LOUNGE: Kelly Watt Book Launch – The Weeping Degree

Kelly Watt is an award-winning author of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. She has published three books. Her new book of poetry and prose–The Weeping Degree: How Astrology Saved me From Suicide will be available August 21/2024. Her two former titles are the gothic novel, Mad Dog (2019/2001) and the mini travel companion, Camino Meditations (2014). 

Join us for the book launch of her new novel.

The Weeping Degree: How Astrology Saved Me From Suicide – a raw and gritty new collection of poetry and prose by Amazon bestselling author Kelly Watt. 

From its opening pages, Kelly Watt’s gritty poems illuminate the herstory of a trauma, following the ripple effect of childhood sexual abuse as it echoes throughout the author’s life, slowly transforming through time from a wound to a gift. Inspired by the author’s own chart, and individual astrological signatures—Watt turns to astrology and Buddhism to make sense of her tragic experiences. Divided into three riveting sections: The Home for Little Girls, The Buddha and The Pink Futon, and Hands Across the World, this book travels the globe from the silent shadows of foster care in a bleak Scarborough suburb, to the light and sound of Sanskrit chanting in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.

Written for poetry lovers, spiritual seekers, astrology aficionados and mental health advocates alike, this collection will take you on a wild ride, where poetry is a sacred alchemical art; a destination where our deepest sorrows are transmuted through imagination and creativity to self-empowerment and joy.