Zine Festival and Potroast Launch

This month heralds the inaugural zine festival in Auckland. I have already been to two events, Potroast 7 Launch at the lovely Alphabet City surrounded by typewriters and vintage letter presses, then Hear this Zine, an exhibition of New Zealand music and zine culture. There is something to be said for the DIY aesthetic. It gives people a voice and allows for a variety of perspectives and expressions. I always pop into Sticky Institute when I’m in Melbourne. I hope we can get another zine hub going here soon! I’ve dabbled with poetry zines and made three so far. It’s a great way to showcase my work and I love playing around with different layouts. Anyone want to do a zine swap? I’m looking forward to the 24-hour zine challenge coming up. The photos here are from the potroast launch.

 

New Poetry Chapbook – After the Pantomime

Sorry for such a long gap between posts, I have been without a laptop for several months. (Don’t ask!) I didn’t have the money to get it out of the shop. Thank God for my flatmate’s laptops, however slow.

I had the launch of my latest poetry chapbook on the 4th of December at Lopdell House in Titirangi. It was a lovely evening, with the stunning views out to the harbour at Lopdell and having my favourite writer Vivienne Plumb attend made me more than a bit chuffed and reading alongside Murray Edmond. What a privilege.

The story behind the book is that I found a box of vintage photos and postcards in an op shop in Grey Lynn – some of them were uncanny in how they fitted my poems.

Jess van Zeal helped me give it the In Design treatment, and voila!

I hope you enjoy it. Here is the cover.

You can order it from me via email and I will have one made especially. They are $10.50 including postage and will take about a week, depending on where you live. Overseas? Include $2 more for postage.

Anna