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Posted on 25 September 202028 September 2020

Launched! broken lines / in charcoal

broken lines / in charcoal is now officially launched. Hurrah! It was a really fun night. Standing room only, in the end – very glad we’d come out of level two, otherwise more than half our audience would have had to stand outside the room, staring inwards and making a dash for the door whenever one …

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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 … 

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Upcoming Workshops

R4W: Odyssey by Anthology

Our annual look back at the previous year via the lens of The Best American Poetry, The Best Canadian Poetry in English and The Forward Book of Poetry.

A combination of discussion and writing exercises, suitable for all levels. And now with three venues!

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

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