Book Launch: Bamfield Posh by Louis Druehl

When: Sunday May 5th, 2024 @ 1:00PM - 3:00PM

Join us at the Bard and Banker's Sam McGee Room to launch Louis Druehl's new novel, Bamfield Posh!

In Bamfield Posh, A war bride, Molly---aspiring singer and Jehovah’s Witness— and her young son are shipped off to Bamfield, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Here, she will struggle through the hardships but enjoy the bounty of living off the land (and sea) while keeping alive her dream of achieving ‘posh’, and navigating her tricky path to love.

Living in the coastal village of Bamfield, B.C., Canada, Louis Druehl is the editor of The New Bamfielder, and is best known for his passion for seaweeds. A professor of marine botany at Simon Fraser University for 36 years, Louis conducted kelp research at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, which he was instrumental in establishing in 1968. His immense contributions to kelp research earned him the honour of having a diatom genus and a kelp species named after him. The revised issue (with Bridgette Clarkson) of his best-selling book Pacific Seaweeds Updated and Expanded has won numerous awards. A Professor Emeritus from SFU, he is continuing to support kelp research as well as harvesting and exporting seaweed products globally with his wife Rae Hopkins. Louis turned to serious, non-scientific writing after his retirement in 2000. His first novel, Cedar, Salmon and Weed, has earned a place on BC Book’s Map of Literary Fiction.

WHEN: Sunday, May 5th 1-3 PM.

WHERE: The Bard and Banker, Sam McGee Room, 1022 Government Street.

WHAT: A reading and book signing by Louis Druehl.

HOW: This event is free to attend.