Category: Publication

• Two Compelling Readings Coming Soon.

  

  Poet Laura E. Garrard will read in two evocative events in October: American Graveyard Anthology Online Launch Oct. 24 & Poems of the Moment Oct. 29 at the Port Townsend Public Library.

  Laura E. Garrard

  October 4, 2026

  Events, Poetry, Publication, Reading In Person, Reading Live, Reading Virtual

  Afterlife, American Graveyard, Book Signing, Cancer Poetry, Finishing Line Press, Gary Copeland Lilley, Grief and Loss, Hospice, Joanne Clarkson, Laura E. Garrard, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Poetry Reading, Port Townsend, Port Townsend Poet Laureate, Port Townsend Public Library, Read and Green Press, Rufina C. Garay

• Newest Review of Paddling

  

  A positive review is up for Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death on Raven Chronicles!

  Laura E. Garrard

  April 9, 2026

  Book, Cancer Related, News, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Publication

  Cancer Poetry, Finishing Line Press, Laura E. Garrard, Nature Inspired, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Poetry Book, Raven Chronicles, Review

• First Review of Paddling is Live!

  

  Watch a reel and link to a new review, on Mom Egg Review, of my forthcoming chapbook, Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death.

  Laura E. Garrard

  February 24, 2026

  Book, Cancer Related, News, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Press, Publication

  Book Review, Cancer Poetry, Finishing Line Press, Grief Poetry, Laura E. Garrard, Mom Egg Review, Nature Inspired, Paddleboarding, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry

• Paddling the Sweet Spot On Sale – Preorder Begins.

  

  Laura E. Garrard’s debut book and contest placing chapbook is available for preorder through Finishing Line Press.

  Laura E. Garrard

  December 2, 2025

  Book, Cancer Related, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Preordering, Publication

  Book Signing, Cancer Poetry, Discount, Finishing Line Press, Laura E. Garrard, Nature Inspired, Paddleboarding, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Poetry Book, Preorder

• Three new ‘Stone’ poems on Four Feathers.

  

  Read my new poems published on Four Feathers Press.

  Laura E. Garrard

  June 21, 2025

  News, Poetry, Publication

  Four Feathers Press, Gros Ventre, Ireland, Laura E. Garrard, Nature Inspired, Passage Tombs, Poetry, River, Stone, Stone Circle, Stone Worlds, Travel, Wyoming

• Forthcoming Chapbook

  

  Forthcoming March 2026 from Finishing Line Press, a poetry chapbook about the trauma of cancer diagnosis, grief, self-advocacy and recovery – a book about nature- and art-inspired healing.

  Laura E. Garrard

  June 16, 2025

  Arts in Health, Book, Cancer Related, News, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Publication

  Ableism, Book Publication, Cancer Community, Cancer Poetry, Cancer Support, Chronic Illness, Finishing Line Press, Grief, Laura E. Garrard, Life and Death, Multiple Myeloma, Nature Inspired, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Trauma