Virtual Author Visit: Dean Gessie

Dean will tells his journey of finding poetry, and discusses the writing process.

This program is for adults. Priority will be given to confirmed RHPL members.

About the author: Hailing from Midland, Ontario, Dean is an established author and poet, having won and placed in dozens of international literary competitions. Most recently, he was awarded the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award in England - one of the world's richest prizes for a single poem ($4250), along with a Creators of Justice Literary Award from the International Human Rights Arts Festival in New York, the COP26 Poetry Competition in honour of the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland and the Human Rights Poetry Competition sponsored by the UN-aligned organization in Finland. If that wasn’t enough he also published three novellas and a collection of short stories [Anthropocene] that garnered international attention, and multiple honours.

This program will be hosted on Zoom.

How to access the program:

In order to participate in this program, you'll need to log in to Zoom using a secure link and password. This information will be sent to the email address you've provided. If you have not received an email from the program lead by the day of the program, please contact the Library. askus@rhpl.ca Be sure to check your spam folder.

Please note that all participants must register for this program in advance. Do not share the program link or password among friends and family. You can, however, direct them to the registration page.

Using video:

The Library is committed to your safety in both physical and digital spaces. One way of ensuring this is by maintaining visibility. For this reason, we ask all customers participating in our interactive, virtual programs to have their videos on at the start of the program until the program lead has confirmed their registration. (If dialing in, we will be aware this is not possible but will confirm your registration through your name)

During this Program, you will be using a third-party platform, Zoom, for the purpose of communication. This service may collect some personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, & password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy, which can be found here: Zoom Privacy Policy

If you require technical support downloading or operating Zoom, please contact the Library at askus@rhpl.ca