by Rachel Meyer | Jun 20, 2018
Join us for the launch of Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator, by Jason M. Colby! In his new book, Colby describes the shifting mindset surrounding “killer” whales, from pests to beloved creatures. This free event...
by Rachel Meyer | Dec 14, 2017
Join us Thursday, December 14th for an evening of salty sea tales, with Anita and Michael Hadley! Michael and Anita Hadley, the editors of the Canadian bestseller Spindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea, will be dipping into Canada’s literary history with an...
by Rachel Meyer | Oct 5, 2017
Join us for the launch of Refugium: Poems for the Pacific an anthology of poems that explore poets’ deep concern for the Pacific Ocean and the creatures within, edited by the City of Victoria’s Poet Laureate Yvonne Blomer. The event is a reading and performance to...
by Rachel Meyer | May 4, 2017
We are excited to announce the Maritime Museum of BC will be hosting the launch of Sisterships by Canadian author Elaine Gallagher! Over 100 years has passed since the tragic sinking of the great White Star Line. But little is written about the Titanic’s identical...
by Rachel Meyer | May 3, 2017
The Maritime Museum of BC is pleased to announce that we are working with Munro’s Books to host author Paul Watson’s “Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition” book launch on May 3. In Ice Ghosts, Pulitzer Prize–winning...