Salt Spring Island Public Library

Salt Spring Island Public Library A space for community and library patrons. Mission: Opportunities for all to learn, connect and explore. Vision: An engaged, informed and connected Salt Spring.

Values: The Library values innovation, equity, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. The Salt Spring Island Public Library acknowledges that it conducts its work on the traditional, unceded homelands of the Hul'qumi'num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, who continue to use and steward these lands.

Book Reading and Signing Event!In The Cree Word for Love, Indigenous author Tracey Lindberg and artist George Littlechi...
05/06/2026

Book Reading and Signing Event!

In The Cree Word for Love, Indigenous author Tracey Lindberg and artist George Littlechild consider a teaching from an Elder that in their culture, the notion of love as constructed in Western society does not exist. Here, through original fiction and select iconic paintings, Lindberg and Littlechild respond.

Join us on Friday, May 8th at 7pm in the community program room as Tracey reads from her latest book and stay for a tea and book signing after!

Today we wear red. ❤️On this MMIWG2S Day, we honor and remember the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Sp...
05/05/2026

Today we wear red. ❤️
On this MMIWG2S Day, we honor and remember the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit & gender diverse people whose voices should still be heard, whose lives mattered deeply, and whose stories must never be forgotten.
We stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities, holding space for grief, truth, and justice. This day is not only about remembrance—it’s a call to listen, to learn, and to take action.
May we move forward with respect, awareness, and commitment to change.

🎇"In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way." — YodaDark place, light place... A Lib...
05/04/2026

🎇"In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way." — Yoda

Dark place, light place... A Library place is always a good place to find knowledge -- in books and from within.

May 4th and every day, I hope the books are with you. And if they're not come pick some up! 🌌

📚 Spend a Day in Sueño Bay THIS SATURDAY!!!We're excited to host an exhibition on the creation of graphic novels, featur...
05/04/2026

📚 Spend a Day in Sueño Bay THIS SATURDAY!!!
We're excited to host an exhibition on the creation of graphic novels, featuring the work of author/illustrator pair Nancy and Mike Deas.
Come see the artistic process behind Sueño Bay — from sketches to finished pages.
🗓 Open Reception: Saturday, May 9th | 2:30 – 3:30 pm
🖼 Exhibition runs: May 9th – 30th
📍 Salt Spring Island Public Library, Community Program Room
Everyone welcome — free to attend!
Presented in partnership with Salt Spring Books and Orca Book Publishers.

The Library is on Air! Check It Out is the new radio show on CHIR FM:Meet host Cecilia Low presenting a variety of libra...
05/03/2026

The Library is on Air! Check It Out is the new radio show on CHIR FM:
Meet host Cecilia Low presenting a variety of library topics & trivia, interviewing with local authors, and answering patron questions.

🚫 🚫DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!!! 🚫 🚫✅Judge it by its first sentence. ✅In the TEEN ZONE where new books are highligh...
05/02/2026

🚫 🚫DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!!! 🚫 🚫

✅Judge it by its first sentence. ✅

In the TEEN ZONE where new books are highlighted.....

We have 18 books covered up, with the first sentence of the books on the front. Take a chance and grab one!

But first, take it to the front to be checked out 😅

📚 Spend a Day in Sueño Bay!We're excited to host an exhibition on the creation of graphic novels, featuring the work of ...
05/02/2026

📚 Spend a Day in Sueño Bay!
We're excited to host an exhibition on the creation of graphic novels, featuring the work of author/illustrator pair Nancy and Mike Deas.
Come see the artistic process behind Sueño Bay — from sketches to finished pages.
🗓 Open Reception: Saturday, May 9th | 2:30 – 3:30 pm
🖼 Exhibition runs: May 9th – 30th
📍 Salt Spring Island Public Library, Community Program Room
Everyone welcome — free to attend!
Presented in partnership with Salt Spring Books and Orca Book Publishers.

Mother's Day Market at the library is TOMORROW! 11-1pm (one hour shorter than the last market) Cash only!!
05/01/2026

Mother's Day Market at the library is TOMORROW! 11-1pm (one hour shorter than the last market) Cash only!!

It's another month... Which means a whole new bunch of StoryWalks! What is a StoryWalk? It's a page by page stroll throu...
05/01/2026

It's another month... Which means a whole new bunch of StoryWalks!
What is a StoryWalk?

It's a page by page stroll through a book.
Starting at the park entrance on McPhillip, signs posted with laminated pages allow walkers-and-readers to take in a book at their leisure. New books posted every week!

For the whole month of May, we will be crafting flowers: Flower wands, flower crowns, flower cards for Mother's Day, flo...
04/30/2026

For the whole month of May, we will be crafting flowers: Flower wands, flower crowns, flower cards for Mother's Day, flower hair, flowers, flowers, and MORE flowers! Basically.....lots of flower crafts.

AAAaaannd flower stories tomorrow with Daphne! Storytime is every Friday at 11, and there's always a craft right afterwards. So you may as well come to both 😎

👋The Library's new Treasurer Brandi Wyldewood is out front of the Library asking people to tell the LCC they 💕love 💕 the...
04/30/2026

👋The Library's new Treasurer Brandi Wyldewood is out front of the Library asking people to tell the LCC they 💕love 💕 their Library!

🛑Stop off at our pop-up table to send an 📩email to the LCC about what the Library means to you, ☺️
your family, 👶🧒🏽👩🏾‍🦳🧔🏻 and your community.
👶🏿👧🏼👦🏻👩🏿🧑🏾👨🏼👩‍🦱🧑🏻‍🦱👩🏾‍🦰🧑🏻‍🦰👨🏻‍🦰👱🏾‍♀️👱🏼👱‍♂️👩🏻‍🦳🧑🏼‍🦳👨🏽‍🦳😍

📅 Also: Show up for the LCC meeting that informs the Library's funding for 2027 on May 14th at 9AM in the SIMS building. Your presence matters, and could help the Library greatly! ✨⭐️💫

Poetry Open Mic featuring: Ronna BloomRonna Bloom is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently, 'In a Riptide',...
04/30/2026

Poetry Open Mic featuring: Ronna Bloom
Ronna Bloom is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently, 'In a Riptide', published by Brick Books in 2025. Her work has been broadcast on the CBC, recorded by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, translated into Bangla and Chinese, and shortlisted for several Canadian literary awards.
• Sign-up for the open mic starts at 6:45.
• One poem per reader, max. 3 minutes.

Address

129 McPhillips Avenue
Salt Spring Island, BC
V8K2T6

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

250.537.4666

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