And possibly goo-goo as well. Depending on how carried away I get. Yes, this Sunday I’m being interviewed by the lovely Lynn Freeman for The Arts on Sunday. It’s going out live at 2.30 pm, which adds a certain amount of peril to the event.I’m sharing the danger with Ruth Todd, talking briefly about the Putting …
Reading for Writing workshop – (possibly) coming soon!
I was going to put something about teasing you with the possibility in the header, but then I remembered the sorts of spam messages that seem to follow those types of post headings. Anyhow, this is a heads-up for those of you who are interested in attending a (legendary, heading swiftly towards near-mythical) Reading for …
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The Book Club for Poetry Lovers – why don’t we have one?
One of the first things I discovered when I began my three year tour-of-duty in the UK was the PBS: the Poetry Book Society. As you may have gathered from this post title, it's a book club for people who love reading poetry. It was originally set up by TS Eliot and friends in 1953, …
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Magazine De-clutter 2 – searching for a winner
People, people! You've left me with a tie! And here was me hoping to have a clear-cut winner … Since you can't decide, I'll put it to some other method of divination. Normally I'd turn to alectromancy, but the girls are in bed. Hmm … Axinomancy has a certain appeal (it's been one of those …
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Book Sale Alert – Borders Riccarton
If you're a booklover, RUN don't walk to Borders in Riccarton. They've currently got heaps of books on sale, including a couple of tables’ worth for you to Fill A Bag for $10 up to a maximum 20 books. (which is fair enough, really). There isn't much poetry left, because I nabbed …
A Dark Feathered Art 