Chelene Knight in Conversation with Margaret Gallagher
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 1700 - 1815
Chelene will speak about her latest book Safekeeping: A Writer's Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love and will do readings from both Safekeeping and Let It Go: Free Yourself from Old Beliefs and Find a New Path to Joy.
FREE!
Registration is required to secure your spot. Drop-in seating may be available but is not guaranteed.
Interested in attending more than one Festival event?
You must register for each event separately to guarantee your spot at each event.
About the Presenters
Chelene Knight is the author of five books including Safekeeping: A Writer’s Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love (Anansi 2025), and Let It Go: Free Yourself from Old Beliefs and Find a New Path to Joy (HarperCollins Canada 2024). She has bylines in the Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Writer’s Digest, the Toronto Star, Write, Literary Review of Canada, WordWorks and more. Chelene is the founder of her own creative studio, Breathing Space Creative through which she’s launched the Thrive Coaching Program where busy creatives can learn how personal development creates the mindset needed to better manage their energy and make space for all the things they are passionate about. www.breathingspacecreative.com
Margaret Gallagher hosts North by Northwest, BC’s highest-rated weekend show. She’s been a key part of the CBC family for more than 20 years, hosting CBC Radio One's Hot Air (2010 - 2022) as well as taking part as a regular on CBC Radio One's The Early Edition (2001 - 2018) and On the Coast (2018 - 2022). She also served as the BC host of CBC Radio 2's Canada Live and as a contributor on CBC TV’s Living Vancouver. Before joining the CBC, Margaret was active on the arts scene and worked with the Western Front, the Video In and the Independent Film and Video Alliance. She has worked as an editor, a freelance writer, and technical communicator, and taught technical communication for five years as part of the SFU Writing and Publishing Program. In 2015, Margaret won a "Community Builder" Award from the Hapa-palooza Festival of Mixed Roots in recognition of her work to connect communities. In 2020, she won the Asian Heritage Month Pan Asian Recognition Award (2020).
About the Festival
The North Shore Writers Festival is presented in partnership by North Vancouver City Library, North Vancouver District Public Library, and West Vancouver Memorial Library.
The Festival would not be made possible without support from the Friends of the Library groups from all three North Shore Libraries, North Shore Writers’ Association, KidsBooks, and the North Shore News.
The Festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) , and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. The Coast Salish Peoples have long used oral storytelling to pass on and preserve their cultural teachings. This powerful tradition highlights the important role that stories play in our lives. We are grateful to host the North Shore Writers Festival on the lands of these Nations and honour the art of storytelling.
URLs:
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2966698-2?pid=2874
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2966698-3?pid=2874
Venue details: North Vancouver District Public Library (Lynn Valley Branch), 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7J 0A2, Canada
Category: Community | Libraries
Artists / Speakers: Chelene Knight, Margaret Gallagher
FREE!
Registration is required to secure your spot. Drop-in seating may be available but is not guaranteed.
Interested in attending more than one Festival event?
You must register for each event separately to guarantee your spot at each event.
About the Presenters
Chelene Knight is the author of five books including Safekeeping: A Writer’s Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love (Anansi 2025), and Let It Go: Free Yourself from Old Beliefs and Find a New Path to Joy (HarperCollins Canada 2024). She has bylines in the Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Writer’s Digest, the Toronto Star, Write, Literary Review of Canada, WordWorks and more. Chelene is the founder of her own creative studio, Breathing Space Creative through which she’s launched the Thrive Coaching Program where busy creatives can learn how personal development creates the mindset needed to better manage their energy and make space for all the things they are passionate about. www.breathingspacecreative.com
Margaret Gallagher hosts North by Northwest, BC’s highest-rated weekend show. She’s been a key part of the CBC family for more than 20 years, hosting CBC Radio One's Hot Air (2010 - 2022) as well as taking part as a regular on CBC Radio One's The Early Edition (2001 - 2018) and On the Coast (2018 - 2022). She also served as the BC host of CBC Radio 2's Canada Live and as a contributor on CBC TV’s Living Vancouver. Before joining the CBC, Margaret was active on the arts scene and worked with the Western Front, the Video In and the Independent Film and Video Alliance. She has worked as an editor, a freelance writer, and technical communicator, and taught technical communication for five years as part of the SFU Writing and Publishing Program. In 2015, Margaret won a "Community Builder" Award from the Hapa-palooza Festival of Mixed Roots in recognition of her work to connect communities. In 2020, she won the Asian Heritage Month Pan Asian Recognition Award (2020).
About the Festival
The North Shore Writers Festival is presented in partnership by North Vancouver City Library, North Vancouver District Public Library, and West Vancouver Memorial Library.
The Festival would not be made possible without support from the Friends of the Library groups from all three North Shore Libraries, North Shore Writers’ Association, KidsBooks, and the North Shore News.
The Festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) , and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. The Coast Salish Peoples have long used oral storytelling to pass on and preserve their cultural teachings. This powerful tradition highlights the important role that stories play in our lives. We are grateful to host the North Shore Writers Festival on the lands of these Nations and honour the art of storytelling.
URLs:
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2966698-2?pid=2874
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2966698-3?pid=2874
Venue details: North Vancouver District Public Library (Lynn Valley Branch), 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7J 0A2, Canada
Category: Community | Libraries
Artists / Speakers: Chelene Knight, Margaret Gallagher
Starting Price Per Person
Free
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Where
North Vancouver District Public Library
1277 Lynn Valley Road
North Vancouver British Columbia V7J 0A2
Canada
( Library - Book Shop )
1277 Lynn Valley Road
North Vancouver British Columbia V7J 0A2
Canada
( Library - Book Shop )
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