Festival of A Moment by Kieran York is the second volume of York's 'Thought Trilogy' poetry. She refers to this huge series as a 'thought trilogy' because a great deal of the poetry style is stream of consciousness. Her interior monologue trilogy includes early work, as well as recent compositions. Once Word was the first in the series, followed by Festival of a Moment. And the third book of poetry, scheduled for 2018, will be titled, Knapsack of Stars. York's previous work include: Blushing Aspen, which was published as Sappho's Corner Solo Poets Series for 2014. It received the Rainbow Award Honorable Mention for poetry. It was also a finalist in the Poetry Category of the Golden Crown Literary Award. In 2015, her poetry book titled Realm of Belonging, was released by Scarlet Clover Publishers. In 2016, her poetry volume, Once Word was released. Included in this new volume are a dozen sections: Festival of a Moment; Sky Orchard; Prize-Winning Adventure; Ancestral Audience; Angel Path in the City; Etching Poetry; Photographs of Truth; Mapping Intimacy; Beyond Elsewhere; Blinking Vistas; Mob of Pinwheels; and Another Language for Love. From Festival of a Moment: I believe that affection should be used as our letter of introduction.
About the Author: Kieran York has authored both Sapphic fiction and poetry. The lesbian mystery series, Timber City Mask and Crystal Mountain Veils, were originally written in published in the mid-1990s. A second edition of them was recently released by Scarlet Clover Publishers. A third and fourth in the mystery series, Shinney Forest Cloaks and Rasp Meadow Crossing, were published in 2015 and 2016. All four Royce Madison mysteries have been on the Amazon 100 Best-Seller's List - LGBT Mysteries. Autumn, 2016 a cookbook featuring culinary dishes from the mysteries was published, Timber County Cuisine. York's fiction also includes Appointment with a Smile, published in 2012. It was a 2013 Lambda Literary Society Award Finalist in the Romance Category. Careful Flowers was released in 2013, followed by 2014 releases - Earthen Trinkets and Night Without time. In 2015, Touring Kelly's Poem, Loitering on the Frontier, Primrose, and Trevar's Team: 1 were published. In 2016, thriller Astray and romance Ballad of Raindrops were published. In 2014, York's volume of poetry, Blushing Aspen, was published as Sappho's Corner Solo Poets Series poetry for the year. It won the Rainbow Award Honorable Mention for Poetry, and was a finalist in the Poetry category of Golden Crown Literary Awards. In 2015, the poetry book titled Realm of Belonging was released by Scarlet Clover Publishers. In 2016, the poetry volume, Once Word was released. York has two collection of lesbian short fiction. The first was entitled Sugar With Spice, and was published in 1989. The second was released in 2015, and was called Within Our Celebration. During the nineteen-seventies and eighties, Kieran worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspapers, and magazines, and was a magazine publisher for three years. She also wrote and performed songs with a regional woman's band. She has been a guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, and Colorado Musician's Series. She is a member of Lambda Literary Society and Sisters in Crime. She has written for Journal of Mystery Readers International and has given numerous campus and coffeehouse poetry readings, as well as taught poetry and creative writing workshops. Additional information is available on her websites: https: //kieranyork.com and www.scarletcloverpublishers.com in addition you can find her work on Amazon's Author's Page at: www.amazon.com/author/kieranyork/