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 …
The Ministry of Sorrow
Another day, another @#*! earthquake. I was cooking dinner at the time, and let out a shriek, which is not usual for me. I hate hate hate hate hate @#*! earthquakes. But it did have one useful effect – reminded me of an article I’d seen on the Stuff website. It was written by Islay …
’Tis the season for book launches (tra la la la la …)
Lordy me, having had an earthquake-inflicted hiatus in things of a cultural nature, Christchurch is returning to its rightful place as the centre of the New Zealand literary universe. There are two book launch events approaching, both happening in semi-association with the CPC readings. (Is there a better way to start an evening than with …
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A Dark Feathered Art 