K A Wiggins

If you love to Read Canadian, have we got the book fest for you! Check out this showcase full of books from authors all across Canada (including mine!), for all ages and fiction genres! Plus, catch dozens of FREE 🇨🇦 author events for fans of all genres!🍁📚

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Reading local with the help of in preparation for the Storyteller Festival!
Vancouver Island Romance fans, join us NEXT WEEK for:
—Stars in Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea on June 11 from 1-2:30 (a sweet-&-spicy multi-author romance panel celebrating rockstars, demons, fae, cowboys & more by + a sneak peek at .space upcoming (fantasy) romantic suspense series)

+don’t miss more fun for genre fiction lovers the following week with fantasy, mystery, historical & another dash of romance at:
—Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass on June 19 from 1-2:30 (a multi-author speculative/genre panel of writers transmuting local VI & BC settings into fantastical fiction with .bannerman & .space )

—Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920’s BC on June 20 at 2pm (an author talk with .bannerman about her Circus Salmagundi series)

Register now 🔥 Don’t miss this fun and fantastical lineup!

NEXT WEEK: come and write (& explore!) with me in Parksville!📝

This creative writing skill-building workshop is great for Vancouver Island locals & visitors, beginning & advanced writers, & fans of any genre or writing form. Come learn, explore, and support the museum!

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✨ Step into the past and awaken your senses! ✨
Join us for A Trip Through Time & Terroir — an immersive sensory writing workshop at the beautiful Montrose Schoolhouse & Museum grounds in Parksville!

📅 Friday, June 5
⏰ 1–3 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $35

Led by award-winning author and creative educator K.A. Wiggins, this hands-on experience invites writers of all levels to explore storytelling through sight, sound, smell, taste, touch… and maybe even a few echoes from decades gone by 👀✨

Wander the historic museum grounds, spark your imagination, and discover fresh ways to bring your writing vividly to life on the page. 📖
Bring:
✔️ A hardback notebook
✔️ Something to write with
✔️ Walking shoes & weather-friendly clothing
✔️ Your curiosity and creativity!

Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just beginning your creative journey, this magical afternoon promises inspiration, exploration, and connection.

Spaces are limited — reserve your spot today!

Recent 5 star reads with Soul!⭐️😹
-A Deadly Inheritance by Kelley Armstrong (YA Thriller/Dark Academia Murder Mystery)
-Illuminations by T. Kingfisher (MG Fantasy)
-Butterfly Effect by Seanan McGuire (latest Incryptids release—Urban Fantasy or Science Fantasy?)

Must-read (hyper-prolific🥵) authors for a reason (with some 🇨🇦 rep in the mix! Go Kelley!🎉)

Cowboys? Rockstars? Demons? Fae? Pick your poison & get swept away with Stars in Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea at the Parksville Museum Storyteller Festival!
Date: Thursday, June 11
Time: 1pm-2:30pm
Tickets: $20
Location: Heritage Church at the Parksville Museum

Love love? Celebrate the stories that keep your e-readers humming and your shelves groaning!
Swoon to sweet-and-spicy readings of locally authored romance fiction that run the gamut from closed door to very much open, delve into behind-the-scenes insights from mid-island debuts, thriving indies, mother-daughter coauthors, and USA Today Bestellers with over 50 multi-genre books between them (and maybe get inspired to take up a pen yourself?), and ask your burning questions.
Book signing to follow. (Advisory: recommended for audiences 18+.)

Author panellists:
—Dove Cavanaugh King
—Kathleen Lawless + Reyna writing as Carissa Harper
—K A Wiggins

Tickets available online, in person during regular museum hours, or 60 min prior to showtime at the doors if not sold out in advance. This event is in support of the Parksville Museum. Mid-island (&beyond) romance readers unite!💞🇨🇦

NEW Storyteller Festival in BC!

Mid-island folks (/anyone visiting the area in June!), the Parksville Museum is launching a Storyteller Festival, running all month long! It’ll incl. music, drama, visual arts & some super awesome lit programming for readers & writers featuring several amazing mid-island storytellers. Presenters' books/art will also be sold in the gift shop all month.

Hopefully this festival (doubling as a fundraiser for the museum!) becomes an annual thing, but if you're looking for fun THIS June (or out to support more lit programming on the island), check out bookish programming like:

—A Trip Through Time & Terroir: A Parksville Museum Sensory Writing Workshop on June 5 from 1-3 (we’re going to tour the museum grounds, focusing on a honing our descriptive writing skills for a different sense at each stop along the way! Suitable for both beginner and advanced writers.)

—Stars in Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea on June 11 from 1-2:30 (a sweet-&-spicy multi-author romance panel with Dove Cavanaugh King, Kathleen Lawless+ Reyna writing as Carissa Harper & a sneak peek at K A Wiggins's upcoming fantasy-meets-romantic suspense series)

—Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass on June 19 from 1-2:30 (a multi-author speculative/genre panel of writers transmuting local VI & BC settings into fantastical fiction with Kim Bannerman, Kate Gateley & K.A. Wiggins )

—Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920’s BC on June 20 at 2pm (an author talk with Kim Bannerman's Circus Salmagundi series)

And don’t miss the full festival lineup (2 dozen+ events throughout June!) on the museum website!