BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN
NAME:Coquitlam Public Library
X-WR-CALNAME:Coquitlam Public Library
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:86b17f64-5860-4daa-b12d-eb34316cc0d1
SEQUENCE:0
DTSTAMP:20261014T004945Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261107T203000
SUMMARY:Cocktails and Conversations
LOCATION:External\nExternal
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=External;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10
 ;X-TITLE=External:geo:0,0
GEO:0;0
DESCRIPTION:The Fraser River Literary Festival presents a cocktail recepti
 on and panel discussion at Evergreen Arts. Registration Required. For ages
  16+ . \n.\nhttps://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/17092158
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Grab a friend (or two!) and enjoy deliciou
 s food and drink while meeting new people from your community during a coc
 ktail reception at <strong>Evergreen Arts</strong>.</p>\n<p>A panel discus
 sion will follow at 7:00 pm with local authors Janie Chang\, Tanya Boteju\
 , and Katrina Kwan. The panel is moderated by local comedian and author Ry
 an Murphy\, with a question and answer period to follow.&nbsp\;</p>\n<ul>\
 n<li><strong>Cocktail Reception:</strong> 5:00 - 7:00 pm</li>\n<li><strong
 >Panel Discussion:</strong> 7:00 - 8:30 pm.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>To purchase al
 coholic drinks\, you must be 19+ and present valid government issued photo
  ID.</p>\n<p>Tickets are $20.00 and include access to the reception\, food
 \, one drink of your choice\, and the panel discussion. Further drinks wil
 l be available for purchase at the event. Proceeds will go toward Coquitla
 m Public Library's programs and services.</p>\n<p>If you are only interest
 ed in attending the panel discussion\, registration is free but still requ
 ired. Doors open at 6:45.</p>\n<p><strong>Registration required</strong>. 
 For ages 16+</p>\n<p><a href="https://evergreenculturalcentre.my.salesforc
 e-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SOK00000D4vpp2AB"><strong>Purchase tickets h
 ere</strong></a></p>\n<p>For more information about this&nbsp\;<a href="ht
 tps://coqlibrary.ca/frlf/">Fraser River Literary Festival</a>&nbsp\;event\
 , email&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:ask@coqlibrary.ca">ask@coqlibrary.ca.</a>&nb
 sp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend
 -images/editor/coquitlam/Janie_Chang_Headshot__1_.jpg" width="159" height=
 "238" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /></strong>
 </p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></str
 ong></p>\n<p><strong>Janie Chang</strong> is a Globe and Mail bestselling 
 author of historical fiction. Born in Taiwan\, Chang has lived in the Phil
 ippines\, Iran\, Thailand\, New Zealand\, and Canada. Her novels often dra
 w from family history and ancestral stories. She has a degree in computer 
 science and is a graduate of the Writer&rsquo\;s Studio Program at Simon F
 raser University. She is the author of Three Souls\, Dragon Springs Road\,
  The Library of Legends\, and The Porcelain Moon\; and co-author of the US
 A Today bestseller The Phoenix Crown\, with Kate Quinn.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><
 /p>\n<p></p>\n<p><span style="color: #ffffff\;">_______</span></p>\n<p><sp
 an style="color: #ffffff\;">_______</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span s
 tyle="color: #ffffff\;">_______</span></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong><img src="
 https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/coquitlam/Katrina_Kwan_H
 eadshot.jpg" width="176" height="176" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 
 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong
 >Katrina Kwan</strong> is a Canadian fantasy and contemporary romance auth
 or based in Vancouver. After graduating from Acadia University in 2017 wit
 h a BA in political science with honors\, Kwan spent the next six years ho
 ning her creative skills as a freelance ghostwriter. With several ghostwri
 tten romance novels under her belt\, she's ecstatic to finally be writing 
 books under her own name.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span 
 style="color: #ffffff\;">_______</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #fffff
 f\;">_______</span></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/f
 rontend-images/editor/coquitlam/Tanya_Boteju_photo_credit_Jennifer_Ivings.
 jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px
  20px 0px\;" /></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></stron
 g></p>\n<p><strong>Tanya Boteju</strong> is a writer and educator living o
 n unceded Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh land (Vancouver\, BC). 
 Her debut novel\, Kings\, Queens\, and In-Betweens\, was named a Top Ten I
 ndie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association. Her YA novels\, Br
 uised and Messy Perfect\, appear on the American Librarian Association&rsq
 uo\;s Rainbow List. Typically\, you can find her cozy in her cabin\, writi
 ng at caf&eacute\;s\, or smooshing any dog that will let her. Tanya hopes 
 she&rsquo\;s bending the universe even the tiniest bit toward justice. Vis
 it her at https://tanyaboteju.com/.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://coquitlam.libnet.i
 nfo/event/17092158
URL;VALUE=URI:https://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/17092158
ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/coquitlam/FRLF_Social_Even
 t_SMALL_CARD-CPL.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR