing a book about a unique childhood in the Yukon. She was a Communication Chair for CUPE at SFU for several years and created SFU newsletters. Her training is in Broadcast Journalism. Sheilagh freelanced for radio stations, local newspapers, and magazines. She has recently presented at Word Vancouver; Distant Tales at the Deer Lake Gallery, the  New Beginnings Launch in Port Moody and the Canada Korea Literary Festival.

Originally from Vancouver Island, Shannon Page holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. Her fiction and essays have appeared in The Scattered Pelican, Untethered, The Town Crier, and elsewhere. She currently resides in Port Moody and is working on a novel about murder, movies, and growing up queer on the west coast.

Margie Taylor has written three novels: Harrow Road (Mediscript: 2017); Displaced Persons (NeWest: 2004), and Some of Skippy’s Blues (Robert Davies: 1997), and a collection of humorous essays, 60 is the new 20 (Mediscript: 2011). Her short story, Sweet Thursday, took first place in the "Life of Writers" summer contest. You Can Lie Down When You're Dead, took 2nd place, Creative Nonfiction, in the 2019 Northwestern Ontario Writers competition and her story, Aftermath, was selected to be part of an anthology, Timeless Wisdom (Exisle: 2020)

Debra Purdy Kong is the author of the Casey Holland transit security mysteries set in Metro Vancouver. She’s also published numerous short stories, essays, and articles for publications such as Chicken Soup for the Bride’s Soul, B.C. Parent Magazine, and The Vancouver Sun. She is a facilitator for Port Moody Recreation’s Creative Writing Program and former board member for Crime Writers of Canada. She’s also been a proud resident of Port Moody for 32 years.

Eileen Holland is the author of the humorous children’s book Sophie Trophy (Crwth Press, 2019). Eileen has dozens of magazine article credits, is the former Associate Western Editor of an Ottawa-based magazine, and attended the 2002 B.C. Festival of the Arts Literary Arts Program (children’s writing) as a jury-selected delegate. She wrote an historic document The Story of Nelson Public Library 1986-2013.

An active family storytime with songs, music, puppets, stories, silliness, and more! Learn more about the Library's babytimes and storytimes.

Fall 2019 sessions:

• Wednesdays, September 18 - December 4, 10:30-11am
• Thursdays, September 19 - December 5, 10:30-11am
• Saturdays, September 21 - December 7, 9:30-10am

Need extra time to practice reading? Children can work with a teen volunteer to improve their reading skills.

Online registration starts on October 1.

Do you love books and want to share your thoughts and experiences with others? Join our Page-Turners' Book Club! We'll have lively discussions of all types of fiction. This session we will be reading All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.