Like Good Comedy, it would seem that the secret of running poetry workshops in Christchurch is ... timing. Yes indeedy, hot on the metaphorical heels of my adding the forthcoming Formal Poetry workshop to the sidebar list, comes the news that yet another venue has fallen to the ongoing trauma of the earthquakes. For those …
Awards! Awards!
I’ve been a bit slow getting around to this post, and the number of things to be posting about has hit critical mass. But first, a brief pause to pay homage to Father Ted: Almost a month late, but congratulations to John Adams, who has won the 2012 NZSA Best First Book Award for Poetry …
The Launch, the Chair, the Firewood
I meant to post this last week, but Friday ended up being insanely busy, and the weekend not a lot better. Last Thursday night was the launch of Dear Heart at Ed Hopper Cafe and Bar. In typical Christchurch poetry event fashion, the weather was utterly vile. Sleet, wind, driving rain, and temperatures that refused …
Rattler? I’ll take the snakes.
Just as my browser refreshed to tell me that I had successfully published my post about Full House, my house started shaking. Magnitude 5.2, in Pegasus Bay, just off New Brighton. I managed to get my chair pushed back and was ready to dive under the desk if things built any more, which is several …
Full House for the Dead Poets winter workshop
Hooray, all the places on the winter Reading for Writing class have been filled! (And yes, I just like repeating the phrase.)
A Dark Feathered Art 