Adult Programs
The library hosts programs for the community, usually in the auditorium, on a variety of subjects of interest and of use to the public. Author and poet readings, People's Law School presentations and health and social issues are typical of programs offered.
In addition, the library will be pleased to give your group a quided tour and orientation to the Penticton Public Library. Please telephone Karen, 250-770-7786, to make arrangements.
Current Programs
Around the World
and Beyond Book Club!
- The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (Mon Sept 28, 2009)
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson (Mon Oct 26, 2009)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Mon Nov 30, 2009)
- Atonement by Ian McEwan (Mon Jan 25, 2010)
- Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay (Mon Feb 22, 2010)
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Mon Mar 22, 2010)
- White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Mon April 26, 2010)
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Mon May 31, 2010)
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Mon June 28, 2010)
These books may be borrowed from the Library but copies are limited. Please check the catalogue for availability - you can request a copy if necessary.
Additional copies of some titles are available in Book Club sets (please contact Karen Kellerman, Public Services Librarian, at 250-770-7783 for assistance).
Past Programs
Melody Hessing will be launching her new book
Up Chute Creek: An Okanagan Idyll
Wed, Nov 4, 7pm in the Reading Room
Jan De Groot
reading from his book "A Boy in War"
Mon, Oct. 19th at 7pm
Penticton Public Library Reading Room
A program for the whole family.
Eva Durance will be presenting her book
Cultivating the Wild:
gardening with native plants of British Columbia's Southern Interior and Eastern Washington.
Penticton Public Library Reading Room
Mon. July 6th at 7 pm
Admission is Free
Poetry Reading by Heather Spears
Winner of the Governor-General’s Award and 3x winner of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, artist Heather Spears will be launching her new book "I Can Still Draw".
Penticton Public Library Reading Room
Wed. June 10th at 7 pm
Admission is Free
Investment Insight Seminar
Find out how the investment decisions you make today may influence the time it takes for your portfolio to recover.
Will take place in March. Date to be announced.
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2008
7 pm in the Reading Room
Penticton Public Library
Admission: FREE!
Download the event poster.
Centennial Reading Series
Join us for an evening with
Adam Lewis Schroeder,
author of "Empress of Asia".
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2008
7 pm in the Reading Room
Penticton Public Library
Admission: FREE!
Download the event poster.
Anne Barton (Dr. Florence Barton)
will be reading from her recent mysteries
Friday May 30th, 2008
in the Library Reading Room.
More info here.
Chris Weicht, aviation historian and author to present in Penticton.
Chris Weicht, popular author and aviation historian, will give a photographic presentation from his new book, Trans Canada Airway, which contains much information and many photographs about Penticton.
Everyone is welcome to this presentation on Thursday, June 7th at 7 p.m. in the Penticton United Church Hall. Admission is free of charge.
This program is sponsored by the BC Writers in Libraries, Ministry of Education, and the Penticton Public Library.
Download the poster for this event here.
Chris Weicht titles at Penticton Public Library here.
Poetry Reading by Heather Spears
Winner of the Governor-General’s Award and 3x winner of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award.
Penticton Library Auditorium
Friday June 22, 2007 at 2 pm
Admission Free of charge
Heather will also be speaking about her forthcoming book The Creative Eye, and showing slides of her drawings.
Visit Heather Spears' website at www.heatherspears.com.
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