Kivi’s first book launched in April at Oxygen Art Centre
By Contributor
Oxygen Art Centre is pleased to present the launch of K.L. Kivi’s first book of poetry on April 10th at 7 p.m. during poetry month.
Unknown Hum is Kivi’s first collection of poetry but the themes of her poems will resonate with those familiar with her work. Unknown Hum explores the terrain of living a mindful life passionately engaged with the natural world and activist politics.
“If my novels rise from my emotional self and my creative documentary from my mind, my poetry reflects on the spiritual earth from which all my life’s work grows,” says Kivi.
“I will read poems as well as speak to the ways in which we can flourish as human beings in these challenging times.” Kivi would like to reassure the poetry-shy that her poems are highly accessible.
Kivi is well-known throughout the Kootenays for her work on the Jumbo Wild! campaign, her work with the Sinixt Nation on issues of self-determination, as the editor and publisher at Maa Press and as the author of eight books including The Inner Green , the novel Letter from Lubumbashi and the anthology The Purcell Suite.
Kivi will co-present the evening with Pemberton based author Katherine Fawcett whom is in Nelson to launch her latest book.
The Little Washer of Sorrows is a collection of short fiction that explores what happens when the expected and usual are replaced with elements of the rare and strange.
The book’s emotional impact is created with strong, richly drawn characters facing universal issues in unusual settings. The collection is both dark and comical with engaging plot twists and elements of the macabre as characters attempt to cope with high-stakes melodramas that drift further out of their control.
Admission is by donation and everyone is welcome.
Oxygen Art Centre is located at 320 Vernon St (back alley entrance) in Nelson.
