From Governor General's Award-winning poet Tim Lilburn comes a stunning new collection of poetry about the natural world and our place in it.
The Volcano's High Held Snow Note is a collection preoccupied with a small mountain called S?A?E (Snow Mountain) in the language of the W_SÁNEC people on the Saanich Peninsula and the Gulf Islands. The time is the days of early Covid and the multiplying signs of violent climate alteration in burning northern forests. Elsewhere, an uncanny holy child wishes to swim through matter and find healing substances deep under the earth, Marguerite Porete has some ideas for how to deal with Master Reason in a crisis, and hummingbirds take in half-frozen sugar slush as anagogic liquid.
| ISBN: | 9780771026584 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2026 |
| Author: | Tim Lilburn |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 80 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world Narrative theme: Sense of place |
From Governor General's Award-winning poet Tim Lilburn comes a stunning new collection of poetry about the natural world and our place in it.The Volcano's High Held Snow Note is a collection preoccupied with a small mountain called S?A?E (Snow Mountain) in the language of the W_SÁNEC people on the Saanich Peninsula and the Gulf Islands. The time is the days of early Covid and the multiplying signs of violent climate alteration in burning northern forests.
The Volcano's High Held Snow Note features in the following genres: Poetry, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Narrative theme: Sense of place
Paperback. £15.29, down from the £16.99 cover price. Pre-order. 15th September 2026.
The Volcano's High Held Snow Note was written by Tim Lilburn and published by McClelland & Stewart
The Volcano's High Held Snow Note has 80 pages
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. Pre-order. 15th September 2026.