Daffodils? Check. Hayfever? Check. Blackbirds negotiating sex and territory from 4am? Check. It must be time again for the Canterbury Poets’ Collective Poetry in Performance readings! You can download your own copy of the poster by clicking here. Or just feast your eyes below: As always, a mixture of well known, not-so-well-known, local and visiting poets: Sept …
Five years on … and a badly kept secret
Five years ago today that the earth decided it was time for a change, and went off exloring the surrounding areas. Five years since sleepy, flat, boring Canterbury became an altogether too exciting place to try and and do anything like "settle". Five years since phrases like "terra firma" (I can't be the only person …
Spring! Poetry!! Readings!!!
Yep, it’s that time of year again – New Zealand’s longest-running poetry readings series is back. Starting in just eleven days (October 2nd) and giving some sort of meaning back to Wednesday nights, it’s time to prepare yourself for eight weeks of Poetry in Performance! As usual, there will be an open mic session (with …
CPC Readings 2012 – the grand finale
Tomorrow night (21st November – how did it get so late in the year already?!) is the Season’s Finale of the Canterbury Poets’ Collective Spring Poetry in Performance Readings series. And the special guest readers are … the winners of the Open Mic, as chosen by the audience! Yay! I think it’s a really nice …
Five New Zealand Poets
A bit of utterly shameless self-promotion: on Friday I'm taking part in a poetry reading for the 2009 Christchurch Writer's Festival. Also reading will be Frankie McMillan, Tusiata Avia, and my two favourite Bearded Southern Men, James Norcliffe and Brian Turner. It should be a really good event – not only because the others are …
A Dark Feathered Art 