Rosalind Knight’s new book will stir those local memories

Local author Rosalind Knight is about to release her second book — this time a book of poetry — with a book signing event on December 2.

Rosalind’s historical fiction novel, The Summer at the Mettawas, was published in 2014 and over the past several years she’s compiled many poems written from the heart, which has now become her second book — Where the Barn Door Used To Be.

The retired school teacher grew up in Windsor but spent her early summers at Cedar Beach, from where she draws a lot of her poetic inspiration.

She and her husband settled on Road 3 in Kingsville and she also draws inspiration from her surroundings in rural Kingsville.

For the past seven or eight years, she’s participated in writing workshops and it was from those workshops that she produced many of the poems in the book.

“Everything I was writing always seemed to come back to what I saw out my window,” she says. “It’s a way to honour the people who came before us.”

The nostalgic look at many things “Kingsville” as well as aspects of her own childhood will strike a chord with many readers as they can identify with much of the content.

“It’s kind of a love letter to my community,” she says.

Rosalind has reached into the depths of the surrounding area with poems about Kennedy Woods, Jack Miner and even his wife Laona Miner, who she sees as the “woman behind the man.”

She talks about autumn, summer fairs, dog parks and even Betty Grable’s legs, bringing readers through a vast array of memories and emotions. 

The book signing will take place at the Carnegie Arts and Visitors Centre on Division Street South in Kingsville on Saturday, December 2 from 1-3:30 pm.

Where The Barn Door Used To Be is currently available at the Carnegie Arts and Visitors Centre and at the River Bookshop in Amherstburg.