More poetry!! Checked out the open mike session running from 10am -2pm. Penny Ashton from poetry Idol the night before was in charge. She was toned down from the rowdy pub scene, different venue. She kept everyone on order and more or less to time something you need to run good flowing poetry.
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It was great to see how the Aucklanders run these things as we are wanting to get our own off the ground. Got lots of ideas, suggestions and contacts. The 3 hours included a mix of hopeful unknowns of all ages and a smattering of of established poets. My two favs were Kalo Mila and John Burnside. John is one of the international guests from Scotland his poetry is very earthy.
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Went to a great session “You know you are done with a story,,,” with Peter Peter Ho Davies, Anne Enright, Sarah Laing. it was very good, Anne Enright is a very clever witty writer I look forward to an hour with her tomorrow.
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“Show and tell the slide show” was a lovely session. Four fantastic visual books. The speakers all talked about the importance of how things look. The Art in a book is the whole package,Â
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Two highlights for the day:
Spoke to Witi Ihimaera, he is a wonderful man and an hour of Tusiata Avia. She is a goddess. Got a photo of her signing my copy of her book “Wild dogs under my skirt”Â
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So another Fabulous whirlwind of a day
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