THURSDAY, October 17, 2024
7 pm, Silverton Gallery
Book Launch: Pole Shift & other poems
by Sean Arthur Joyce
Location: Silverton Gallery (aka Slocan Lake Arts Centre)
Entry: $15 suggested donation, cash only
Merchandise: Books will be for sale at event, bring cash! (e-transfer can also be accepted)
In today's tumultuous age, whatever your political beliefs, the world often seems upside-down. Joyce uses the poetical question to ask: What are the cosmological, geophysical and spiritual influences affecting humanity right now? And where can we find comfort and transcendence?
The book launch will include screenings of poetry videos, both those already released and new videos. Joyce will also read an Introduction and a selection of poems from the book, and, of course, will have his books for sale!
"Joyce demonstrates that he is one of the finest poets working in Canada today. In lines that are energetically taut, elegantly crafted and wonderfully luminous, he brings the reader to the brink of feeling utterly vulnerable in a world that strains toward destruction. Tethered by his belief in Nature's ability to renew his spirit, Joyce looks unblinkingly at humankind's fall from paradise...: ~ Ernest Hekkanen, New Orphic Review
About Art Joyce:
Sean Arthur Joyce is the author of 12 books and numerous limited editions, featuring Western Canadian history, poetry, and a novel, Mountain Blues (2018). He has published six collections of poetry, with his seventh, Pole Shift and Other Poems, published September 2024 by Ekstasis Editions of Victoria, BC Canada. Ekstasis also published his 2023 book of poems, Blue Communion, and his 2022 collection of essays Words from the Dead: Relevant Readings in the Covid Age, that draws on critical thinkers from Plato to the present, including George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Karl Popper, Arnold Toynbee and many others, supported by over 600 references.
Joyce is also a spirited performer of his work; he has produced several poetry videos such as “The Day After Covid,” “Star Seeds” and “Summer of Fire,” which can be seen on his website or YouTube. His essays and poetry have been published in literary journals such as Canadian Poetry, Acumen (UK), New Orphic Review (Canada) as well as various Canadian, American and British anthologies. Joyce has worked as a freelance journalist since 1990, publishing investigative reports on a variety of topics. His long-form essays and investigative reports are published online at Substack.
His author website can be found at www.seanarthurjoyce.ca.