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Emma Dakin’s Shadows in Sussex launched on Oct. 21 with a fully-subscribed reading at the Gibsons Public Library. Emma Dakin is the pen name of Marion McKinnon Crook, who last year won the Lieutenant-Governor’s Community History Award for her memoir of nursing in B.C.’s Cariboo-Chilcotin, Always Pack a Candle.

Packing mishaps range from minor (forgetting a swimsuit) to disastrous (forgetting a passport). Our ultimate packing list can help you pack well every time.

It will be a sequel to Always Pack A Candle: A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin

Fifteen writers were matched with an equal number of artists at a recent event. Each partnership will collaborate to prepare works for presentation at this year’s Art and Words event, which runs Aug. 10 to 13 at the Public Market.

A great look at a Canada that worked hard and believed in itself