Join Genius Mode Publishing as they welcome award-winning spoken word poet and debut-author, Alyestal Hamilton, for an intimate evening of creativity and a reading from her new book, With Blood, Through Fire. Alyestal’s first book of poetry unravels resilience and overcoming through the lens of faith, family, and freedom for self-identification.

Alyestal will share the evening of creativity, food, and drink, along with other amazing local performers and poets. Alyestal will be signing books to end the evening.

This exciting event happens on Saturday, October 7 at Coin 8 Studio, located at 927 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M6H 1Z1, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

About the Author

Alyestal Hamilton is a multi-passionate creative, speaker, and award-winning poet. Her words have been seen on the walls of Uganda, the stages of London, England, and in North American literary journals.

About the book

In a graceful collection of poems, Alyestal Hamilton tenderly unravels a family’s generational practice of suppressing themselves in life through transition. Weaving between culture and faith, rejection and belonging, With Blood, Through Fire uses poetry as a guide in a journey through generational trauma, faith, family secrets and rising to resilience of self.