University of London, Birbeck.
Wednesday 8 April 2009

Centre for New Zealand Studies,

Rm. 330, North Block,

Senate House,Malet St., London WC

16.30-8.00

Guest Speaker -Kevin Ireland

This event is free and open to all, and will be followed by a wine reception.

Kevin will be reading from and discussing his work. His 17th book of poems, How to Survive the Morning, and his fifth novel, The Jigsaw Chronicles, were published last year.

His many other publications include two memoirs, a volume of short stories, a booklet On Getting Old (2005), and a discursive book on fishing, How to Catch a Fish (2005).

Among several prizes and awards, he received the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry in 2004, a Montana Award for history and biography, the A W Reed Award and an OBE for services to literature.