Back from my weekend in Greymouth,and I had a fabulous time. And, strangely, I may not have been the only one. For starters, the venue was amazing. The Left Bank Art Gallery used to be a Bank of New Zealand branch – one of those lovely old buildings, the same style as the old Post …
EQC Checks, and new footage (and pennage) from the Red Zone
Wednesday night was the first session of the CPC Spring Poetry in Performance Readings in their new venue, the CPIT Students’s Association Hall. As was inevitable, there were lots of earthquake poems. In some ways the surprise was that there was anything other than earthquake poems in the open mic section! It really hit me …
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Guy Fawkes in Greymouth
For those of you on the West Coast, or anyone who fancies the idea of a weekend immersed in poetry, the planning for Guy Fawkes Weekend in Greymouth has come together with the sort of efficiency not seen since the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Details are below and in the sidebar, or click …
’Tis the season for book launches (tra la la la la …)
Lordy me, having had an earthquake-inflicted hiatus in things of a cultural nature, Christchurch is returning to its rightful place as the centre of the New Zealand literary universe. There are two book launch events approaching, both happening in semi-association with the CPC readings. (Is there a better way to start an evening than with …
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Free Reading for Writing – full house!
Yep, I have a full compliment of people for Reading for Writing. So thank you to everyone who expressed an interest, and especially those who have signed up. For those of you who have missed out, never fear – I’m planning to run a couple of one-off poetry weekends over summer, and hopefully to have …
A Dark Feathered Art 