Last night I got my official invitation to the launch of Frankie McMillan's first poetry collection, Dressing for the Cannibals. There were lots of inappropriate jokes about undressing, salad dressing, mustard, relish, etc etc. (David Gregory was there … sigh!) Jokes aside, it should be a really good book. Frankie is routinely there-or-thereabouts in poetry competitions, …
NZ lit mags continued …
Keep the comments and poll answers coming – I'll run the competition until Saturday morning, and use my standard highly scientific selection method to choose a winner. So far the reading stats put Takahe just in front of JAAM and Landfall, and in the subscription stats just ahead of Bravado. (For a while there it …
lit mags and gift bags
I'm getting Kokako 11 ready to be sent to the printer at the moment, so I've been thinking about journals, subscriptions and the oft repeated complaint that more people submit to lit mags than ever subscribe to them. In the case of Kokako, we have almost as many subscribers from the USA as we do …
photos from The Lustre Jug launch
Apologies for the wobbly nature of some of the photos – I didn't want to use the flash, so I was forced to use an empty wineglass as a tripod. (Well, eventually it was an empty wineglass …) Clicking on thumbnails will open a larger image in another window. Enjoy.
’tis the season for booklaunches (trala lala la lala la la)
There must be something in the water. Honestly, for a cultural wasteland, Christchurch has a lot going on at the moment! Tonight is the launch of Bernadette Hall's 9th poetry collection, The Lustre Jug (Victoria University Press, rrp $24.99). It's being held in the TelstraClear Club, right in front of the Cathedral. Geoff Cochrane will …
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A Dark Feathered Art 