Travel and stillness. Material objects and abstract creation. Counterweights, Kestral Gaian's first solo collection, is a look into the duality of the world around us. Split into three sections - Concavity, Convexity, and Complexity - and with recurrent themes of illness and beauty living side-by-side, this book explores the ideas of love being helpless, humanity being destructive, and of change being a constant companion to us all.

Kestral Gaian has written poetry since she was six years old, although only really learned to spell once she'd turned twelve. With credits spanning stage, screen, and young-adult fiction, her poetry is a funny-yet-gritty look at the various worlds in which she's lived.