Just about time for another poet to have their life changed. Yes, the announcement of the 2011 Kathleen Grattan Award is fast approaching. The official announcement will be in Landfall 222 and on air (The Arts on Sunday) on November 20th, but this year OUP have released a shortlist of five: Nick Ascroft, 'Anonymous Phenomena' …
Going West, and loving it
Back from my weekend in Greymouth,and I had a fabulous time. And, strangely, I may not have been the only one. For starters, the venue was amazing. The Left Bank Art Gallery used to be a Bank of New Zealand branch – one of those lovely old buildings, the same style as the old Post …
Poem in progress – September
Wanting to learn this place, this collection of houses and people and lives that I came to willingly, that I chose, open-eyed, and that seemed to even welcome us here with cherry blossom, with the heartbreathless green of new leaf after winter, after wandering lost, that welcomed us with the gentle faith of my own …
EQC Checks, and new footage (and pennage) from the Red Zone
Wednesday night was the first session of the CPC Spring Poetry in Performance Readings in their new venue, the CPIT Students’s Association Hall. As was inevitable, there were lots of earthquake poems. In some ways the surprise was that there was anything other than earthquake poems in the open mic section! It really hit me …
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Guy Fawkes in Greymouth
For those of you on the West Coast, or anyone who fancies the idea of a weekend immersed in poetry, the planning for Guy Fawkes Weekend in Greymouth has come together with the sort of efficiency not seen since the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Details are below and in the sidebar, or click …
A Dark Feathered Art 