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Mark Pirie's poems published in The Cricket Society News Bulletin

Posted Friday, August 5, 2016 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Cricket Society, Brendon McCullum, Martin Crowe, Phil Hughes, John Symons

In the May/June 2016 issue of The Cricket Society News Bulletin, I had a special brace of poems featured: Vale: Three Tributes (Brendon McCullum; Martin Crowe; and Phil Hughes) and Dreams, a poem about children at a cricket match.

It was a real honour and a coup to have my poems included.

The editor John Symons, who has been a strong supporter of my cricket poetry endeavours, wrote the following: “My sincere thanks to Mark. Poetry and cricket have always been intertwined but lately it seems that the art may be fading. It needs talents such as Mark’s to bring the two strands of our lives together and keep the flame alive.”

The Cricket Society formed in 1945, and its news bulletins go out to around 1800 members internationally. John Symons is also the MCC Cricket Book of the Year judge with a keen interest in poetry and literature. Fine praise indeed.

John has previously included my poetry in their journal and news bulletins.

broadsheet 17 features Michael Duffett (USA)

Posted Wednesday, August 3, 2016 by Mark Pirie
Archived as broadsheet: new new zealand poetry, Michael Duffett

The latest issue of my journal broadsheet, no.17, May 2016, features the American-based professor Michael Duffett.

The issue is the first journal to feature his poetry in New Zealand.

Duffett has previously appeared in the Listener (NZ) in 1979 during a visit to the country to give a lecture on the prose of Graham Greene.

Others included are: Richard Berengarten (UK), Gary Mutton, Richard Reeve, Vaughan Rapatahana, Jeremy Roberts, Cameron La Follette (USA), Bill Direen, Jeanne Bernhardt, Basim Furat (Sudan), David P Reiter (Australia), Noeline Gannaway, Michael O'Leary and Anthony Rudolf (UK).

Here's the link:
http://broadsheetnz.wordpress.com

ESAW Christmas Surprise 2015 released

Posted Saturday, December 12, 2015 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, HeadworX Publishers, Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa

The latest ESAW Christmas Surprise 2015 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, B. E. Turner and F. W. Nielsen Wright.

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:
/books/esaw-christmas-surprise-2015

HeadworX releases new books by Michael O'Leary and MaryJane Thomson

Posted Saturday, November 7, 2015 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Michael O'Leary, HeadworX Publishers, MaryJane Thomson

In October and November, my publishing company HeadworX released two new poetry books by Michael O'Leary, of Paekakariki, and MaryJane Thomson, of Wellington.

O'Leary’s book is a fine collection of his railway poems that I put together in honour of his 65th birthday. O'Leary did not seek this publication, and it is a special book celebrating a significant writer's contribution to New Zealand poetry in English. The cover features an old photograph from the Turnbull Library by W W Stewart.

Thomson’s book, Lonely Earth, is the second collection by her and shows a major development in her poetic since her first collection Fallen Grace. It's a diverse, edgy read and features a mix of styles from minimalist two-line poems to longer poems. Topical and current, it deals with issues like care of the environment and humanity's history, particularly its wars and consumerism.

I’m very pleased to be publishing both of these titles by two gifted New Zealand poets.

For more details on each book, please visit the HeadworX website:

Main Trunk Lines: Collected Railway Poems by Michael O'Leary

http://headworx.eyesis.co.nz/poetry/maintrunklines

Lonely Earth by MaryJane Thomson

http://headworx.eyesis.co.nz/poetry/lonelyearth

 

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