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Cozy Fest: Kim Fahner + The Pollination Field

Kim Fahner’s The Pollination Field (Turnstone Press) explores how human activity impacts the natural world and considers the evolving experiences of women.

Today, Kim reads a short poem that anchors a meaningful day in the quiet rhythm of the ocean.

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Kim Fahner reads from
The Pollination Field (Turnstone Press)

About our reader

A photo of Kim Fahner. She is a light-skin-toned woman with short curly red hair. She is wearing a black long-sleeve shirt with a green beaded necklace and smiling into the camera.

Kim Fahner lives and writes in Sudbury, Ontario. The Pollination Field (Turnstone Press, 2025) is her sixth book of poetry. Her first novel, The Donoghue Girl, was published by Latitude 46 Publishing in fall 2024. Recently, Kim won first place inThe Ampersand Review’s 2024 Essay Contest, second place in Prairie Fire’s 2023 McNally Robinson Bookseller Award for Creative Nonfiction, and was a finalist for The Fiddlehead’s 2023 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize. Kim is the First Vice-Chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada and may be reached via her website at www.kimfahner.com

Photo credit Gerry Kingsley.

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Thanks to Kim for reading from her book for All Lit Up’s fourth-annual Cozy Fest! You can learn more about The Pollination Field and order from ALU or your fave local bookstore (via the Shop Local button), right here.

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