Tag: grief
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New Book: A Counter of Moons
Kia ora friends, whānau and writerly colleagues. Today’s news is that my new book A Counter of Moons has been printed and published with Steele Roberts Aotearoa. A Counter of Moons shares my initial grief experiences, after my son Reuben Winter took his life in 2020. Each chapter explores a…
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Tarot Poetry Journal – new poems and audio
It’s been a while since my last post, May is a write-off, being the month of Mother’s Day and another birthing day for a no longer living child. I seem to become more of a hermit each year at this time, the build up often being worse than ‘the dates’.…
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‘a liminal gathering’ lives on
Heartfelt thanks and aroha to my friend Helen Lehndorf for blogging about a liminal gathering – it’s heartening to see that the collection lives on in people’s minds and hearts. Orders can be made through: books-elixirandstar@proton.me or copies may still be found in your local bookstores (within Aotearoa New Zealand).
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Book Review
“In the shape of his hand lay a river is an essential work of poetry for the mournful and benevolent alike.” Siobhan Harvey I’m delighted to share a new review of In the shape of his hand lay a river, by Siobhan Harvey via Landfall Review Online. Siobhan is a poet,…
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Australian Poetry Journal
Back in April, I had the privilege of performing alongside a powerful line up of Indigenous poets, including Ellen van Neerven, at the 2024 Newcastle Writers Festival. Ellen got in touch with me afterwards and commissioned a poem for APJ 13.2, which they were curating as Guest Editor on the…
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Book Anniversary!
This time last year, with the help of many wonderful people, I launched a liminal gathering in Dunedin and Auckland. I’m proud of the reach this book has received (from New Zealand as far as the UK) for people who were seeking a collection of creative work that spoke to…
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Motherwort
Huge thanks to Underbelly Press (UK) for publishing a new poem Motherwort this week, in their inaugural Issue One! I doubt that I’ll ever stop writing about the absence of my son, and exploring the margins between the realms we inhabit. Grief accompanies love x https://underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/issue-one
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The curve of the hill home
Heartfelt thanks and aroha to takahē Magazine, for publishing a new flash fiction story The curve of the hill home as part of their Matariki Short Short Story Celebration, in Issue 111.
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Don’t wake me up, I’m trying to find you
Heartfelt thanks to Matt Potter at Pure Slush for publishing Don’t wake me up, I’m trying to find you, in Death Lifespan Vol. 12. https://pureslush.com/store/anthologies-themed/death-lifespan-vol-12/
Iona Winter 