How do you catch a tone without caging it? Honour a voice without swallowing it? How do you make shapes speak, shadows laugh, and silence hold its breath?

10 years ago, we attempted to answer some of these questions with the arrival of a poetry submission and an idea to pair it with a tailored illustration by visual artist boy Roland. The words began to leap off the page, and since then, it has become a monthly ritual—this conversation that plays out between the written and visual.

In honour of the last 10 years of celebrating the voices and stories unique to the region, we present Field Notes for Translating Ghosts: A Decade of Quiet Conversations, an anthology that features a selection of written works—from poems, to short stories, to song lyrics—originally published in The Walleye over the last decade alongside boy Roland’s visual explorations.

We’ll be launching Field Notes for Translating Ghosts on November 15 at 6 pm at Co. Lab Gallery, where you’ll be able to see a selection of works and purchase the book. Books will be available for preorder at a special price as part of a limited-time launch offer on The Walleye website (link here:https://www.thewalleye.ca/.../field-notes-for-translating...) and remain up for purchase afterwards while quantities last.