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Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet

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Posted on 15 September 202015 September 2020

CPC 2020 – It lives!

Yes, we finally have a lineup that is as settled as Covid19 and the general mischievousness of the universe will permit. As I type this, we still aren’t entirely sure what level of pandemic protocol we will be trying to go forward under – so just in case some late breaking events throw a spanner …

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Posted on 11 September 202011 September 2020

Anthology! Also poetry readings!

First, the anthology: Yes indeedy, the anthology of poems from ten-years-worth of my poetry classes is finally here. Isn‘t it lovely? The cover was designed by Kate Rennie, who is also one of the (37!) contributors. We’re having the official launch at Tūranga, 5.30pm to 7.30pm on the evening of Thursday September 24th and will be …

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Posted on 4 September 20204 September 2020

Happy Quake-iversary, Canterbury

Ten years ago today I was standing in the doorway of my bedroom, watching the house swaying around me, listening to the sound of the nails pulling in and out of the framing timbers of the house. I can’t remember how many aftershocks we’d had by this point, four hours on from the 7.1 earthquake …

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Posted on 12 August 202012 August 2020

Well I think this just about sums it up:

Sigh … 

Posted on 30 April 202020 April 2020

NaPoWriMo Quarantine Edition – Exercise 30

You’ve made it – all the way through April. Whether you’ve managed to write a poem every day this month, or tried to, or just thought about it, well done. Today, you will be writing  a cento – a poem made up entirely of lines borrowed from other poems. And not just any cento – to …

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Upcoming Workshops

R4W: Examining the Ockhams

Coming soon – a five session  class delving into the four poetry books shortlisted for the 2021 Ockham NZ Book Awards.

For full details of all this year’s classes, see Classes for 2021 for information or Current Classes to enrol.

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