Our meeting in February was packed out for Glenn
Colquhoun, launching our year’s great line-up of talent.
Next up, on Sunday 24
April, 4–6 pm at Hightide Café, we’ll be welcoming Dr Maris O’Rourke as our
guest.
Maris began writing in
2008 and her work has appeared in various literary publications,
including Takahe, Poetry New Zealand (guest poet,
issue 44), ‘a fine line’ (inaugural guest poet), Shot Glass Journal (USA), International
Literary Quarterly (UK), and Landfall. In 2015 she won the
coveted Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems.
Maris’s first poetry
collection Singing With Both Throats (2013) is described as
her ‘poetry primer for living’. It reflects the many roles she plays and has
played; the wide range of work and activities over her life (engineering to
education); and the varied voices she uses.
She has also published three
successful children’s books: Lillibutt’s Big Adventure (2012); Lillibutt’s
Te Araroa Adventure (2014) and Lillibutt’s Australian
Adventure (2015), all based on her passion for travel and walking.
POETS TO THE PEOPLE
The KAPITI poetry venue
Our April poet
DR MARIS O’ROURKE
SUNDAY 24 APRIL
4–6PM
HIGHTIDE CAFE, 44 MARINE PARADE, PARAPARAUMU BEACH
$5 ENTRY. Bar, beverage and counter food service. Bring a poem to
read at our popular open mic (from 4pm)
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