The distinguished Can-adian poet, Gary Geddes, will return to Sechelt for a reading on Feb. 7.
On his last visit, he read from his Sailing Home, a reflective narrative of sailing alone up the familiar waters of the Inside Passage, Geddes is not just a sailor. As a poet, essayist, translator, anthologist, critic, teacher, editor and publisher, he is one of Canada's most important men of letters. From his earliest poetry and prose, he has consistently written of the human cost of political conflict. George Woodcock described him as Canada's best political poet. His awards and distinctions include the poetry award of the Canadian Authors' Association, the Gabriela Mistral Prize for service to literature and the people of Chile, an honourary degree from Royal Roads University and the B.C. Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.
He will read from his latest book, Falsework, based on the tragic collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge, and from The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas. That's at 8 p.m. Saturday (not the usual Friday) Feb. 7 at Sunshine Coast Arts Centre at Trail and Medusa, in Sechelt. Admission is free, courtesy of the Canada Council and the Sunshine Coast Arts Council.
