Tag: New Zealand
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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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New Zealand Young Writers Festival
In September the New Zealand Young Writers Festival, held in Ōtepoti Dunedin, marked its 10th year. I was invited as a guest writer, on the other side of fifty, to participate in three panel discussions: Writing Grief with Ruby Macomber and Rushi Vyas, Te Ao Kāi Tahu with Tessa Patrick and Rauhina Scott-Fyfe, and How…
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National Poetry Day
Last month I was invited back to Ōtepoti Dunedin, to participate in National Poetry Day, and to celebrate 10 years since Dunedin was made a UNESCO City of Literature. It was a packed-full event, with two hours of poetry readings from Dunedin writers (past and present), interspersed with collaborative music…
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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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Audio and Review
Yesterday, Paula Green at NZ Poetry Shelf, posted a deeply moving review about In the shape of his hand lay a river. My gratitude to Paula for the review, and also for asking me to read three poems from the collection, that you can listen to via the link below.…
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in the hushed silence…
In the hushed silence since the book launch, I imagine many things… Perhaps In the shape of his hand lay a river merely serves as a reminder, of the deep and lasting grief that accompanies the suicide of a loved one. Or perhaps the rawness contained within serves as a…
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Book launched
Massive aroha to everyone who joined us yesterday, for the online launch of In the shape of his hand lay a river. Thank you to Michelle Elvy, Vaughan Rapatahana and Rushi Vyas for your support with the launch, for sharing your thoughts on grief, and for reading some of the…
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In the shape of his hand lay a river
In the shape of his hand lay a river is Iona Winter’s fourth book, and part of a body of work written after her son, prolific musician, Reuben Winter took his life. Here, through a poetic lens, she asks unanswerable questions, embodying a multiplicity of emotions, and we are called to…
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