Poet, author to present readings

Erin Knight of St. Catharine’s, Ont., and Leo McKay Jr. of Maitland, will offer public readings of their works Feb. 29 in the library of Université Sainte-Anne at Church Point.

Knight, the granddaughter of Valerie Young Mount of Deep Brook, is on the faculty of Niagara College in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Her book of poetry, ‘The Sweet Fuels’, was published in 2007 by Goose Lane Publishing of Fredericton, N.B.

McKay is the author of ‘Twenty-Six’, a work of fiction based on the Westray mining disaster in which 26 miners lost their lives. His first book, a collection of short stories, earned him a nomination for the Giller Prize in 1995.

Both writers are also presenting readings of their works in Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton and Halifax.