Marion McKinnon Crook Reading

W﻿elcome to the 2nd Annual Sunshine Coast Art & Words Festival, the only showcase of local authors paired with fine artists and photographers, plus live musical performances you will find on the unceded territories of the the Squamish (skwxwú7mesh), Sechelt (shíshálh), and Tla'amin and Klahoose nations.

Cathalynn (Cindy) Labonte-Smith

Marion McKinnon Crook/Emma Dakin is sponsored by The Writers Union of Canada to give a reading in the Atrium.

Gibsons Public Market - Atrium

2nd Annual Sunshine Coast Art & Words Festival

Surround yourself in art, literary voices, and live music by the lovely sea wall. Immerse yourself in one or more of fourteen workshops for artists, photographers and writers. This August 10-13th at the Gibsons Public Market, let the magic happen again.

Marion McKinnon Crook wrote Always Pack a Candle: A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin (2021) which won the 2022 Lieutenant Governor Community History Award. The sequel which will be published by Heritage House Publishing won a 2023 BC Arts Award. It is scheduled for publication by Heritage House Publishing, Victoria, BC, in the spring of 2024.She also writes historical mysteries. Murder in Vancouver 1886 will be published by Northwest Corner Books, Seattle, WA. in 2023.As Emma Dakin she writes a series of cozy mysteries, The British Book Tour Mysteries, set in Britain and published by Camel Press, Seattle, WA. Hazards in Hampshire (2019), Crime in Cornwall (2020), Perils in Yorkshire (2021), Danger in Edinburgh (2022), Shadows in Sussex, (September, 2023), and Storms in the Cotswolds (2024).Contact: emma@emmadakinauthor.com or mmcrook@telus.net

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