Library - Piers Island Reading Room
The Piers Island Library is a part of the Southern Gulf Island Library Commission that includes Pender, Mayne, Galiano and Saturna. We receive annual funding which allows us to maintain a good supply of current books and a computer for the use of our community. Your Piers Island Library membership also gives you access to e-books, free entry to the Robert Bateman Gallery, The Art Gallery and use of our annual pass to the Royal B.C. Museum.
Our small library is housed in the Firehall / Community Hall building and is currently open from 2pm-4pm on Saturdays and by appointment with any of our 3 library commissioners, Ginny, Charl and Evey.
Last year saw the creation of our temporary Piers Island School, taught by our children's Summer reading program volunteer and talented teacher, Christina Vanderkamp. In spite of Covid she ran a successful program last summer and again this year. Thankyou Christina! We have added to our children's section and will continue to do so with the increase in our younger library patrons. The younger readers now have their own book to fill in the details of their borrowing at the library to help familiarize them with normal library practice.
We did manage to have all the CBC reads contenders in the library “prior” to the debate this year! And just a mention that we have all the past winners in the library. Our other permanent collections are Giller Prize winners, Governor General award winners, a First Nations collection, and Piers Island authors collection. The rest are mainly fiction with a substantial mystery component and a good selection of non-fiction, all of which are culled and added to regularly.
We are often offered book donations that we are unable to accept. Instead we ask that you consider taking them to Beacon Books and either setting up a credit for yourself or add to the Library's credit. When you purchase books from Beacon Books islanders are all free to use the credit to get a 50% reduction. Just mention you would like to use some of the Piers Island credit!
We always welcome feedback and direction - so feel free to contact your librarians Ginny, Charl and Evey at libraryonpiers@gmail.com.
Our small library is housed in the Firehall / Community Hall building and is currently open from 2pm-4pm on Saturdays and by appointment with any of our 3 library commissioners, Ginny, Charl and Evey.
Last year saw the creation of our temporary Piers Island School, taught by our children's Summer reading program volunteer and talented teacher, Christina Vanderkamp. In spite of Covid she ran a successful program last summer and again this year. Thankyou Christina! We have added to our children's section and will continue to do so with the increase in our younger library patrons. The younger readers now have their own book to fill in the details of their borrowing at the library to help familiarize them with normal library practice.
We did manage to have all the CBC reads contenders in the library “prior” to the debate this year! And just a mention that we have all the past winners in the library. Our other permanent collections are Giller Prize winners, Governor General award winners, a First Nations collection, and Piers Island authors collection. The rest are mainly fiction with a substantial mystery component and a good selection of non-fiction, all of which are culled and added to regularly.
We are often offered book donations that we are unable to accept. Instead we ask that you consider taking them to Beacon Books and either setting up a credit for yourself or add to the Library's credit. When you purchase books from Beacon Books islanders are all free to use the credit to get a 50% reduction. Just mention you would like to use some of the Piers Island credit!
We always welcome feedback and direction - so feel free to contact your librarians Ginny, Charl and Evey at libraryonpiers@gmail.com.