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Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet

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Poet, editor, publisher and creative writing tutor
Posted on 31 July 200911 July 2019

Protected: Montana Poetry Awards – the last hmph

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Posted on 29 July 20097 August 2009

The Summer King interviews

For those of you who would like to read or hear more about The Summer King, there are a number of interviews floating round at the moment. An Interview with Tim Jones on Books in the Trees A launch report by Helen Lowe on Beattie's Book Blog An interview with Lynn Freeman on The Arts …

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Posted on 28 July 200931 July 2009

and a time was had by all

Well it's happened. The Summer King has been officially Launched. As feared, the weather in Christchurch was horrible. After a week of surprisingly pleasant weather (this has been an unusually cold, grey and wet winter so far), Friday quickly degenerated into scuds of sleety, spitty showers. And a high of 8˚C. Oh joy! And access …

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Posted on 27 July 200928 July 2009

lolly-scramble – and the winner is …

Helen Rickerby! Congratulations Helen. I'll be in touch to confirm which book you'd like. For those of you who wondered about the selection process – I collected the names of those who had confessed to taking part, and used a version of alectromancy to select the winner. Terribly scientific, I know. What you each voted …

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Posted on 25 July 200926 July 2009

lolly-scramble competition

I know this is a Homer Simpson “Doh!” moment, but I had forgotten that the polls were anonymous. I only know the identity of two of the people who voted in my lolly-scramble competition. So I'm extending the deadline until Monday night NZ time, and appealing for those of you who have entered to leave …

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