To add to the chaos the NaPoWriMo has already brought to my life, I'm putting the finishing touches on the plans for my book launch. Many thanks to those of you who offered suggestions. I've just sent off the registration papers to have it all listed as an Official Montana Poetry Day Event. Assuming NZ …
The Summer King – proofs done
Well I've finally finished going over the proofs of The Summer King. Done, and dispatched back to my publisher. It still feels pretty amazing – a mixture of glee and dread (not a usual combination, I know). The poems feel like old friends now, and friends that I'm happy to see again. The weirdest thing …
collective (noun) groan
I'm sorry, but I have to post this – it's not poetry related (except indirectly) but it is wordie. (And appropriate for this site, given that the central section of The Summer King is based on collective nouns.) Feel free to groan as loudly as you wish. I have a number of poetry friends who …
favourite poetry events?
New Zealand doesn't have a National Poetry Month. We get Montana Poetry Day instead – this year on Friday July 24th. Super-important for me, because that's when The Summer King will be launched! So the question is simple, and open to anyone and everyone who reads this blog: apart from the usual things like readings, workshops …
NaPoWriMo 09 – day 14
3 am and the owls are at it again. From our bed, I can see through the ceiling, through the slates and into the fabric of summer night. Without meaning, I am out of bed at the door in my nightdress, turning the key. The stone wall of our house hugging me close. Astride the …
A Dark Feathered Art 