Alix Hawley
@alixhawley.bsky.social
Writer of My Name is a Knife, All True Not a Lie in It, The Old Familiar. New book coming. Home of Library Patron of the Week.
www.alixhawley.com
www.alixhawley.com
I’m excited to present a limited podcast series I’ve been working on in partnership with the Okanagan Historical Society this year. Each episode (surprise!) looks at two lives, one settler and one Syilx or Métis, in the Okanagan area in the 1800s.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-lives/id1837498586
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-lives/id1837498586
September 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’m excited to present a limited podcast series I’ve been working on in partnership with the Okanagan Historical Society this year. Each episode (surprise!) looks at two lives, one settler and one Syilx or Métis, in the Okanagan area in the 1800s.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-lives/id1837498586
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-lives/id1837498586
The cosmic view tonight in BC over Syilx territory.
May 11, 2024 at 6:54 AM
The cosmic view tonight in BC over Syilx territory.
Library patron of the week: the kid at storytime pensively repeating each book title over and over.
November 20, 2023 at 3:09 AM
Library patron of the week: the kid at storytime pensively repeating each book title over and over.
Library patron of the week: the kid upset that we “change the people” at the desk.
November 5, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Library patron of the week: the kid upset that we “change the people” at the desk.
Library patron of the week: kids everywhere
October 20, 2023 at 5:31 PM
Library patron of the week: kids everywhere
Library patron of the week: the woman who mistakenly checked out a Spanish translation of Prince Harry’s book, then tried to learn Spanish.
October 13, 2023 at 1:24 AM
Library patron of the week: the woman who mistakenly checked out a Spanish translation of Prince Harry’s book, then tried to learn Spanish.
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I love this Radiohead song
October 11, 2023 at 8:01 PM
I love this Radiohead song
Library patron of the week: the parent telling their kid that Where’s Waldo and Wenda will never get married because “they’re just good friends, and that’s all.”
October 6, 2023 at 12:05 AM
Library patron of the week: the parent telling their kid that Where’s Waldo and Wenda will never get married because “they’re just good friends, and that’s all.”
Library patron of the week: the kid planning to be a princess banana for Hallowe’en, as she casually told us.
September 29, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Library patron of the week: the kid planning to be a princess banana for Hallowe’en, as she casually told us.
Here’s our shortlist.
September 27, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Here’s our shortlist.
Please to be on this jury! Shortlist coming this week.
September 25, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Please to be on this jury! Shortlist coming this week.
Excellent time at Vancouver Writers Fest event with Madeleine Thien and Zadie Smith. Like eavesdropping on a chat between two greats.
September 24, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Excellent time at Vancouver Writers Fest event with Madeleine Thien and Zadie Smith. Like eavesdropping on a chat between two greats.
Library patron of the week: the child who drew us a portrait of Georgeous Washington.
September 9, 2023 at 1:13 AM
Library patron of the week: the child who drew us a portrait of Georgeous Washington.
Library patron of the week: the kid who suggested the staff wear each other’s “scary” clothes for Hallowe’en.
September 2, 2023 at 1:51 AM
Library patron of the week: the kid who suggested the staff wear each other’s “scary” clothes for Hallowe’en.
I wrote this for @globeandmail.bsky.social about the past week on fire in Kelowna.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Fleeing the fires in Kelowna was a horror movie come to life
An area still haunted by wildfires that wreaked havoc two decades ago grapples with fresh destruction and the terror of not knowing what comes next
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 25, 2023 at 12:27 AM
I wrote this for @globeandmail.bsky.social about the past week on fire in Kelowna.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Library patron of the week, bonus everything-is-on-fire edition:
the fella who asked why I’m “so, so pale,” then said, “I know! It’s because you’re Irish.”
(Reader, I am not Irish.)
the fella who asked why I’m “so, so pale,” then said, “I know! It’s because you’re Irish.”
(Reader, I am not Irish.)
August 20, 2023 at 12:18 AM
Library patron of the week, bonus everything-is-on-fire edition:
the fella who asked why I’m “so, so pale,” then said, “I know! It’s because you’re Irish.”
(Reader, I am not Irish.)
the fella who asked why I’m “so, so pale,” then said, “I know! It’s because you’re Irish.”
(Reader, I am not Irish.)
Library patron of the week: the kid who requested “Gangnam Style” at storytime.
August 17, 2023 at 3:14 AM
Library patron of the week: the kid who requested “Gangnam Style” at storytime.
Library patron of the week: the kid belting out “Rah Rah Rasputin” in the picture book section.
August 12, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Library patron of the week: the kid belting out “Rah Rah Rasputin” in the picture book section.