A bit of utterly shameless self-promotion: on Friday I'm taking part in a poetry reading for the 2009 Christchurch Writer's Festival. Also reading will be Frankie McMillan, Tusiata Avia, and my two favourite Bearded Southern Men, James Norcliffe and Brian Turner. It should be a really good event – not only because the others are …
snatching moments in the whirlwind
This week I've been proofreading the 2009 NZPS Anthology – moments in the whirlwind. It's being edited by Barbara Strang this time, and she's done a lovely job. Because Christchurch poets have featured so heavily in the competitions for the last couple of years, the official launch of the anthology will be in here in Christchurch …
Becoming a Book
I love books. Reading them, of course, but also making them. It's one of the chief pleasures of editing – being a part of that process, watching a book becoming. Because there's something more to it than just an assemblage of paper and ink. Even in these desktop-printing days, there's some level of specialness that sets …
Another Book Sale
It's definitely the season for it – UBS Canterbury have their annual book sale on at the moment. (I was just passing by, honest!) (I think I'm going to need to build some more bookcases …)
Coming Out (but not with heels and lipstick)
A moderately recent episode of Criminal Intent reminded me of just how far off the radar poetry seems to be for most people. (Not that it was news – hell, I once sparked a poem off someone's attempt to come to grips with being faced with an actual poet, and in a confined space too!) …
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A Dark Feathered Art 