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  • 2020 = less social media

    Kā mihi o te tau hou whānau, blessings to you for 2020. This year you’ll see less of me online. Several new creative projects have emerged, and I love how… Read more

  • November…the month of surprises

    October was exceptionally difficult, with the ending of a relationship I had given myself fully to, health issues that resurfaced requiring serious management, and on top of that a tonne… Read more

  • Queenstown Writers Festival

    I had the privilege of being invited to facilitate a Flash Fiction Workshop this weekend, at the inaugural Queenstown Writers Festival. Imagine my surprise to find the event had sold… Read more

  • Te Hau Kāika

    Nau mai haere mai. A warm welcome to everyone who can make this exciting exhibition I am part of next month. Te Hau Kāika – where is home? 16 –… Read more

  • Last stack…and something new

    This is my last stack of my debut pukapuka (book) then the wind came AND I’ve created some poetry postcards from selected poems from the book.         If… Read more

  • Part 4: other writers…

    Victor Billot lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin and grew up in Warrington, where he says ‘the natural environment was omnipresent.’ 🌳 With three self-published poetry collections, his work has appeared in anthologies… Read more

  • Part 3: other writers

    Gail Ingram lives and writes on the Port Hills of Ōtautahi Christchurch. Her first poetry collection Contents Under Pressure was published this year (Pūkeko Publications) ✨ Contents Under Pressure is… Read more

  • a new poem…

    The wonderful poet Gail Ingram of Ōtautahi Christchurch, has a new poem of mine I count chimneys up on her (virtual) fridge this week. I’m infinitely grateful for my ability to… Read more

  • Part 2: other writers…

    Kathryn van Beek is an Ōtepoti Dunedin based writer. Her children’s book ‘Bruce Finds a Home’ is about ‘New Zealand’s most famous cat’ who she found on the side of… Read more

  • Other writers…

    Over the next wee while I’ll be promoting the work of other writers, mostly from Aotearoa New Zealand. These are people who are possibly lesser known, but have valuable voices… Read more