Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet, Editor and Creative Writing Tutor
A bit of reflected glory to start the year off – the super-prestigious TS Eliot Prize for poetry has just been won by Philip Gross, for his collection, The Water Table. You can read all about it on the Guardian website. The Eliot Prize was created by the Poetry Book Society in memory of its founder. …
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Well this is my last post for 2009. It has certainly been quite a year. Looking back, the two biggest things were surviving NaPoWriMo (although I haven't finished anywhere near as many of the poems as I should have – grr), and The Summer King being published. Pretty decent milestones! I read lots of good …
I came across the following story a wee while ago – in New York City, there's a new Poets House, just by Rockerfeller Park. It looks like a lovely space, and if I ever had to visit NY it'd be high on my Must See list. I especially love the idea of having sensors in …
Finally, I have the details! (Although those of you who pay attention may have already noticed the list in the sidebar that appeared a couple of days ago …) There are three courses. All are being held at the CPIT main city campus (I don't know which room yet, sorry!), all run from 10 am …
(I meant to blog about this one a month or so ago, but life took over.) The Art of the Poetic Line is part of what looks like a very interesting series of books from Graywolf Press. Called “The Art of __”, each focuses on a particular single issue to do with creative writing. In this …
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A Dark Feathered Art 