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has done this for,” said Fletcher. “So I hope they can do it again for somebody else. Not everybody can pursue the idea of self-publishing.” When the society first approached her about the idea, she was worried she didn’t have enough material prepared and because of her illness she couldn’t write more. But society members were confident she did and soon collected up what she had and put it together in the small volume. “It was really neat — all of the sudden it became a real book full of little bits and pieces that you like.” To meet the author of Living Reflections, come to the book launch at Muir Gallery at 440 Anderton Ave. in Courtenay on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. Living Reflections will also be available for sale at the Muir Gallery after the book launch for $10 each. All proceeds from the sale of the books will go into helping the club publish the work of more local authors. For more information about the Comox Valley Writers’ Society, call Lindo at 250-3380965. — Comox Valley Writers’ Society
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The Comox Valley Potters Club is holding its annual clearance and seconds sale this Friday and Saturday at Driftwood Mall in Courtenay. Once a year, Comox Valley Potters Club members get together to empty their own studio shelves of discontinued items, of pots with glazes that they just don’t make anymore, or of pots that have been sitting around a few sales seasons and the individual potter is ready to discount that work. Sometime it is just a way to clear visual space so an artist can begin fresh with a new series of work, or a new colour spectrum of glazing application. There are also a few
slightly imperfects to be found at this sale. At these prices, you can get a whole bunch of your Christmas shopping done in advance. The Comox Valley Potters Club is a notfor-profit organization that helps members of our community, such as our local food bank, a bursary for a North Island ceramics art student, and You Are Not Alone to name a few, through the proceeds of sales like this one. Like the club on Facebook and visit for news and coming pottery events. The sale runs Feb. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Feb. 16 from 9:30 to 5. — Comox Valley Potters Club
Petrie at the King The concert series continues at the King George Hotel this Saturday with the ever-sofunny Rob Petrie. Rob is with the band Big Fun but he also has his own piano bar show where you can sing along and dance. His background includes tribute rock bands at Stage West in Calgary to Irish pubs all across West-
ern Canada. So you never know what to expect this Saturday night — some jokes, singalong, dancing and, of course, some drinking songs. There’s no cover charge. For more information, call the King in Cumberland at 250336-2053. Rob plays from 8 p.m. — King George Hotel
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Writer unveiling first book Comox Valley Writer’s Society (CVWS) member Carol Fletcher has waded into the book publishing world with a small, charming collection of short stories and poetry inspired by her family, her work with the elderly and her garden. Like all books, Living Reflections is special. Unlike most books, it is collaborative effort between Fletcher and her fellow members in the writers’ society. This is the first time Fletcher has had her work published and the first time the CVWS has selfpublished a member’s work. The more than 20 active members, whose writing experience varies from novice to seasoned authors, got together and decided to publish this book for Fletcher after she was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer with a carcinoid syndrome in June 2012. “She is a faithful member who’d been writing regularly and we thought at least something could come together,” said Des Lindo, the CVW society’s past-president. She’d written many of the stories as submissions to their monthly memoirs group before she was sick. “I was surprised to find out I was the only person the club
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