Denman Island author to launch new book at Abraxas next month

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author to launch new book at Abraxas next month Published 11:30 am Wednesday, July 15, 2026 A Denman Island author is releasing his fourth book in August. Bill Engleson’s The Book of Gronsky is slated to be released on Aug. 20. The Book of Gronsky follows Gilbert Gronsky, an author who feels obligated to market his first book, which takes him from an afternoon launch at the local library to a midwinter writers’ festival on Ostrich Island. “As the larger world devolves into war and climate disaster, attending such an event feels a bit like putting his head in the sand, but Gronsky isn’t fated to engage in the activist shenanigans of younger authors like the doggedly dedicated poet, Tree Leaf. He’s got a published book to promote and a new book to write — a novel/memoir about a multitude of mysteries in and around Nanaimo, B.C., in the 50s and early 60s, including goings-on connected...