Ah Spring. Season of late frosts, soggy lawns, and poetry. Specifically, the annual Canterbury Poets’ Collective Poetry in Performance readings! Perfectly designed to slot in to your Wednesday evenings from September 26th to November 14th, it’s the longest-running poetry readings series in New Zealand, bringing together a mix of the established, the novice, and the completely …
Teaching poetry – Kate Clanchy article
I was recently sent a link to a gorgeous article in The Guardian written by Kate Clanchy: the story of The Very Quiet Foreign Girls poetry group. Having spent the weekend revisiting the deep pleasure of being a student (despite nearly dislocating myself trying not to butt in and teach over the top of poor …
New class coming up
A heads-up for those of you who are looking forlornly at the long winter stretching ahead with no poetry classes – I bring good news! Auckland poet, Johanna Emeney, is going to run a weekend workshop in Lincoln on the last weekend in July. Hooray! At last, a class I can attend! It should be great fun, …
A Dark Feathered Art 