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November, 2005
Love
in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, my first book, is
out now ! Available from especially good book stores (eg Parsons, Unity) or
buy online from Titus.
I've been reading: Karlo Mila's Dream Fish Floating: an excellent
collection of poetry which showcases her huge depth and range. 'Eating
Dark Chocolate and Watching Paul Holmes' Apology' alone makes this book worth
the cover price.
October, 2005
The Titus book launch at Rakinos was an enjoyable evening with speeches by
Alistair Patterson and Jack Ross, and readings from Stephen, Richard Anderton
& Peter Scott (who performed for William Direen), and me. It was great
to have so many poets and poetry lovers in one place, not to mention friends
and whanau!
I am pleased to be invited to read at the Third
Wellington International Poetry Festival which is on in November from
the 3 - 6. Lots of fantastic
international poets will be reading there, so it will be a great chance
to hear some exciting work. Not to be missed.
September, 2005
Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, the first collection
of my poems, is published by Titus
Books and will be launched on
Monday 17 October at 6 pm, Rakinos (high st).
The book includes several long poems that we performed live, such as Exciting
Poses (which got its name from a sign outside a Krd strip club, since
painted over) and ranges from older work to fairly new poems. (the book's
homepage is HERE).
I've been reading:
Jill Chan has a new book out, Telling
Them Apart, which is free to download (just click on the title)!
August, 2005
Leaving Las Grafton. This month, I'm finally moving out of that suburb of
a thousand poems. It's going to be strange - no Grafton Bridge every morning,
no shopkeepers who all know my name (and want me to get pregnant), no Outhwaite
park...
Watch this space for details on the launch of Love in the Age of Mechanical
Reproduction from Titus
Books.
June, 2005
Now back from Eastern Europe, and I promise to settle down for
a while! In the works: a longer poem, starring monkey-faced dogs and birds
with their mouths open in the heat... Look out for me in: Magazine
Issue 3 edited by Raewyn Alexander which will be out before too long.
I've been reading: Curriculum Vitae, Olwyn Stewart's great new novella,
from Titus. Other
novellas in their series include William Direen's Coma and Jack Ross'
spooky Trouble in Mind. Well worth a look.