Articles

Recently I have been writing for the Pukekohe publication, Elocal magazine, as their Women’s section feature writer.

You can view some of the articles here, including my latest feature on the fashion of the 1960s.

http://www.elocal.co.nz/View_Article.aspx?Id=546&title=Those_Swinging_Sixties

 

Little House on the…

A writer’s brain is always active, always looking for something to feed on…

It is inorganics rubbish time in my suburb and alongside the usual broken laundry racks and broom handles, I found this:

Who lives there?
How did this tiny house come to be situated in the middle of a park in central Auckland?

These are the things stories are made of, because of course a writer’s imagination never switches off.

Maybe you have an idea for a story about this house. Post it here for others to see! I will post a short one too.

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