– The Festival being held in
Tauranga from June 15-17 is offering two overseas tutors in its line up, a
first for the event.
Jim Kacian, (left) from the US, is considered to be
one of the best writers of haiku in any language and is coming to New Zealand
especially for the festival. He will take two master classes, one on haiku and
one on haibun (prose plus haiku). Jim is an award-winning haiku poet and owner
of Red Moon Press, the world’s largest publisher of haiku in English.
The other overseas tutor is Beverley George,
from Australia, who will take a workshop on tanka. Beverley is founding editor
of “Eucalypt”, Australia’s only dedicated tanka journal, and is a past
president of HaikuOz.
Other tutors comprise Owen Bullock (haiku as
performance), Dr Lawrence Marceau (the haibun of 18th
century writer Yokoi Yayū), and Sandra Simpson (the junicho form of linked
verse).
The festival programme also includes a visit to
the Katikati Haiku Pathway, an open mike event and a Q&A panel discussion
with all the workshop presenters.
For more information, including a registration
form, visit the festival website. http://hfa2012.wordpress.com/
Registrations from people wishing to live in at
the venue will be welcome until March 15.
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