Category: Aotearoa
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Book Launch Invitation
Thank you again to all our wonderful supporters. The almanac is currently being printed, in preparation for our launches in November. Please save the date, I’d love to see you at one of the launches if you can make it. If not, copies of the almanac will be available from…
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Wounded bird
This week a series of posters are up around Ōtepoti Dunedin celebrating Katherine Mansfield and her writing. The inspiration for this new story came from my 2021 Residency with Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and Verb Wellington. Kia ora rawa Flash Frontier and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature for including…
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Three years without summer
Three years without summer. A new poem marking three years since my beautiful tama decided to be somewhere else. Miss you every day bub x Reuben Samuel Winter 20/05/1994 – 17/09/2020 https://fb.watch/n5Q1Pvodjp/
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a liminal gathering
We are currently fundraising for a liminal gathering, the Elixir & Star Press 2023 Grief Almanac https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/a-liminal-gathering a liminal gathering is a loving collection of poetry, prose, essays, photography, visual art and music, from 103 New Zealand based artists, addressing their personal experiences of grief. As an almanac reflects seasons, planetary alignments, the…
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Elixir & Star Press fundraising
The Elixir & Star Press Boosted campaign is now launched https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/a-liminal-gathering Kia ora, in advance, for your support with our fundraising. This will enable the inaugural Elixir & Star Press Grief Almanac to be printed, our multimedia contributors from New Zealand given a koha, and to hold two book launches…
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Intuit gets a makeover
I am beyond humbled that my poem ‘Intuit’ graces the top of this stunning mural in Ōtepoti Dunedin. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/wet-weather-no-match-mural-strong-‘wahine-vibes’?fbclid=IwAR0u1Qbi5iNlhlu7EIav9LguWOAnaCDFQjUCWd9G8Y9sk-P1TOwAJNKsx6g Much aroha to these incredibly talented wāhine artists, to everyone who posted pictures of the mahi in progress, to the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature for using my toikupu for the…
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Tarot – NZ’s Online Poetry Journal
Thank you to Kit Willett at Tarot – NZ’s Online Poetry Journal for publishing three new poems today: Forgotten Paths, Whare pūrākau tāuhu (the house of serial stories) and Your voice in concentric circles. These three poems will be part of my next poetry collection…watch this space, but it’ll be…
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May; the coexistence of grief and love
It’s been a busy time: a massive move from one end of the South Island to the other, finishing my manuscript for A Counter of Moons, and opening for submissions with Elixir & Star Press (ESP*). If you’re a creative, located in Aotearoa New Zealand, we’re open for submissions until…
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Open for Submissions
Originally posted on Elixir & Star Press: Today’s the day we open for submissions, from NZ based creatives, for the Elixir & Star Press 2023 Grief Almanac. We look forward to reading your work.
Iona Winter 