Finding a Voice
Finding a Voice
Poet Laureate Reading and Local Book Launch
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First hour featuring, from an April 30th City of Kingston and KFPL organized poetry event to celebrate National Poetry month called “An Evening with Kingston’s Poets Laureate” and as emceed by Danika Lochead, you’ll hear readings by outgoing Poet Laureate Helen Humphreys, Ashley-Elizabeth Best, Kingston’s first Poet Laureate Eric Folsom, Ky Pearce, with piano interludes composed and performed by Darrell Bryan following each poet’s reading. The full event could not fit in this hour and continues in the next. Second hour featuring, you’ll hear the remainder of “An Evening with Kingston’s Poets Laureate” with readings by Zoe Coulter, and Kingston’s incoming Poet Laureate Jason Heroux with again musical interludes by Darrell Bryan, and concluding remarks by Danika Lochead. Following that, from an April 18th book launch event at Novel Idea Bookstore, you’ll hear Armand Garnet Ruffo reading from his latest book Treaty # (Wolsak & Wynn, 2019).