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Museum Hosts Fall Line-Up of Award Winning Authors The three authors the Courtenay and District Museum will host this fall have a few things in common. Paula Wild, Richard Mackie and Tom Peek are all award winners, intrigued with the natural and cultural historic world around them and willing to share their knowledge with a wider audience. Don't miss these exciting events.
Richard Mackie Lecture: Logging the Flats
Time and Date: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
In this talk, richly illustrated with rare photos and maps, popular historian Richard Mackie will follow the Comox Logging & Railway Company as it logged 60,000 acres of Douglas-fir forest to the north of Courtenay and at Comox Lake in the era of highlead logging, 1910-1945.
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Paula Wild's Book Launch
Vancouver Island is known not only for having the highest density of cougars, but also the most aggressive cougar population in North America. Join local author Paula Wild as she celebrates the launch of her new book that explores our evolving relationship with this enigmatic animal, The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre, $34.95), at the Courtenay and District Museum (207 Fourth Street) on Saturday, October 5 from 2pm to 4pm. This event is free, everyone is welcome and refreshments will be provided.
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Tom Peek Lecture: Daughters of Fire
Time and Date: Friday, October 18, 2013
In addition to his adventures and novel writing, Tom has written newspaper stories and commentaries, magazine articles, public policy studies, and award-winning video productions.
The Courtenay Museum is Tom's only stop in Canada on his tour for his award-winning novel Daughters of Fire. He'll be presenting a talk on Friday October 18 about his work on Mauna Kea and Kilauea and how it inspired his new novel.
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Tom Peek Writing Workshop: Empowered by the Pen
On Saturday, October 19, Tom Peek will present an Empowered by the Pen workshop. Since 1991 hundreds of Hawai'i islanders have attended his popular Empowered by the Pen workshops, through the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Volcano Art Center, and other venues on the Big Island, Maui, and Lana 'i.
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Tom lived his early life on the Upper Mississippi on a backwaters island of Minnesota river folk, beaver, and ancient burial mounds. After hitchhiking by boat through the South Seas, he settled on the island of Hawai'i, where he's lived for two decades. There, he's been a mountain and astronomy guide on Mauna Kea and an eruption ranger, firefighter, and exhibit writer on Kilauea, working closely with Hawaiian elders and cultural practitioners on both volcanoes.
Time and Date: Friday, October 18, 2013, 9:00-12:30