Sechelt media coverage of author reading

ByHeather Conn March 18, 2010April 24, 2023

For my Sunshine Coast media coverage, see the front-page photo and write-up of my Author Reading in weekly newspaper The Local, Sechelt, BC
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Manuela Salinas’ art honours her ancestors
ByHeather Conn July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Discover the works of talented shishalh Nation multimedia artist Manuela Salinas throughout ch’atlich (Sechelt) and across British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. From banners, T-shirt images and graphic designs to a museum mural and aluminum creatures in Coast Salish traditional forms, find out more in the summer 2025 issue of Sunshine Coast Life magazine. Read my profile…

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Memoir book launch April 15 in Sechelt, BC
ByHeather Conn March 21, 2023December 31, 2023

I look forward to introducing my memoir No Letter in Your Pocket to my local Sunshine Coast, BC community on Saturday, April 15. My informal book launch (not the official one in Toronto on May 28) will be held at 7 pm at the Sunshine Coast Cultural Centre in Sechelt. I’ll discuss the book, its…

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A shishalh Nation Knowledge-keeper shares poetry and stories
ByHeather Conn November 3, 2022April 24, 2023

Before xwu’p’a’lich Barbara Higgins was born in 1933, members of the shíshálh Nation were waiting for her to take on the role of Rememberer or Knowledge-keeper (her ancestral name means “she weaves”). Since then, she has voiced the importance of preserving Nature, her people’s land, language, and culture through her stories, poems, and activism….

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Publisher wanted for Bigfoot picture book
ByHeather Conn July 2, 2016April 24, 2023

NEWS FLASH (Feb. 13, 2017): A Vancouver publisher wants to publish this book. Hurray! It all depends if their grant comes through in March. Here’s hoping . . . I`m currently looking for a publisher for my new picture book Dirty, Smelly, Feet. It features the mischievous antics of little Annie and her sasquatch…

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Buy my books at Night Market Dec. 1
ByHeather Conn November 24, 2021April 24, 2023

I’ll be at the Roberts Creek Legion Dec. 1, selling my popular picture book Six Stinky Feet and a Sasquatch, anthologies, and my nonfiction Vancouver’s Glory Years, which is now out of print. Only limited copies left. Will also have kermode bear photo cards, postcards, and fun sasquatch Christmas tree ornaments. Come and support local…

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“Anthem” collage in Gibsons exhibition tribute to Leonard Cohen
ByHeather Conn November 15, 2012April 24, 2023

NOVEMBER 15 to DECEMBER 10 The Gibsons Public Art Gallery in Gibsons, BC will feature the creative works of 40+ members, including me, at a show honouring Leonard Cohen. I will be exhibiting a collage that features the chorus of Cohen’s song Anthem. The gala reception for Hallelujah!: a Tribute to the Songs of Leonard…

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