Seven scribes will speak about their work at the next edition of Writers in the Midst at the Port Moody Public Library.
The readings and talk-back in the Fireside Reading Room (in Port Moody city hall, 100 Newport Dr.) start at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 and will include presentations from:
• Gerry Bradley, a Port Moody resident, musician and a retired community mental health worker on Vancouver’s downtown eastside;
• Leesa Hanna, a Port Moody writer and artist who recently finished writing and illustrating her first children’s chapter book, The BIG Adventures of Little O: A Song for the Salmon;
• W.L. Hawkin, the author of the Hollystone Mysteries, a poet and book reviewer;
• Shannon Matter, a Coquitlam singer-songwriter, author and aromatherapist;
• Lesley Evans Ogden, a scientist and writer whose work appears in National Geographic and BBC Future, and on CBC TV’s The Nature of Things;
• Jim Peacock, a former Port Moody resident who crossed over from media to media relations and last year wrote a memoir;
• and Gregory J. Robb, whose debut book, Transience: From Failure to Future in a Scarred Family, was published in 2015.
No registration is required for the drop-in session next Tuesday. Call 604-469-4575.
Meanwhile, Debra Purdy Kong — a past Writers in the Midst guest — launches her new book The Blade Man at Western Sky Books (2132-2850 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam) at 7 p.m. Feb. 12.
Call 604-461-5602.
