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Posted Saturday, March 10, 2012 by Mark Pirie
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Cricket poetry, Cordite Poetry Review, P S Cottier
A good and generous review of my cricket poetry anthology, A Tingling Catch, appeared in Cordite Poetry Review (20 February 2012) in Australia, an online review site for Australian and other miscellaneous books.
The review was written by the Australian poet Penelope Cottier, one of the Top 20 finalists for the 2011 Cricket Poetry Award.
Posted Sunday, January 22, 2012 by Mark Pirie
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Michael O'Leary, Cricket fiction, Out of It: A Novel Cricket Novel, HeadworX Publishers
My publishing company HeadworX has just released a new edition of Michael O'Leary's cult cricket novel, Out of It, a satirical and comic novel, also a celebration of the 1980s beige New Zealand team.
The novel is a surreal one-day match between New Zealand (Hadlee, Coney, Cowe et al) and an invitation world Out of It XI (featuring Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce...).
See the book information page here for more details.
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 by Mark Pirie
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Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Poetry by Mark Pirie, Thinking Cap
My new collection of poetry, Thinking Cap, a book of epigrams, has just been published by Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop.
Posted Sunday, October 23, 2011 by Mark Pirie
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Piri Weepu, All Blacks, Rugby World Cup 2011
Congratulations to the All Blacks for lifting the Rugby World Cup 2011.
My poem tribute for All Black Piri Weepu appeared in The Dominion Post Arts & Entertainment supplement, 20 October 2011.