We are elated to announce that FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN by Kai Cheng Thom has been shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award!
This award is inclusive of trans women and non-binary individuals who feel comfortable being recognized by a women’s prize.
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is awarded in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975. The Pat Lowther Memorial Award carries a $2000 prize and is awarded annually in May. An online event will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 8pm ET to celebrate the finalists! The event will feature brief readings from shortlisted poets.
About FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN:
What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not believe are worthy of love?
A transformative collection of intimate and lyrical love letters that offer a path toward compassion, forgiveness, and self-acceptance.
Kai Cheng Thom, Master of Social Work, MSc Couple & Family Therapy, is a Certified Somatic Sex Educator, Qualified Mediator, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified Professional Life Coach based in tkaronto/Toronto. She is the author of six award-winning books in various genres, including the Publishing Triangle Award-winning essay collection on Transformative Justice, I HOPE CHOOSE LOVE, the New York Times-featured picture book From the Stars In the Sky to the Fish in the Sea, and the recent Canadian bestseller Falling Back In Love With Being Human.
Kai Cheng’s work as a noted practitioner and teacher of Somatic Sex Education, Sexological Bodywork, and Somatic Coaching focuses on the intersection of social justice, pleasure activism, and transformative approaches to healing conflict and harm. She maintains a private practice as a hands-on sex and intimacy coach with individuals, couples, and polycules, as well as a consultancy as a master facilitator and leadership coach with organizations across North America. She also teaches as Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education and Faculty at The Embody Lab, having trained hundreds of practitioners in body-based, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive approaches to individual and social change.
Kai Cheng is jointly represented by Léonicka Valcius and Marilyn Biderman.
Congratulations Kai!