After a certain amount of deliberation (ok, not that much), I’m offering two poetry workshops for the Summer – a Billy Collins Weekend, and a Poetic Endings Masterclass. The Billy Collins Weekend – Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd January – will be a Reading for Writing class, where we’ll look exclusively at Billy Collins poems. …
A Walking Tour through the shattered
It’s finally here. CERA have set up a walkway into Cathedral Square, and will be allowing 300 people per hour over 22 hours of the weekend to walk down Colombo St, and into Cathedral Square. There’s a video you can view here, with Warwick Isaacs (General Manager Operations for CERA) walking the route, talking about what …
Emma Neale wins the 2011 Kathleen Grattan Award
Congratulations to Dunedin's Emma Neale, who has won this year's Kathleen Grattan Award with her collection "The Truth Graden". (Love the name!) She is disgustingly talented, with three poetry collections (Sleeve-Notes, How to Make a Million and Spark) and a couple of well-regarded novels already behind her. Well done Emma! I look forward to getting my …
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Ich bin ein Berliner
I meant to post this a few weeks ago, but other things kept getting in the way. On the last weekend of October, we, like 99% of the rest of the population of Canterbury, made our first trip in to the centre of Christchurch since February. Oh boy. I was apprehensive. Partly because I was worried …
Reading next week – Beat St Sessions
Next Thursday I’ve been invited to read as a featured poet at the monthly Beat St Cafe Poetry Sessions. 15 minutes, with my set kicking off at 7.30 pm. Poster and details below – see you there! Feature Poets & Open Mic Third Thursday of the month Beat St Cafe - cnr Barbadoes & Armagh …
A Dark Feathered Art 