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Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet

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Tag: submissions

Posted on 17 August 201517 August 2015

The trouble with … giving feedback

One of the things that people ask me quite often in workshops is Why don’t editors give feedback (more often)? And it’s a peril of editing that I feel inclined to waffle about today. But first, a quote to put us all in the right frame of mind: The only thing to do with good advice …

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Posted on 5 September 2014

Call for submissions – takahē 83 (the birthday issue)

As you will have gathered from my previous post, takahē is this year celebrating 25 years survival in the perilous wilderness that is the world of the Little Magazine. Hooray! Work is underway on the final issue for this year – #83, due out in December. It’s going to be big. Very big. Fifty percent bigger than usual. Which …

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Posted on 11 August 201411 August 2014

Takahē and L’esprit de l’escalier

Well it is now well and truly out in the open – yes, I am the new Poetry Editor at Takahē magazine. The official outing was an interview I did with the way-too-easy-to-talk-to Wallace Chapman, on his Sunday Morning show on Radio New Zealand National. (Those of you who feel curious about it can listen …

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Posted on 11 June 2014

Tales from the trenches: co-editing [redacted] magazine

Well I’ve just finished finalising selections for the next issue of [redacted], which I’m co-editing with the outgoing poetry editor. I’ve come to a couple of conclusions, which may or may not be of interest to anyone else (but hey, it’s been a while since I posted anything, so what the heck). 1. More women …

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Upcoming Workshops

Dunedin Poetry Workshop
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 November, 2022
11:00am–2:00pm
Cost: $50

supported by Otago University Press

Jump-start the Muse
Saturday 3, 10 & 17 December 2022
10 am to 1 pm
South Library
Christchurch
Cost: $45

repeated online via Zoom
Sunday 4, 11 & 18, 2022
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supported by Christchurch City Council Creative Communities Fund

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