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Later this month, I’ll be the guest reader at the NZ Poetry Society in Wellington. It’s upstairs at the Thistle Inn (in Thorndon, opposite Archives NZ; you know, the oldest pub in Wellington where Te Rauparaha was rumoured to paddle his waka up to the front door before the coastline changed forever and where Katherine Mansfield used to hang out; no, not the one up the top of Cuba St, that’s Thistle Hall, this is the Thistle Inn) and there’ll be an open mic to start. Hope to see you there!
NZPS: Poets’ Corner
Monday 17th February, 7.30pm
Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St, Central Wellington
Open mic – all welcome to participate. NZPS welcomes new poets as well as those with more experience. Guest Poet for February: Janis Freegard.
I’ts a good month for poetry in Wellington. Marty Smith’s boook launch is on Saturday 15th and Harry Ricketts will be reading at Meow on Sunday 16th.
And I’m pretty chuffed at the moment because one of my poems was commended in the Magma Poetry competition.
Janis
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR WHANGANUI EVENT. THE SARJEANT GALLERY IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE EARTHQUAKES SO ELEMENTS CAFE, 26 VICTORIA ST, HAVE KINDLY AGREED TO HOST.
I have a couple of readings coming up that I’m very excited about. The first is at the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui, part of a celebration of Robin Hyde‘s work, in association with National Poetry Day (although it will actually be the day after National Poetry Day).
Sat 17th Aug, 2:30 pm
A celebration of the work of Robin Hyde with readings by Glenn Colquhoun, Janis Freegard, Redmer Yska & Dr Mary Paul
The second is in Dunedin, at Circadian Rhythm. It will also feature David Howard and an open mic.
Weds 21st August 8pm
Circadian Rhythm cafe
Dunedin
A quick post about a few things coming up in Wellington:
The Spring Sessions: Live Poetry Readings w/ Fuyukos Fables & The Lost Boys
at The Watusi, 6 Edwards Street, Central Wellington
Thursday 14th October 8pm start
GENRES: folk, indie, pop
The Lost Boys describe themselves as ‘Lost Rock’
Graham Candy – vocals and guitar
Kyo Won (Charles Park) – lead guitar
Campbell Bond – bass
Ethan Lloyd – drums
Then on Sunday, it’s
Poetry at The Ballroom Café
Guest Poet: Tim Jones
Musicians: The Gracious Deviants
Open mic session
Sunday 17 October, 4 – 6pm
The Ballroom Café, cnr Riddiford St & Adelaide Rd, Newtown
and next Monday:
NZPS Monthly Poetry Reading, Wellington
Monday 18 October, 7.30pm
The Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St
The meeting will be all open mic. night. Bring 2-3 (shortish) poems of your own and one of someone else’s to share and introduce us to.
All welcome. Entry: $2.
More events around the country here: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/poetrynews
OK, this photo was not taken in Palmerston North; it was taken in Iceland last year, and Palmy last Wednesday was noticeably warmer than Wellington, but this was the photo on the flyers, so I have used it here.
I had a great time at Stand Up Poetry, where I was July’s guest poet. I got there just in time for the 7pm start, having driven up from Wellington after work. Love those rows of lights across the streets at Shannon.
It was my visit to the impressive Palmerston North library (after driving round the Square and failing to find it, I stopped and asked for directions). It’s in a lovely old building with an interior designed by Ian Athfield and it sports some similar features to Wellington’s public library, like the exposed air ducts. There’s a lot of glass, steel and stairways and it feels like a loved and well-used space. After the poetry group, a group of young teenagers settled in for the night, for a school holidays basement lockdown.
Stand Up poetry is a regular monthly event at the library, organised by two great poets: Johanna Aitchison and Helen Lehndorf. There was a small, but dedicated group of poets and poetry-lovers on the night I went, some of whom had driven in from Wanganui and Shannon.
The evening started with an open mic – 10 slots of 5 minutes each. I was very impressed with the readers on the night, with subject matter that ranged from Rarotonga to celibacy, from gnomes to drunkenness. This was followed by a cuppa and a biscuit, then I was on for around half an hour and got to chat to a few folk afterwards.
Big thanks to Helen and Johanna for inviting me, to our lovely librarian hosts, and to everyone who came along to read/listen.
If you’re ever in the vicinity on the first Wednesday of the month, check it out.
Tuesday Poem
I’m the guest editor on the Tuesday Poem blog this week and I’ve chosen a poem by Stephen Crane, which you can read here (after it goes up at 12:01am):
Stand Up Poetry
I will be reading at Palmerston North’s regular poetry event this Wednesday:
Open mic poetry evening with special guest Wellington Poet Janis Freegard. Janis recently won third prize in the Manawatu Festival of New Arts competition. She also writes fiction and won the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award in 2001. Poets bring 5 minutes of your best writing to share. Poetry lovers come and enjoy the words.Date: Jul 7, 2010
Hours: 7 pm
Location: Sound & Vision Zone, Ground Floor, Central Library
Poetry at the Ballroom Cafe
Jennifer Compton will be reading at the Ballroom Cafe in Newtown, Wellington, on 20 June 4pm – 6pm & Carlos Navae will be playing music. Click on the link below for the poster with more details.
Poetry Society AGM & 5 by 5
Monday 21 June, 7.30pm
The Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St, Thorndon, Wellington
The meeting will open with the 2010 AGM of the NZPS.
This will be followed by readings from 5 local poets (Jack Duggan, Anne Harre, Tim Jones, Sugu Pillay, and Mercedes Webb-Pullman) of 5 poems each. Free entry.
Stand Up Poetry at the Palmerston North Library
I will be the guest poet at the Palmerston North City Library on 7 July. It starts with an open mic at 7pm.
Location: Sound & Vision Zone, Ground Floor, Central Library
Other Good Poetry Things
The NZ Poetry Society has a good list of nationwide poetry events – here’s the link
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