Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Lordy me, having had an earthquake-inflicted hiatus in things of a cultural nature, Christchurch is returning to its rightful place as the centre of the New Zealand literary universe. There are two book launch events approaching, both happening in semi-association with the CPC readings. (Is there a better way to start an evening than with …
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Just back from my trip to the deep South as part of the Southland Arts Festival. I had an absolute ball. The events I was part of were organised through the Dan Davin Foundation, which does a fabulous job of promoting literature in Southland. The reading (‘Poetry in the Stack’) was first, and I was sharing …
At the moment I'm running around trying to get things finalised for the launch of The Summer King. Lots and lots of promo things. I've just had a group of poems from the collection selected to appear on an Italian poetry site, Fiera Lingue, run by Anny Ballardini. It's well worth a look – poets from …
Went to the first of the Autumn Poetry in Performance nights last night – and won the Open Mic! I read "The Messenger", a.k.a. 'The Spoon Poem'. (I'll post the poem on this site after I get it published. Maybe as part of the winter rotation.) It felt good as I read it, but I was …
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Well it's that time of year again. The leaves are starting to lose their green (so much for our "long hot summer"!) and shorts and T-shirts have settled into the back of the drawers. And all around Canterbury poets are trying out their voices – standing in front of mirrors, shuffling papers, timing themselves and …
A Dark Feathered Art 