Like many other dedicated LibraryThingers, I've decided to succumb to the LT Top 106 Unread Books meme. I what? Here's the explanation: This meme has been going around for a while now: Top 106 unread books on LibraryThing. People are going through the top 106 books tagged "unread" on LT, and then marking which ones …
Protected: Kinked and tangled: Tiffany Atkinson’s ‘Kink and Particle’
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ANZAC Day & The General
My generation is the first in my family to not have a member serve in the armed forces (yet – who knows?). And ANZAC Day has a special resonance for me – my great uncle, who was also a poet, was the man blamed for the disaster that epitomizes the ANZAC legend: Gallipoli. General Sir …
Haiku Aotearoa 2008
Fascinating weekend. It was great to finally meet lots of people who I've heard of, or even corresponded with for years, but never met face to face before. With a very few exceptions, it was a who's who of New Zealand haiku literature. And on top of that, we had the launch of the third …
Haiku Aotearoa ’08 is go!
Woohoo! Just about time to head off to the opening event in the Haiku Aotearoa 2008 festival/conference/shindig. I'm quite looking forward to everything, although I'm nervous as hell about the bit that I'm running – Saturday, 1:30 to 3:30: "Introduction to Haibun". Not helped by the fact that Cyril Childs – who I consider one …
A Dark Feathered Art 