Posted April 17, 2020

Moon Was a Feather shortlisted for Eileen McTavish Sykes Award

Congratulations to Scott Nolan for his poetry collection Moon Was a Feather being shortlisted for the 2020 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book.

Evolving from a routine of long walks he began to help him quit smoking, Winnipeg singer, songwriter and musician Scott Nolan’s debut poetry collection Moon Was a Feather reflects on a life well-considered. Poems that chronicle a difficult youth, experience with drugs, friendships, and music are interwoven with insights gleaned from the eclectic jumble of neighbourhoods and people he encounters on his long walks. Spare–eloquent with a healthy dose of grit–the poems of Moon Was a Feather are infused with the poet’s deep appreciation for the eccentricities of fate that life throws at him, and the love for music that helps him make sense of them.

Moon Was a Feather by Scott Nolan has been shortlisted for the 2020 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book.