Book Launch: A Child's Seance

Join us at Shelf Life Books for the book launch of Weyman Chan's newest collection of poetry, A Child's Seance. The evening will feature readings from Weyman Chan, as well as local poets Josephine LoRe and Jun-long Lee. About the Book: A Child’s Seance begins when a brother and sister attempt to contact the spirit of their dead mother. As they play, their shared grief explodes into a big bang of questions about the universe’s smeared complexity. About the authors: Weyman Chan resides in Moh’kinstsis/Calgary. His newly released seventh book of poetry, A Child’s Seance (Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2026), explores themes of mother-loss, communication with the dead, and act of memorialization through writing. Recipient of the Writers Trust Latner-Griffin Poetry Prize in 2021, he was also a finalist for the 2008 Governor General’s Award for poetry. Jun-long Lee is a poet, visual artist, and filmmaker. He is the author of Abode (Athabasca University Press), which was nominated for The Gerald Lamp