Category Archives: book launches

Book Launch — I Can, Too!

One of our members, Karen Autio, is launching her picture book I Can, Too! and its French translation Moi aussi, je peux! in person along with Loraine Kemp who is launching her middle grade novel Luna, her first book as … Continue reading

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Kah-Lan and the Stink-Ink Virtual Book Events

“Karen Autio has that great gift, which is to write a gripping story with a streamlined, yet richly specific vocabulary. I so enjoyed the physicality of Kah-Lan’s swimming and diving and grooming. This story of a young sea otter is … Continue reading

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Join the launch of the Jigsaw Puzzle King

Gina McMurchy-Barber is launching her latest book, The Jigsaw Puzzle King!   Sunday January 19 @ 2:30 pm Guildford Library 10105 – 105 Ave, Surrey   Everyone welcome! The library is easy to get to from Hwy 1, or Skytrain … Continue reading

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Book launch alert: Join author Darlene Foster as she celebrates Amanda in Holland

Darlene Foster will be in BC to launch book seven in the Amanda Travels series, Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action. Two events are scheduled: Albany Books Tsawwassen, BC Saturday, October 19th, 1 to 3 PM Chapters Pine Tree Village … Continue reading

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Stacey Matson book launch – September 19th, 2019

Stacey Matson is keen to share her newest novel, Finding Cooper, with the world. It’s a mystery that includes the real-life, unsolved FBI case about famed skyjacker D.B. Cooper. It takes place in Vancouver (and Ladner), and it has a dog … Continue reading

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Mahtab Narsimhan celebrates Vancouver Asian Heritage Month with Embrace the Chicken

Mahtab Narsimhan launched her latest novel, EMBRACE THE CHICKEN – a story about being proud of who you are – at the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library in May 2019. It is published by Orca for their Currents Series. … Continue reading

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