Poetry Book Launch: Apr. 26
Free to attendLocation:
Hole in the Wall
Address:
67 Richmond St., Amherstburg
Date:
2026-04-26
Host:
River Bookshop
Save the date: on Sunday, April 26th, from 2 to 4PM, poets Marty Gervais and Kathryn MacDonald will each be launching their new poetry collections. Tea will be served!
Celebrate Canadian Indie Bookstore Day weekend and support local poets at the same time. Hope to see you on the 26th!
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About the books:
The Blue Gate explores the surprise of love, the shock of loss, and challenges boundaries and liminal spaces. It probes into a love affair that defies conventions, capturing the narrator’s voice from the first lyrical poem. With the death of the belovèd, an invitation to fly to Kenya arrives; it’s accepted; and the long title poem ravels and unravels reality. The poetry is vivid and grounded in the senses and in nature.
In The Shape of Disappearing Letters, Marty Gervais transforms failing eyesight into a source of astonishing clarity. As the poet writes, “These poems were composed during the rapid progression of age-related macular degeneration and document the shifting borders of a world growing softer, stranger—and unexpectedly more wondrous.”