Well the shortlist for the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards is out … and I didn't make it. Oh well. The NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry has gone to Selina Tusitala Marsh for Fast Talking PI (AUP). Congratulations Selina! The shortlist for the Best Poetry Book is a Mainland …
Book Launch – Karen Zelas, Past Perfect
It's that time of year again – book launch season! Christchurch writer Karen Zelas is launching her first novel, “Past Perfect”, at The Twisted Hop at 5.30 pm on May 3rd (Monday). From the official blurb: Past Perfect is a story of love and loss, prejudice and resolution, as well as the search for selfhood. …
CPIT Poetry Courses for Term 3
As you'll see from the sidebar, the Tuesday night edition of POET102 has been cancelled. Insufficient numbers. I'm feeling slightly like the girl who threw a birthday party (fancy invitations, balloons, streamers, a bouncy castle, the lot) and then spent three hours coming to the slow and shameful realisation that no one was coming (cue violins) …
The Summer King gets shortlisted!
A lovely piece of news: The Summer King has been shortlisted for the Mary Gilmore Prize! The prize is awarded for a first book of poetry by an Australian author, published in the preceding two calendar years (until 1998 it was for a first book published in the preceding calendar year). And the list of …
NZ takes on NaPoWriMo 2010
NaPoWriMo 2010 has officially begun! Good luck to all those taking part. Feel free to put a link to your daily efforts in the comments section of this post. For those of you who feel the need for a writing prompt to get you started, here's one of my favourites. Bon voyage! A Journey into Morning. …
A Dark Feathered Art 