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Mark Pirie edits a posthumous book by Michael Duffett (USA)

Posted Friday, February 7, 2020 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Michael Duffett

February 2020 sees the release of a booklet of poems by the late Californian Professor and poet Michael Duffett (1943-2019). 

I put together the sequence, 20 Sonnets, from well over a hundred uncollected poems sent to me by the author as his poetry editor 2014-2019.

It is published in the relaunched ESAW Mini Series (No. 37).

I intend to preserve and keep in print the best of Michael Duffett's poetry. Duffett passed away in 2019 from a terminal illness. Further publication of his work may continue in archival form for research libraries and his readers. 

Here's the link to the publisher's blog:
https://michaeloleary.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/esaw-published-a-posthumous-book-of-sonnets-by-michael-duffett-usa/

Mark Pirie and Tim Jones publish Star Words

Posted Wednesday, December 18, 2019 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Tim Jones, Mark Pirie, Science Fiction and speculative poetry, Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand

In December, a new anthology of Science Fiction and speculative poetry, Star Words, compiled by Tim Jones and myself featured in the relaunched ESAW mini series.

We compiled the A6 booklet anthology from poems read on 30 October 2019 at the 10th anniversary reading for Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand, winner of the Vogel Award for Best Collected Work 2009. Tim Jones and I co-edited Voyagers together. The event was held at Vic Books, Lambton Quay.

Contributors to Star Words include Janis Freegard, Tim Jones, Harvey Molloy, Vivienne Plumb, Nick Ascroft, Margaret Jeune, Tabatha Wood, Tony Hopkins,  Michael O’Leary and myself.

We have dedicated the booklet to the memory of  B. E. Turner, technical editor of the ESAW Mini Series, d. October 2019.

Here's the link to the publisher's blog:
https://michaeloleary.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/esaw-publishes-star-words-mini-book-anthology/

Mark Pirie's new book Electrimotive published

Posted Thursday, March 14, 2019 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Poetry by Mark Pirie, Music poetry, Rock

My new collection of poetry, Electrimotive, a book of music poems, has recently been published by Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop.

Subjects are diverse and typically range across musical genres: jazz, blues, pop, rock, soul, country, metal and classical.

The book is no. 33 in the relaunched ESAW Mini Series.

Here's the link: 

https://michaeloleary.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/earl-of-seacliff-mini-series-relaunched/

ESAW publishes Mark Pirie's Ride the Tempest

Posted Friday, January 13, 2017 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Poetry by Mark Pirie

In December, a book of my uncollected early poems 1993-1995 was published by the Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop (ESAW).

ESAW has published a number of my books previously, and this new book is meant as an archival edition for libraries but not for commercial sale in bookshops.

Libraries are welcome to purchase copies from the publisher: [email protected]

Here's the link:
/books/ride-the-tempest

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