Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet, Editor and Creative Writing Tutor
I had a ball in Dunedin. The event was technically a sellout (well, a book-out), and there was a really great vibe in the room. I suspect I waffled on a bit too much, but that's an occupational hazard. No-one seemed in danger of losing the will to live, so I count that as a …
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I'm working on a new piece – a modern revisioning of the most tragic-romantic poem from that most tragic-Romantic of English poets, John Keats: La Belle Dame Sans Merci Oh what can ail thee Knight-at-arms Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has withered from the Lake And no birds sing. Oh what can ail thee …
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People, people! You've left me with a tie! And here was me hoping to have a clear-cut winner … Since you can't decide, I'll put it to some other method of divination. Normally I'd turn to alectromancy, but the girls are in bed. Hmm … Axinomancy has a certain appeal (it's been one of those …
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As anyone who's ever tried to get such material from me will testify, I really hate writing bios. I always feel like the class idiot. What do I say that doesn't sound completely onanistic? And yet is interesting enough to get people to read on? I usually go for the silly, with a slight touch …
Rightio, time to select a winner for my second De-clutter Giveaway. I suspect Greg thought he had it in the bag, but a last-minute entry from Dwayne has opened things up again. A reminder of what's at stake: Imago 13:3 (2001) – a now-defunct Australian mag The North 44 (2009) – a British mag Poetry …
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A Dark Feathered Art 