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Please join Darvill’s Bookstore & the Orcas Library in welcoming NY Times bestselling and award-winning author Stacey Le...
07/13/2026

Please join Darvill’s Bookstore & the Orcas Library in welcoming NY Times bestselling and award-winning author Stacey Lee. Stacey will discuss her new historical ya novel “HEIRESS OF NOWHERE,” which takes place on Orcas Island in 1918.

Stacey Lee is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of historical and contemporary young adult fiction, including The Downstairs Girl, a Reese’s Book Club YA pick, Luck of the Titanic, which received five starred reviews, and her current gothic mystery, Heiress of Nowhere, which Booklist called ‘an exceptional novel.’

Gray Gailey will moderate the discussion, followed by an audience Q & A.

The event is free on Friday, July 17th at 6:30pm at the Orcas Library. Pizza & Pop will be served.

06/12/2026

So glad to see everyone leave their phones behind to sketch with Robin Lee Carlson today. And, thank you Nature for showing up in glorious fashion, too.

Don't Miss Our 4th Annual Nature Sketching Event With Robin Lee Carlson, Biologist, Naturalist & Nature IllustratorThurs...
06/06/2026

Don't Miss Our 4th Annual Nature Sketching Event With Robin Lee Carlson, Biologist, Naturalist & Nature Illustrator

Thursday, June 11th, 5pm.

Join fellow islanders and nature lovers and practice the art of nature sketching at our beautiful library garden. Notebooks and colored pencils provided.

Please email [email protected] to let us know how many sketching supplies to order.

If you need assistance or a ride to the library to participate, please reach out to Sam at [email protected].

WRITING FAMILYIn this evening workshop, we use objects and mapping to create fresh writing on family. Bring an object th...
06/04/2026

WRITING FAMILY

In this evening workshop, we use objects and mapping to create fresh writing on family. Bring an object that evokes family memories to use as a springboard for guided writing, listening, and small group sharing. It can be a photo, a teapot, a tie-pin—anything. All are welcome.

Date: June 10
Time: 6-8:00 pm
Location: OI Public Library
Maximum 25 participants.

Veronica Kornberg is the recipient of the Morton Marcus Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Wandering Aengus Book Award in Poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Alaska Quarterly Review, New Ohio Review, Poet Lore, Catamaran, Rattle, Indiana Review, Plume, Rhino Poetry, Calyx, and Beloit Poetry Journal. Veronica co-founded a long-running poetry book club and is a Peer Reviewer for Whale Road Review. Strange Gift is her debut poetry collection. veronicakornberg.com

Jill McCabe Johnson is the author of four poetry collections and the memoir, Learning to Spar, forthcoming from Unsolicited Press. Honors include Nautilus Awards in Poetry and Nature Writing, Longreads' Best of 2021 Stories, eight Pushcart nominations, and support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Artist Trust, and Hedgebrook. Recent works have been published in Fourth Genre, Lunch Ticket, Booth, Florida Review, Gulf Stream, VerseDaily, and Terrain.org. Jill is editor-in-chief of Wandering Aengus Press and its imprint, Trail to Table Press.

Please click here to RSVP, or email [email protected] to sign up.

Orcas Island Historical Museums invites you to a story-sharing event for LGBTQ+ islanders from 6-8pm on May 28th at the ...
05/28/2026

Orcas Island Historical Museums invites you to a story-sharing event for LGBTQ+ islanders from 6-8pm on May 28th at the Public Library. During this casual after-hours event, mingle for an evening of community and collaboration over a shared meal hosted with partners Orcas Island Library and Orcas Island Pride.

Learn more about our Orcas Voices Oral History program, which is dedicated to amplifying and preserving local stories of joy, hardship, and life on our magical island. Get crafty to press your own button or make a bookmark. Get recommendations for more LGBTQ+ books and story-sharing resources through the library. Get engaged with upcoming events for Orcas Pride, June 12-14.

Please help us with a chance to earn an extra $1,000 today.Today is Ben Franklin Day** in the GiveOrcas campaign, and $1...
05/20/2026

Please help us with a chance to earn an extra $1,000 today.

Today is Ben Franklin Day** in the GiveOrcas campaign, and $100 gifts can help our library program qualify for BONUS FUNDING from OICF.

We are raising support for one of the most quietly powerful programs in our community: English classes for Spanish speakers and Spanish classes for English speakers. Our pilot session of these classes was successful, and we have a waitlist of over 140 people. We also learned that these classes do far more than teach vocabulary. They create confidence, friendship, opportunity, and understanding between neighbors who might not otherwise cross paths.


At a time when so much national rhetoric seeks to divide and dehumanize Latino communities, this program feels especially meaningful. Here on Orcas, we have the chance to build something different—a community where people make the effort to speak to one another, learn from one another, and create a deeper sense of belonging for everyone.

HOW YOU CAN HELP TODAY:

• Share our GiveOrcas post on social media
• Forward this email to a few friends or neighbors
• Make a $100 gift to help us compete for bonus funding**

**GIVEORCAS Ben Franklin Day
The nonprofits with the most $100+ donors tomorrow win bonus funding from OICF: $1,000 for 1st, $500 for 2nd, $250 for 3rd.

Click here to donate or visit www.GiveOrcas.org.


Thank you for supporting a stronger, more connected island community — one conversation at a time.

With gratitude,

Ingrid Mattson
Library Director

Help us build stronger community bonds and embrace programs that model compassion, inclusivity, and neighborly connectio...
05/17/2026

Help us build stronger community bonds and embrace programs that model compassion, inclusivity, and neighborly connection. We are raising funds through for community-building free English and Spanish classes at the library. We have a waitlist of 140 people, more than two-thirds wanting to learn Spanish to connect with our Spanish-speaking islanders.

Give to our GIVEORCAS project at:
https://oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/grant?grant_id=42045

Today!! Looks like a gorgeous day to work in the garden. Would love to see you at the library’s. Even just 15 minutes he...
05/17/2026

Today!! Looks like a gorgeous day to work in the garden. Would love to see you at the library’s. Even just 15 minutes helps. High schoolers - get those community service hours! 🙂🌿🙏🏼🪏

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