Good news from our neck of the woods. The Galiano Literary Festival starts today and continues until 28 February. Galiano is a tiny island between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. Like many of the Gulf Islands, Galiano has a bookshop and a vibrant community of artists and writers. We always visit the bookshop when we’re on the island.

This the second literary festival to be held on Galiano and some great authors will be appearing, including Meg Tilly, Timothy Taylor, Annabel Lyon and Robert Wiersema.