John Sangster, Lopez poet, winner of the Jack Straw award, and author of a recently published book, “Island Year,” will be joined by Orcas poets who have been published recently in Shark Reef – Jan Loudin, George Karnikis, Ingrid Karnikis and JoEllen Moldoff for a poetry reading on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. at Darvill’s.

Shark Reef is an online publication of the Lopez Writers Guild, edited by Lorna Reese with guest editors from the Islands. Local writers of prose and poetry as well as visual artists and photographers are encouraged to submit their work to Shark Reef as a way to get their work to a wider world. Check sharkreef.org to read the publication and for information on submissions.

The reading and reception are sponsored by Darvill’s Bookstore, the Lopez Writers Guild and Shark Reef.