Peterborough Branch Anthology Book Launch

Inspired by the place they call home, thirteen local authors have let their imaginations soar in a collection of poetry and prose launching later this month.

Here is a glimpse of creativity running wild in The Kawartha Imagination Project:

* A traffic accident at Lansdowne and the Parkway leads a naked time-traveler to an unlikely romance.

* A couple takes a canoe trip out into the wilderness and, after a terrifying night, only one returns.

* Nursing home residents and staff love Angela, the angelic volunteer, but aren’t aware of what she does to help reluctant spirits journey to the next world.

* Magical skies lead far away from the Kawarthas to a land of dragons and unicorns.

* A magic portal on Water Street provides a tip that helps thwart a terrorist plotting to destroy downtown Peterborough.

* A reticent Peterborough councillor has a mysterious muse helping him handle a new arena proposal, downtown redevelopment and a spending scandal.

* A visit to the Wu Tai Shan Temple helps a young woman put a violent past behind her and discover a new purpose in life.

* A yarn about young “Peter from Peterborough” and his mysterious friend Grackenbottom tells how the gifted boy reunites with his imagination and his cat Lizzie.

* A spiritual tale takes readers on a journey through Peterborough’s past – and future.

* A trip to a doctor’s office turns into a most humiliating experience for a Peterborough woman of advancing years.

Peterborough’s 13 are Louise Lukianchuk, J.R. MacLean, Richard D. Patterson, Brenda L. Baker, Pegi Eyers, Val Crowley, Diana Chan-Salitter, Eileen Dunne, David Austin, Richard Lowery, J. Stephen Thompson, Gail Taylor and Catherine McVicar.