Local Arts

The contest was introduced last summer by the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society and this year attracted nearly 100 titles submitted by publishers across Canada.

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is searching for the mystery donor who last week deposited a black-and-white photograph at the facility.

This February, festival organizers again matched novelists, poets, and short story writers with painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists — more than 50 participants in total.

The Labour Day weekend represents grand finales for the free summer-long music series that entertained audiences in Gibsons, Sechelt and Roberts Creek.

Liz Marshall quickly reveals her collaborative spirit during our brief outdoor photo shoot in Lower Gibsons. “Scarf on or off?” she asks while posing in front of an ocean backdrop on Marine Drive.

CBC Victoria radio host Gregor Craigie shares insights from his latest book, 'Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis'

'I think that one of the things that makes Harbour books is that they are timely books, even if the world doesn’t know they are timely at the time': Panel honours the publishing powerhouse during the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Also, Sechelt, Gibsons and Roberts Creek music series continue

In the kitchen of Roberta Leslie’s newly renovated home there hangs a framed quote attributed to Ava Gardner. It reads: “When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.”

Odile Gagné’s mixed media show, 'Our Playful Seascape,' on at Gibsons Public Art Gallery until Aug. 25