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Celebrating all things poetry
AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL
MEDIA RELEASE
14 July 2006
Celebrating all things poetry
Auckland City Libraries invites poets and poetry fans to an evening poetry event and to text in original poems for a live electronic display to celebrate Montana Poetry Day on Friday 21 July.
The New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre (nzepc) presents Bluffing Auckland ‘O6 which will reprise their poetry symposium Bluff ’06 held earlier this year when 22 poets travelled from all over New Zealand to Bluff and Rakiura for poetry readings, discussions and digital outreach. An online poetry anthology called OBAN ’06 was produced.
Guest poets at this event are Cilla McQueen (an accomplished poet travelling from Bluff noted for giving talented performances of her poetry) and Anne Kennedy (a finalist in the poetry category in the Montana New Zealand Book awards 2006). They will be joined by Bluff ’06 poets Hilary Chung, Murray Edmond, Brian Flaherty, Paula Green, Alison Hunt, Michele Leggott, Bronwyn Lloyd, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Jack Ross, Helen Sword and Lisa Williams.
As part of this celebration
of all things poetry, the public is invited to text poems on
any subject to Auckland City Libraries. Simply text: “ACL
Details Bluffing Auckland ’06 poetry
reading Date: Montana Poetry Day, Friday 21 July Time:
6pm – 8pm
Location: Ground Floor, Central City Library
44 – 46 Lorne St CBD Bookings: Ring 09 377 0209 to
reserve your place Text your own poem Submission date:
By 4pm Friday 21 July Text: ACL Text length: A maximum of 160 characters Cost: 20c
each including GST For more information about the nzepc,
please visit www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz. For information about
TxtCentre, please go to www.txtcentre.com For more
information about Auckland City Libraries, check out our
website
www.aucklandcitylibraries.com ENDS
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