Come join Loch Baillie at his first book launch in Northern BC! Raw and confessional, River Running dives gracefully into the intangible concept of home, be it person or place. Featuring readings from Baillie and local authors Gillian Wigmore, Raegan Cote, and Kiara Mills.
In his highly anticipated, breathtakingly intimate debut, Loch Baillie pens an unfiltered queer Bildungsroman that traces both a geographical and emotional journey from his birthplace in New England to where he comes to settle in Quebec. Raw and confessional, "River Running" dives gracefully into the intangible concept of home, be it person or place. “No more metaphors tonight,” writes Baillie, “I come to tell you nothing / but the truth.” This collection probes at memory and love, identity and grief, with achingly gentle hands, sifting through the fragments one both leaves behind and becomes.
Loch Baillie (he/him) is a queer writer and editor based in Quebec City. He is the author of two poetry chapbooks, "ice, dove, parachute" (Cactus Press) and "Citronella" (Anstruther Press), as well as the full-length collection "River Running" (Goose Lane Editions, 2026). He is an associate poetry editor at "Plenitude Magazine" and a board director for the Quebec Writers’ Federation. Since 2022, Loch has had the pleasure of meeting and collaborating with incredible writers, performers, and scholars from Prince George, making the northern BC destination his favourite Canadian town he has never visited—until now.
Books will be available for purchase at this event.
In partnership with NBC Writers Association and League of Canadian Poets.
