Whistler Library, BC

Thursday, November 20, 2025

7:00-8:30

Join Veronica Woodruff and volcanologist Glyn Williams-Jones for a talk on Mount Meager, a local volcano that has been recently assessed as very high-risk. It is also the site of Canada’s largest landslide, which occurred in 2010. Come learn about the volcanic status, implications of the landslide, ecosystem restoration opportunities, and ongoing research & monitoring.

About the Speakers:

Professor Glyn Williams-Jones is a volcanologist and the co-Director of the Centre for Natural Hazards Research. He is an internationally recognized expert in the application of geophysical, geochemical and remote sensing approaches for assessment of geological hazards and has co-authored over 50 scientific publications in this field.

Veronica Woodruff has 25+ years of local experience working on community stewardship, environmental assessment and restoration. She has a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University, where her award-winning thesis explored the importance of partnerships in addressing climate change-induced natural hazard risk. She is a serious nature nerd.

Whistler, BC

Saturday, November 1, 2025

READING EVENT 10: The Real Lowdown: A Conversation with Writers of Non-Fictions

3:00 – 4:15 p.m. | In-person $27 | Fairmont Chateau Whistler

The most powerful non-fiction writers take a fact and wrap it in an emotion. In Ardra Shephard’s memoir Fallosophy: My Trip through Life with MS, she learns she’s been sold a lie about disability—it isn’t a fate worse than death, and she begins to realize a difficult life doesn’t have to be a joyless life. For Veronica Woodruff, author of Blind Drunk: A Sober Look at Our Boozy Culture, she combines research with memoir, charting the evolution of drinking culture in North America, from the morality-based lens that led to Prohibition to the science-based approach that underlies today’s sober curious movement. Join author and moderator Leslie Anthony as he hosts a frank conversation about what it’s like to live with difference in our contemporary world. This year’s event will be joined by the 2025 Winner of the Whistler Independent Book Award for non-fiction.

Whistler, BC

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

7:00 to 9:00 pm

Join us for a conversation with Veronica Woodruff, local author of Blind Drunk: A Sober Look at Our Boozy Culture. Veronica will share readings from her memoir, followed by a candid discussion of drinking culture in our community with the audience.

Copies of Blink Drunk will be available for purchase at the event, or you can pick up a copy ahead of time at Armchair Books Whistler. There is also a copy available to borrow at the library!

Registration is required – email publicservices@whistlerlibrary.ca to sign up.

Oliver, BC

August 16, 2025

2:00 to 4:00pm

Gather Books & Lovely Things in Oliver’s District Wine Village invites you to join author, scientist, and former bartender, Veronica Woodruff, for an exploration of our drinking culture.

Tickets include a glass of low alcohol wine by The Opera Room and a signed copy of Veronica’s book, Blind Drunk.

Port Coquitlam, BC

Thursday, July 10, 2025

7:00 to 9:00pm

Join author, scientist and former bartender VeronicaWoodruff for an exploration of our drinking culture, accompanied by samples of delicious non-alcoholic wines and cocktails.

Prince George

Thursday, June 19, 2025

7:00 to 9:00pm

Join author, scientist and former bartender Veronica Woodruff for an exploration of our drinking culture, accompanied by samples of delicious non-alcoholic wines and cocktails.

Pemberton, BC

Thursday, May 29, 2025

7:00 to 8:00pm

Veronica will be at Whistler’s Raven Room to launch her new book, "Blind Drunk: A Sober Look at Our Boozy Culture," sharing her personal journey alongside her research.

Armchair Books will be there selling books and Glimmer Wine will have samples of their dealcoholized sparkling wine.

Whistler, BC

Sunday, May 25, 2025

3:00 to 6:00pm

Join us at the Pemberton Library for an exciting book launch featuring author Veronica Woodruff. Veronica will present her book, "Blind Drunk: A Sober Look at Our Boozy Culture," sharing her personal journey alongside her research. There will also be the chance to ask questions, chat, and mingle.