I know I'm going to be involved in a couple of events: one is a reading session which I believe I'll be chairing, the other a panel of former judges of the NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition talking about how they approached the judging process - I'm looking forward to this both as a former judge and as a potential future entrant!
Check out the conference programme.
There will also be book launches at the Conference - one I'm particularly pleased about is Mākaro Press's launch of new poetry collections by Heidi North-Bailey - Possibility of flight - and Keith Westwater - Felt Intensity, to be launched by Dinah Hawken. You can join the Facebook event for this launch.
Heidi, Keith and I were all members of Dinah Hawken's 2003 "Writing the Landscape" course, which was by far the best and most enjoyable writing course I have taken part in, so I am looking forward both to catching up with them and to the launch itself.
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I'm interested in the idea of poetry 'clinics'; sounds vaguely medical. Appendectomy or plastic surgery?
Sounds like an interesting but exhausting conference, for those who try to go to everything. (I don't!)
Good luck with your stuff Tim.
Thanks, Penelope!
I plan to conserve my energy - go to a few things and otherwise prop up the bar. (There's not a bar??)
I didn't get my act together to attend this, I'm afraid, Tim, but I hope you enjoy the Conference immensely and I look forward to a few blogs about it from you.
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