another word for home is blackbird: poetry night with Catherine Wilson Garry

With Another Word for Home is Blackbird Catherine Wilson Garry brings the world a light that is much needed right now.

This first poetry collection by Catherine Wilson Garry examines the nature of solace and escapism from grief and loss. Through retracing her personal losses, people-watching, magpies and olive oil offer small moments of transformational joy.

Objects and belongings are also given a poetic power: binoculars, shoes, books and flowers help bring the deceased back to life – both in memory and on the page. Wilson Garry explores grief and loss on a wider, political scale, including examinations of climate change, industrial action, isolation – advocating for a world where happiness thrives instead of just survival.

Catherine is as generous and bighearted a writer as she is a person and it's a particular delight to celebrate her first publication in the bookshop, she will be hosted by Charlie Roy, Stewed Rhubarb Press's Head of Publishing and author of The Broken Pane.

Catherine Wilson Garry is an acclaimed spoken word poet and writer based in Edinburgh. Her work has been widely published and commissioned by organisations such as StAnza Poetry Festival and the British National Gallery. As a spoken word poet, Wilson Garry has performed across the U.K. and represented Scotland internationally.