Join us on September 5th and 6th as we welcome BC author Marion McKinnon Crook and her new work
Bloomsbury to Barkerville: The Life of Florence Wilson.
Saturday September 5
Book signing at the Eldorado Gold Panning & Gift Shop
Time TBA
Sunday September 6
Meet the Author: Lunch at the Wake Up Jake
11:30AM
Join us for a special luncheon with BC author Marion McKinnon Crook.
Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at the Wake Up Jake Restaurant.
Capacity is limited to 20 guests. Advance registration is required, and guests must pre-order their lunch. Registration is not considered confirmed until payment for the lunch order has been received.
MARION MCKINNON CROOK is the author of more than twenty-five books, including her bestselling memoirs Always Pack a Candle, winner of the BC Historical Federation’s Community History Book Award, and Always on Call, a finalist for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award, BC and Yukon Book Prizes. McKinnon Crook holds a nursing degree, a master’s in liberal studies, and a PhD in education. Now a full-time writer, she also writes the British Book Tour mystery series under the name of Emma Dakin. She lives on the Sunshine Coast in BC. For more information, visit Marion’s website.