Kelly Layne Live at Tattered Cover Colfax

About This Event

Kelly Layne is joining us on Monday, May 4th at 6:00 PM at our Colfax location to celebrate her new book of stories, poems, and photographs dedicated to her friend and long-time Colfax resident and local fireman, Travis Roberts on International Firefighters Day. This is a FREE event and we will have a limited supply of additional books for guests to purchase in store. This event includes an opportunity to meet the author, participate in an audience Q&A after the book talk, and get your book(s) signed and personalized. Photos with the author are welcome! ABOUT THE BOOK Fly along with the Heart of the Swallowtail by Kelly Layne, as Layne invites readers into a lyrical world where poetry, prose, and imagery intertwine to reveal the beauty and ache of being alive. Through tender reflections on love, loss, and belonging, Layne captures the quiet miracles of everyday life―the shimmer of memory, the courage of starting over, and the wonder of finding home within ourselves. Each page is a landscape of feeling: evocative poems and vivid stories paired with images that illuminate the delicate balance between heartbreak and healing. Like the flight of a swallowtail, the book arcs between shadow and light, reminding us that transformation is always possible. Heart of the Swallowtail is perfect for readers who love Mary Oliver, Rupi Kaur, or Maggie Smith, and for anyone seeking comfort, reflection, and renewal through art. Whether gifted to a friend or cherished on your own nightstand, this collection is a companion for life's most beautiful turning points. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kelly Layne, Colorado native, has lived all over the world. She appreciates the beauty, magic and community of her current home, Santa Fe, New Mexico. As an outdoor enthusiast, she spends her days outside in the mountains, alongside her frolicking dog. In between writing, Kelly produces events and consults non-profits and lifestyle ventures on community development. Her best words come from days out on beautiful bodies of water on her paddleboard, or hiking with her boy Falco the wonder dog.