Last night at the CPC we launched the John O'Connor First Book Award – a competition that will see one lucky (and brilliantly talented) Christchurch-based poet have their debut poetry collection published by Sudden Valley Press, with the backing and enthusiastic promotion of the whole Canterbury Poets' Collective.One of the great privileges of being on …
To CPC or not CPC? (CPC. Definitely CPC)
Yes, it’s that time of year again – the sap is flowing, the garden is rioting, the blackbirds are going bonkers, and the Canterbury Poets’ Collective annual Poetry in Performance readings series is just around the corner. Once again, Covid and the general Bosheit of the universe ( it sounds funkier in German) has meant …
Counter/Culture poetry reading
For those who want a sneak peak at a couple of poems from the book: I’m reading at the SIWA/NZSA Political Poetry event at Space Academy, 7-9 pm on August 18th. Woohoo!
tumble: perhaps from a frequentative form of Old English tumbian “dance about, leap.”
Yes, at long (loooooong) last, I can finally report: my second collection of poetry, now rejoicing under the title tumble, will be published by Otago University Press this November! It’s been a while in coming, I know. I spent quite a lot of time prowling around the outside of it, not quite ready to settle …
Launched! broken lines / in charcoal
broken lines / in charcoal is now officially launched. Hurrah! It was a really fun night. Standing room only, in the end – very glad we’d come out of level two, otherwise more than half our audience would have had to stand outside the room, staring inwards and making a dash for the door whenever one …
A Dark Feathered Art 