First Reading of the Season!

Joanna Cockerline and

Kevin Andrew Heslop

Kelowna

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Friday, September 19, 2025, 7 PM

Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art

103, 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna BC

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​Joanna Cockerline's Still is the story of Kayla, who lives and works on the streets of Kelowna,  and of Little Zoe, a woman working in the sex trade  who is missing. Set in a vibrant and diverse community of people living unhoused, the novel explores sex work, street life, survival, and  what it means to find a home—especially in one's self.

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Kevin Andrew Heslop's most recent book is The Writing on the Wind's Wall: Dialogues about 'Medical Assistance in Dying' .  The author listens to the voices of those affected by MAID: 'Medical Assistance in Dying' in the city of London, Ontario: a death doula, a sound-healer, a psychiatrist, a scholar, a doctor, a medium, an ethicist, a prospective recipient, a politician, a reverend, and several recipients' survivors. These voices are interwoven with insights from cultural figures, documenting how euthanasia reflects deeper crises.

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