Author Talk - Gin Sexsmith

Join us for a talk with local Deseronto-based author Gin Sexmith!

Gin Sexsmith is a mixed-Kanyen'kehá:ka novelist and songwriter from Deseronto, Ontario and a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. Introspective, unapologetic, and forever for the girls, Gin’s work explores love, identity, sexuality, trauma, and society through a speculative lens. Her debut novel, In the Hands of Men, was published in May 2023. Its audiobook, narrated by Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, was released in June 2024 and won Audible's Top 20 Best Audiobooks of the Year.

For generations, the patriarchy held everyone in a tight fist, but after a mysterious virus devolved society’s worst into literal monsters, women and marginalized communities have been freed of its clutches. This could be a world where people can hold their heads high, speak their minds, wear whatever they want, and most of all, hope for a better future—one where…