VI Regional Library Campbell River

08/28/2026

🌊🐙✨That's a wrap on Summer Reading Club 2026!✨🐙🌊

What an underwater blast we've had! Thank you to all our participants, readers, caregivers, and staff for making this such a fun Summer full of ocean-themed activities! It's been wonderful seeing so many kiddos excited to visit the library.

We'd like to say a special thanks to Discovery Passage Aquarium, Anita Murdoch (Nettles & Namaste), children's author Roz MacLean, and our pals from the Campbell River Museum (pictured in our photo booth below) for sharing their time and talents with us.

Keep an eye out for our calendars this Fall, we will have many cool (and free!) activities lined up for when the weather cools off.

08/18/2026

🌊🥳This THURSDAY!! 2:30 - 4:30pm🥳🌊

Let's celebrate all the reading you've done this summer! Bring your reading record and draw slips.

Our last draw for weekly prizes is at the party, as well as the draw for our 5 GRAND PRIZES!!! Don't miss out!

08/18/2026

👉We are hiring!📚
Are you a student looking for valuable work experience? We're looking for a couple of students to work at our Campbell River Branch! Take a look at the job posting 👇

Student Page – Campbell River Branch Light the Way with VIRL At Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL), we believe libraries strengthen …

08/14/2026

🌊🐙✨ LET'S PARTY! 🌊🐙✨

Join us next THURSDAY from 2:30 - 4:30pm, in celebration of all the reading you've done this summer!

We will have a Storywalk, fun activities, crafts, treats, and even a puppet show by our friends at the Campbell River Museum.

Readers can win prizes and medals for their reading - don't forget to bring your READING RECORD to show us how well you've done!!!

This event is for all kids ages 0-18 and their caregivers :)

08/07/2026

🦉🦇🐙NEXT THURSDAY! SAVE THE DATE!🐙🦇🦉

The wonderful Roz Maclean will be at our library to share her new book *Do You Know the Dark? Exploring the Unseen, Unknown, and Unusual*

After Roz reads her book, we will do a few crafts from her activity booklet :) All are welcome at this FREE event!

08/07/2026

🚗☀️ Hit the road, visit libraries, collect stamps and WIN PRIZES! 🎉📚

VIRL’s 90th Anniversary Passport Program is happening all summer long, and every library stop can get you closer to a prize!

Pick up your FREE passport at any Vancouver Island Regional Library branch, toss it in the glovebox, and start exploring. Visit branches across our incredible service area, collect unique stamps, discover new communities and enter for your chance to win!

- Visit any 5 VIRL branches to enter the Main Prize Draw (we have 39 branches!).
- Complete a passport region to enter one of 11 Regional Prize Draws PLUS earn another entry into the Main Prize Draw.
- With 11 regions to explore, from the South Island to Haida Gwaii and Bella Coola, how far will your passport take you?

Think you can visit more than FOUR VIRL branches this summer? 👀 Consider this your challenge. Visit an old favourite, then venture a little farther and discover a branch you’ve never been to before. You might just find a new favourite along the way.

No library card needed. No purchase required. Just stop by, explore and get stamped!

Keep collecting all summer and return your passport by October 31, 2026.

👉 Learn more: virl.bc.ca/90th

Grab your passport. Plan a road trip. Collect your stamps. Win prizes. Celebrate 90 years of VIRL! 🚙📚✨

08/01/2026

🦀🪼🐬 This Friday! Let's do some yoga together, under the sea!🐬🪼🦀

07/31/2026

🌞🌊🧜‍♀️ Is it August already?! Time flies when you have a stack of great books to dig into! 🧜‍♀️🌊🌞

Join us this month for even more Summer Reading Club activities, including Underwater Yoga with Anita of Nettles & Namaste, an author reading with acclaimed local children's author Roz Maclean, and of course, the Summer Reading Club Wrap-up Party!

07/29/2026

📚 Stock up before the long weekend!

All VIRL branches will be closed on Monday, August 3 for BC Day.

Borrow your next great read, movie, audiobook, or eBook before the weekend, or explore our digital collection anytime at virl.bc.ca.

Have a safe, happy, and relaxing BC Day! ☀️