"Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood"

Description

Former (Poetry) Gabriolan and tradeswoman Hilary Peach reads from her memoir, "Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood" (Anvil Press 2022). This collection of stories follows Hilary's work as a transient welder—and one of the only women—in the Boilermakers Union. It moves from West Coast shipyards and pulp mills, through the Alberta tar sands and the Ontario rust belt, to power generating stations of the eastern US. Poetic spice added by Galiano poet Geoff Inverarity, reading from his book "All the Broken Things" (Anvil Press, 2022). Refreshments available. Book purchase and signing afterward.