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  • 2021 Verb Writer’s Residency

    Some of you may know that I’ve recently had major surgery to remove pelvic mesh. That’s another story for a later date, BECAUSE on discharge day I was surprised to… Read more

  • Poetry Shelf review: Iona Winter’s gaps in the light

    Originally posted on NZ Poetry Shelf: gaps in the light, Iona Winter, Ad Hoc Fiction, 2021 ‘Gaps in the Light uses form in innovative ways to express deeply the experience… Read more

  • Podcast Series

    Kia ora WordPress whānau, I’m excited to share my new three-part podcast series with you, recorded at Otago Access Radio last month. The first episode airs tonight at 9.30pm, with… Read more

  • More ancient than any of us

    Here’s the first video, ‘More ancient than any of us’, as read at the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland launch for Gaps in the Light (Ad Hoc Fiction 2021). https://fb.watch/66eMECumpS/ Video credit:… Read more

  • Post launches…and residencies

    Last week I spent time in residence on Quarantine Island / Kamau Taurua ~ and this enabled me to complete the first pieces of writing since Reuben died My gratitude… Read more

  • Change…the only constant

    Last week, while preparing for book launches and album releases, I ended up collapsing on the floor at home. Ambulance called, and a lengthy wait in hospital to have an… Read more

  • Gaps in the Light events

    Gaps in the Light book launch events are happening around Aotearoa New Zealand during April. Thanks to the wonderful people at Dunedin Libraries, the Ōtepoti event will be filmed for… Read more

  • a week of milestones…

    This week has been intense, bittersweet, and exciting ~ plus many other things in between. But this morning I am reflecting on how it’s mostly been about my relationship with… Read more

  • Gaps in the Light

    Ata mārie whānau, may I present Gaps in the Light, my new collection (and interview below) with Ad Hoc Fiction in the UK Available for pre-order (at a discounted rate)… Read more

  • The abyss of deafening silence

    (CW: suicide bereavement) Five months today, since Reuben died — I have become the mother who counts weeks, moons and months. On days like this, where I’ve had very little… Read more