So here we are, the second anniversary of the quake that broke my city. Two years. Seems like much less. And much more. Talking to other people, one of the things that is really clear is how fuzzy the memories of life pre-quake have become. I remember having lunch at the Strip occasionally, and how …
Start the year as you are likely to continue – late
Ah dear. Here we are, almost finished January, and I’ve not managed to get my shit together long enough to post anything for ages. Forgive me, dear readers. Life has been getting rather thoroughly in the way. The day before my Very Understanding Husband was supposed to start his week of proper holiday time, he …
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Plans, fatigue, and moolah
Just found out that Creative New Zealand have rejected my funding application for money to enable me to finish the new collection. Bah. And probably humbug too. I knew it was a bit of a long shot, but on the other hand I thought I ticked pretty well all of the relevant boxes. The hope …
CPC Readings 2012 – the grand finale
Tomorrow night (21st November – how did it get so late in the year already?!) is the Season’s Finale of the Canterbury Poets’ Collective Spring Poetry in Performance Readings series. And the special guest readers are … the winners of the Open Mic, as chosen by the audience! Yay! I think it’s a really nice …
A final workshop flourish for 2012
Blimey, it never stops at this time of year, does it? Having just survived the weekend Poem Unleashed workshop (lost of fun, but exhausting!) it is now time to pimp my final class for the year – a straight writing exercise workshop: Jump-staring the Muse Saturdays, November 10th, 17th, 24th, and December 1st and 8th, …
A Dark Feathered Art 