Author Event: Kate Rogers and Kathryn MacDonald

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Join us for an afternoon of poetry, conversation, and celebration as we welcome authors Kate Rogers and Kathryn MacDonald to Readers’ Nook for a special summer launch event. Featuring guest readings from Gwynn Scheltema, this intimate summer event... Join us for an afternoon of poetry, conversation, and celebration as we welcome authors Kate Rogers and Kathryn MacDonald to Readers’ Nook for a special summer launch event. Featuring guest readings from Gwynn Scheltema, this intimate summer event brings together voices exploring love, loss, myth, memory, and the fragile beauty of the natural world. Kate Rogers Kate Rogers’ Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope debuted with Frontenac House in Spring 2026. Kate won first prize in subTerrain Magazine’s Lush Triumphant Award for her five-poem suite, “My Mother’s House,” and first prize in the Trinity College Dublin “Book of Kells” contest for her poem, “John and the Book of Kells.” Kate’s poetry has appeared in numerous Canadian and international publications, including The Guardian. During April Poetry Month Kate spoke about Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope on CBC Radio’s Fresh Air. Her essay on books by Canadian authors which fed her creative process can be read on The 49th Shelf. You can learn more about Kate and her poetry at www.katerogers.ca Kathryn MacDonald Kathryn MacDonald’s poetry has been published in Canadian and international literary journals and anthologies. She is the author of The Blue Gate (Frontenac House, Spring 2026), Wayside (BPR Press, Winter 2026), Liminal Spaces, a collaborative chapbook (Glentula Press, 2025), Far Side of the Shadow Moon (Glentula Press, 2024), A Breeze You Whisper: Poems (HBP, 2010) and Calla & Édourd (fiction, HBP, 2009). For more information visit www.kathrynmacdonald.com This is a free event, open to the public! Date: Sunday, July 5 at 2pm Location: Readers' Nook, 29 King Street W, Cobourg, ON