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.)
Last Call for Winter workshop 2012 – Dead Poets
Woohoo! With just under two weeks before we kick off, I am happy to report that there is only one place left on the winter edition of Reading for Writing: And since there is only one place left, if it doesn't get nabbed by a full-time participant, I'm making it available in five single-session offerings …
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Book Launch alert – Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems
Hooray, it’s time for another book launch! This time it’s the Christchurch launch of Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems, which I blogged about back in September. Yes, I am one one-hundred-and-fiftieth of the book that has been the number one bestseller in the New Zealand Fiction lists for the past few weeks. Hooray …
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A Dark Feathered Art 