July 4, 2014, 4-5pm - first hour of a two hour show, featuring predominantly an in-studio interview reading with Bob MacKenzie discussing his just published books, "Songrise" and "Spirit Quest". The remaining approx 10 minutes of the hour features the beginning of an as yet unaired recording of a 2013 Kingston WritersFest event called 'You Are What You Read' which runs through the 2nd hour. LINK
Spirit Quest art book available to order
There's still time to take advantage of the special pre-launch 35% saving on "Spirit Quest" and receive a copy signed! In "Spirit Quest poems, paintings and charcoal drawings create verbal and visual images of mountains and mountain experiences reproduced in the highest fine-art quality.The same discount will be available at The Word Is Wild Literary Festival this weekend - June 6th & 7th, 2014 in Manooth, Ontario. Whether you order or buy a book or not, stop by the book table and introduce yourself to author Bob Mackenzie!Poet and reviewer John Ambury writes:
"Not infrequently, a visual artist and a writer produce a collaboration, where the art and the text complement each other. Usually this works reasonably well, sometimes very well."Rarely — very rarely — a partnership comes about that is so far beyond that as to be in a whole different class. So it is with Spirit Quest. Much more than a mere joint project, it reflects the coming together of two quite different individuals who found that their quests are similar, and poured their passions into this cooperative volume."Spirit Quest is wonderfully engaging, dramatic and moving. It is the more so for being real and unpretentious. Do not miss this opportunity to experience the powerful synergy created by two of Canada’s most outstanding contemporary artists coming together for the first time."
Spirit Quest pre-order special
For more details or to order your copy, send an e-mail to bob@communication.ca today.
Spirit Quest
Spirit Quest • Fine Art & Poetry Book
We received the press copy of SPIRIT QUEST today! How excited could an artist be, after months of work, the final result is PERFECT! We are delighted! Book launch in the works, but it's green light for pre-sales :: click the following link to preview pages of the book and place your order today!
Spirit Quest by Bob MacKenzie and Sharlena Wood
Spirit Quest
poems by Bob MacKenziepaintings and charcoal drawings by Sharlena Wood
In Canada’s Rocky Mountains and the ranges to the west, toward the Pacific coast, there is a palpable spirit that’s impossible to resist. In these places, one cannot help but feel the presence of a greater power that need not be named. Those who travel here return changed to the far places from whence they came. Some never return. Enthralled by the beauty and power of these mountains, they settle in for the remainder of their lives. Though it hadn’t been their plan, others return again and again. Those born in their shadow carry in their hearts the mountain spirit and never forget, no matter where their lives may take them. The poems in this book explore a boy’s experience of this spirit as recalled a half-century later by the man he had become. Created by an artist who has also been among these mountains and felt their spirit around her, the accompanying images express her own experience of these places.