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ESAW Christmas Surprise 2013 released

Posted Friday, December 20, 2013 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, HeadworX Publishers, Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa, ESAW Christmas Surprise

The latest ESAW Christmas Surprise 2013  has been released by Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, in conjunction with my press HeadworX and the Poetry Archive of NZ Aotearoa (PANZA).

The booklet includes some of my poems along with works by Michael O'Leary, F W Nielsen Wright, Short Stay and A. Stanley Sherratt.

A small token of appreciation for our friends and clients at Christmas time.

Click on the link to view the free ebook and download it:

http://www.markpirie.com/books/esaw-christmas-surprise-2013

 

Mark Pirie's Doctor Who anniversary poem

Posted Thursday, November 28, 2013 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Poetry by Mark Pirie, Doctor Who

Last weekend, 24 November 2013, there aired the Doctor Who 50th anniversary feature in New Zealand on Prime TV.

I wrote a poem to celebrate Doctor Who's anniversary:
/poetry/doctor-who

As a boy I grew up watching Tom Baker as Doctor Who in the 1980s. I continue to follow the series, including the latest 11th Doctor Matt Smith.

Happy birthday Doctor Who!

Mark Pirie publishes a book of rugby poems

Posted Sunday, November 17, 2013 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Thomas Henry Lawn, Rugby poetry, The Night Press

I'm pleased to announce the publication of a small book of my rugby poems written between 1994 and 2013 through my imprint The Night Press.

The book is titled "Sidelights" after a rugby column of the same name in the Auckland Weekly News, 1938.

The book includes poems on the All Blacks, Super Rugby and my rugby family, including four poems on my rugby playing Grandpa Tommy Lawn and his full rugby bio inside the book.

For book details click here.

For info on Tom Lawn see my previous post
/blog/2012/12/21/nz-rugby-museum-article-on-mark-pirie's-grandfather

The Night Press is an imprint for my journal broadsheet, which publishes occasional hand-made chapbooks/mini books.

HeadworX republishes forgotten Canterbury poet

Posted Monday, November 11, 2013 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, HeadworX Publishers, A Stanley Sherratt

My publishing company HeadworX in Association with Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop has just released a new edition of early New Zealand poet A. Stanley Sherratt's Maori myths/legends, Polynesian Legends. The edition includes a substantial introduction by Dr Michael O'Leary and comment by Vaughan Rapatahana.

A. Stanley Sherratt (b. 1891) is a Canterbury poet of interest for his early sequence of poems on Maori myths/legends that were ground-breaking for his time period (the 1920s) and still make for powerful reading today.

See the book information page here for more details.

Copies can be purchased from me directly using the contact form on this website.

 

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