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Teen Summer Reading Challenge

Bowen Library challenges you to a summer of great reading! Pick up your tracker at the Library, or download the fillable PDF (found below) and complete seven Reading Challenges and three Bonus Challenges. Books can be hard copies, graphic novels, ebooks, audiobooks and braille. On your tracker check off the challenges you complete, list the books you’ve read, and tell […]

 

Event Series French Connections: French Conversation Club

French Connections: French Conversation Club

Bowen Island Library - Flex Room

Drop in and join us to practice your conversational French, and get to know other French speakers on Bowen Island! The focus is on beginner and intermediate speakers, but all levels are welcome. We meet 10:30-11:30 am on these Saturdays, but participants are welcome to stay longer if the conversation is still rolling! September 23 […]

 

ReconciliACTION

Bowen Island Library - Annex 430 Bowen Trunk Rd., Bowen Island, BC, Canada

ReconciliACTION on Nex̱wlélex̱wm / Bowen Island: Be a Hummingbird & Do What You Can Dukdukdiya, the little hummingbird from the Quechan parable and illustrated here by local artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, inspires us to do what we can in the work of reconciliation ahead—single acts of courage and commitment. This is a drop-in event from […]

 

Event Series Author Talks

Poet Talk: Emily Osborne

Bowen Island Library - Annex 430 Bowen Trunk Rd., Bowen Island, BC, Canada

Join us for a talk by local poet, Emily Osborne, who will be reading from her new book of poetry, Safety Razor, published by Gordon Hill Press (2023). Read the Bowen Island Undercurrent article interviewing Emily Osborne Safety Razor combines personal lyrics with translations from Old Norse, its taut poems running like high-wires between the poles […]

 

French Connections: French Conversation Club

Bowen Island Library - Flex Room

Drop in and join us to practice your conversational French, and get to know other French speakers on Bowen Island! The focus is on beginner and intermediate speakers, but all levels are welcome. We meet 10:30-11:30 am on these Saturdays, but participants are welcome to stay longer if the conversation is still rolling! September 23 […]

 

Media Literacy Week

October 23-27, 2023 Join us in celebrating Canada’s Media Literacy Week! Learn about the key components of digital media literacy and find free resources to use throughout the week. See our Booklist in our catalogue & our book display in the library Read our Misinformation & Fake News page Check out Media Smarts' many Media […]