Pownal Street Press is thrilled to announce the upcoming British Columbia Book Tour for Have You Heard a Whale Exhale?
This coastal adventure for kids of all ages brings the senses to life! In this splash of a tale, author Caroline Woodward and illustrator Claire Victoria Watson take the reader on an exploratory journey through the senses! From sun-warmed rocks to crackling campfires, this is one book that leaps with the dolphins and barks with the sea lions. On a journey of touch, taste, sight and smell, this whale of a tale urges littles to explore the surroundings— and imagine the rest.
In celebration of their new book, author Caroline Woodward and illustrator Claire Victoria Watson will be visiting bookstores and libraries in British Columbia throughout June and July. Please keep visiting this post for the most up to date information.
June Events on Vancouver Island:
VICTORIA
Book Launch with Claire and Caroline
- Bolen Books · Wednesday, June 19 at 7-8:30pm
Informal Book Signing with Caroline
- Munro’s Books · Thursday, June 20 at 10:00-11:00am
DUNCAN
Book Signing & Reading with Caroline
- Volume One Bookstore · Thursday, June 20 at 4pm
PORT ALBERNI
Book Signing with Claire and Caroline
- Möbius Books · Friday, June 21 from 1:30pm-2:30pm
TOFINO
Book Signing with Claire and Caroline
- Mermaid Tales Bookshop · Saturday, June 22 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Book Launch: Reading & Signing with Claire and Caroline
- Remote Passages Marine Excursions · Saturday, June 22 from 2-4pm
UCLUELET
Reading & Event with Claire and Caroline
- The Orange Door Gallery · Sunday, June 23 at 11am
QUALICUM BEACH
Book Signing and Meet & Greet with Caroline
- Mulberry Bush Bookstore · Monday, June 24 from 11:30am-12:30pm
COURTENAY
Book Signing and Meet & Greet with Caroline
- Laughing Oyster · Tuesday, June 25th from 11:30am-12:30pm
COMOX
Informal Book Signing with Caroline
- Blue Heron Books · Tuesday, June 25th from 3:00-3:30pm
NANAIMO
Informal Book Signing with Caroline
- Windowseat Books · Wednesday, June 26th from 10:00-10:30am
July Events in Denver, Nakusp, and Nelson:
DENVER
Public Reading & Library Fundraiser with Caroline
- North Slocan Community Library · Tuesday, July 2 from 2:00-3:00pm
NAKUSP
Public Reading with Caroline
- Nakusp Public Library · Tuesday, July 9 from 10:00-11:00am
NELSON
Public Reading in the Children’s Library Area with Caroline
- Nelson Public Library · Monday, July 22 at 10:30-11:30am
For more information about specific events, please visit the bookstore’s or library’s website (linked above) or check out their social media pages. Keep checking this page for updated information as we get closer to the book launch events!
About Caroline Woodward
Caroline is a writer of fiction for adults, poetry and children’s books which have been nominated for eleven different awards between them all. She now lives and writes full-time in the village of New Denver, B.C. after working as a lighthouse keeper for thirteen years, based on the Lennard Island Lightstation near Tofino, BC. Her books include: A West Coast Summer (Harbour: 2018), The Village of Many Hats (Oolichan, 2012) and Singing Away the Dark (Simply Read Books, 2010). The latter is also published in French, Korean, Bulgarian, Chinese and Japanese. In 2015, Harbour Publishing released her memoir, Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper. She has served on the boards of Selkirk College, the Slocan Lake Gallery Society, the Vancouver Foundation and as the inaugural Vice-Chair of the B.C. Arts Council. She and her husband co-founded The Motherlode Bookstore in New Denver, B.C. and she spent eight years as a publishers’ sales representative for Kate Walker & Company on the north Island and northwest coast of BC. www.carolinewoodward.ca
About Claire Victoria Watson
Claire Victoria Watson was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, and spent most of her time outdoors on the ocean or in the forests. As a visual artist, her mediums of choice are pen & ink, watercolour, acrylic and digital. She is known for her stylized fine line work, organic colour palette, and capturing the unique personality of the west coast in the wildlife, ocean and landscapes (www.clairevictoria.art). Claire works as an independent artist, illustrator & graphic designer in Victoria, British Columbia, and enjoys a relatively minimalist, nomadic and creative lifestyle. After raising her family in Tofino and on Gabriola Island, Claire now calls Victoria home.
Have You Ever Heard a Whale Exhale?
ISBN: 9781998129072
$24.95
Hardcover
Pre-Order HERE
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