tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132088842024-03-18T16:01:42.432+13:00Catalysta literary arts journalCatalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-77364405674309577342023-11-25T12:07:00.000+13:002023-11-25T12:07:01.428+13:00Catalyst presents: Poets on the Block - live at Block Party 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyzrmTqeGEVjA9o3MAKKFpYKAhtdxUGkxAocTp3uxbLfNPlH7oe1guOKCLG1piz3Hu_-WXT4NG-LS8' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p>A Catalyst showcase!</p><p>Featuring: Melanie McKerchar, Ray Shipley, Andy Coyle, Doc Drumheller and Ciaran Fox.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Saturday 25th November, 2pm</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">The Arts Centre Market</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvtgGebjPS16wpYeVJMIxJuZ7ZvQ-0WesKtCE4umIF809SSeFt4gEgRcan0G7KKbpom-N11OMUHJ29QrJmVJUi_O1S9RUpaoGcH37ISCe3ua6_mghUBQzfpia2LBGcRorcd8pGrjJU87_k45rbhlxwfDU4pJ7QMhVcpUkHWZEy9ml0tE7R6YwfA/s1080/Catalyst%20presents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvtgGebjPS16wpYeVJMIxJuZ7ZvQ-0WesKtCE4umIF809SSeFt4gEgRcan0G7KKbpom-N11OMUHJ29QrJmVJUi_O1S9RUpaoGcH37ISCe3ua6_mghUBQzfpia2LBGcRorcd8pGrjJU87_k45rbhlxwfDU4pJ7QMhVcpUkHWZEy9ml0tE7R6YwfA/w640-h640/Catalyst%20presents.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span><br /></div>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-21486141501030225062023-10-20T14:26:00.000+13:002023-10-20T14:26:53.086+13:00Catalyst: Celebrating 20 years of indie publishing.<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgHc-zNtqIeftCpDtH6lUallktAm_GnVik4MrEuD7NmPas2PfcPza5H1HZT1O8ufvvQi82H9TAaTT_MAhT8hhyphenhyphen4LMaDL5koNPg-UOQufTo54qDP9MWyJ8H68-52lmNEECHOnVaOBS95AcukSebGMouHmwHHopptmW1NYQdeVL_ERvlFbgj9sNxQ/s10179/Rabbit%20Flag-page-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press flag" border="0" data-original-height="7262" data-original-width="10179" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgHc-zNtqIeftCpDtH6lUallktAm_GnVik4MrEuD7NmPas2PfcPza5H1HZT1O8ufvvQi82H9TAaTT_MAhT8hhyphenhyphen4LMaDL5koNPg-UOQufTo54qDP9MWyJ8H68-52lmNEECHOnVaOBS95AcukSebGMouHmwHHopptmW1NYQdeVL_ERvlFbgj9sNxQ/w640-h456/Rabbit%20Flag-page-001.jpg" title="Flag of the Republic of Oma Rāpeti" width="640" /></a></div> Spewing literary lava since 2003.<p></p><p>The forthcoming NZ launch of <i>Catalyst </i>volume 20 marks twenty years of independent publishing for the literary arts journal based in Waitaha - Canterbury.</p><p>Founded in the extinct volcano of Lyttelton Harbour, Whakaraupo by editor <b>Doc Drumheller</b> with collaborator <b>Ciaran Fox</b>, the then new kid on the block of NZ literary journals started a poetry open mic and print journal in 2003. The project developed out of creative writing workshops facilitated by Doc Drumheller at underground arts venue, gallery and workspace, <b>Creation</b>. Participants dreamed up the name <i>Catalyst</i> as a signal that the new journal was aimed at shaking up the poetry publishing scene and opening space for young and emerging poets unable to access more established, literary or academic creative writing journals and publications and present them alongside renowned poets from Aotearoa and beyond. </p><p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO5hEZsihdl881IbHhasahPWeUOxyx8PQsymKNaXLJa2a41UTFfTf_1pDMfLaBZ-4npailb-jg8sv6tDA7IlknuEXcOXUs2LIIpXQgksGPg5zh46yAEEjNWcH6jjjC-0ZH6cklQzroLqWw8R8pmRMGQ4D2j_EgfIVlIbrXQtvANs-00VDVaailw/s454/C5BooklLaunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="321" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO5hEZsihdl881IbHhasahPWeUOxyx8PQsymKNaXLJa2a41UTFfTf_1pDMfLaBZ-4npailb-jg8sv6tDA7IlknuEXcOXUs2LIIpXQgksGPg5zh46yAEEjNWcH6jjjC-0ZH6cklQzroLqWw8R8pmRMGQ4D2j_EgfIVlIbrXQtvANs-00VDVaailw/w283-h400/C5BooklLaunch.jpg" width="283" /></a></i></div><i><br />Catalyst </i>has always shown an interest in poetry fusions, experimental writing and forms, and particularly, other languages. The first ten years of <i>Catalyst </i>saw poetry presented in translation from half a dozen different languages and cultures. Since then, Doc has travelled to numerous countries presenting <i>Catalyst</i> and building an international friendship and reputation while bring home to Aotearoa feature sections of poetry from around the world. Volume 20 features poetry from China and Israel. <p></p><p>The visual elements of <i>Catalyst</i> have also reflected an interest in design and art from the fringe. With a strong focus on Aotearoa artists both locally based and international, the journal always features a strong visual aesthetic and has occasionally included pageworks of poetic/design fusion on the front and back covers as well as internally.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKZi06QhRXDcNx0omAgSktP-xANAGwzCU7hMfVCMELHuPO_YOO7R_NGQFd1NrZHVNqzVN-cklkELEhgh0R22pgxgV2VTESOw0fmCbebtrmegtbwb4If2E_i8YAOCso-iH_dPMYX2ER9T40a5cFLGVrv_OmHLI8Lr1eFDzjy74k78bIptgAPakQQ/s4341/Catalyst%20generic%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4341" data-original-width="2972" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKZi06QhRXDcNx0omAgSktP-xANAGwzCU7hMfVCMELHuPO_YOO7R_NGQFd1NrZHVNqzVN-cklkELEhgh0R22pgxgV2VTESOw0fmCbebtrmegtbwb4If2E_i8YAOCso-iH_dPMYX2ER9T40a5cFLGVrv_OmHLI8Lr1eFDzjy74k78bIptgAPakQQ/w274-h400/Catalyst%20generic%20Poster.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGMNJzOGHAOr67GsaZAF5TITL_R7TyHwJsM1zVhGx8s2hccU53mDmcQepzdOkZT0lZVgYYMUD6QuQi6Qvssq51Bq7UBvIket9bS7qepajS7KdniN3p69lgDk3zxAGvAAjGs6V5yWM8iwW9HxASJvFX30dW3mC3XDe740zvHSCSxzghXoF6wMC7w/s512/Cat8flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="362" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGMNJzOGHAOr67GsaZAF5TITL_R7TyHwJsM1zVhGx8s2hccU53mDmcQepzdOkZT0lZVgYYMUD6QuQi6Qvssq51Bq7UBvIket9bS7qepajS7KdniN3p69lgDk3zxAGvAAjGs6V5yWM8iwW9HxASJvFX30dW3mC3XDe740zvHSCSxzghXoF6wMC7w/w283-h400/Cat8flyer.jpg" title="Catalyst 8 cover art by Helen Taylor" width="283" /></a></div><p></p><p>In keeping with this experimental aesthetic, <i>Catalyst</i> also began publishing recordings of spoken word in collaboration with composers, sound artists and songwriters, produced by Jody Lloyd aka Trillion. Three volumes of spoken word/sonic collabs were released on CD. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjfljzYp4nmK8OAGLzKQUnVPOMpWYeaBdw60rh3ZngxXfh1YMYfd7CAjLe5kyfXC67WvA9Rc1geGBqdJtWyw8RVM4kF1YbtgDBL64kAI-VfcSGMXBe_jBGoowszEg1Y2I02JqJul9l69KFwLVXzkeqLF1i-WbX4xS6PsMg15iaN3wZHcrqvXz7A/s1431/catalyst%20version4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="1425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjfljzYp4nmK8OAGLzKQUnVPOMpWYeaBdw60rh3ZngxXfh1YMYfd7CAjLe5kyfXC67WvA9Rc1geGBqdJtWyw8RVM4kF1YbtgDBL64kAI-VfcSGMXBe_jBGoowszEg1Y2I02JqJul9l69KFwLVXzkeqLF1i-WbX4xS6PsMg15iaN3wZHcrqvXz7A/w319-h320/catalyst%20version4.jpg" title="Catalyst 9 CD sticker art by Jody Lloyd aka Trillion" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The interest in spoken word and performance was baked into the DNA of <i>Catalyst</i> as the open mic grew up alongside the journal. The first poetry slams in Christchurch were organised by the Catalyst crew at the Wunderbar in Lyttelton, eventually morphing into a slam show known as <b>Poetry Idol</b>. With the advent of the NZ Poetry Slam national competition, <i>Catalyst </i>continues to host the <b>Ōtautahi Poetry Slam</b>. Not content with introducing Christchurch to the entertainment potential of slam, <i>Catalyst</i> developed a new show for the Christchurch Writers Festival based on a mash-up of slam, improv and reality TV, known as <b><i>Survivor</i>: Poetry</b>. 'Survivor' was staged in three successive WORD Christchurch festivals. Rumour has it, it may be down, but not out.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89KDcOr4XhqUXQGUu6IThHlP0lH-2RC1RH6-cw-KaaSFlDwTwaIYk-y2QE8PfbDwX_A8CyIFDxQXTMueT9GR_VGNO61CfUm4QG3ZbbintMeyd5FkblZ_d3vbXKl5Arx3sc4xexSp2UcgYmN81epe6q3w7g_uYwEq1isRTwg04A9P87Gj4UyXRBw/s448/Survivor%20Poetry%20logo%20websize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="448" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89KDcOr4XhqUXQGUu6IThHlP0lH-2RC1RH6-cw-KaaSFlDwTwaIYk-y2QE8PfbDwX_A8CyIFDxQXTMueT9GR_VGNO61CfUm4QG3ZbbintMeyd5FkblZ_d3vbXKl5Arx3sc4xexSp2UcgYmN81epe6q3w7g_uYwEq1isRTwg04A9P87Gj4UyXRBw/w400-h299/Survivor%20Poetry%20logo%20websize.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguBXuOXP4YGPgcgvNrRw3AM2mNIu99DXbCQ9i7wMCOof8oiOQWMKNvcyZr6gLIo4ZANQIXlYbOjw01FcCVF9VVRpxk09M0gofHF8VoO3nXJ54VIHr_3fm8riRzgqI0KEOuE0f70llfAobvudFBHFhbvlohBNni6nrI5TNBaKGDSFmNiXB5DADqg/s2560/Catalyst%2010%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguBXuOXP4YGPgcgvNrRw3AM2mNIu99DXbCQ9i7wMCOof8oiOQWMKNvcyZr6gLIo4ZANQIXlYbOjw01FcCVF9VVRpxk09M0gofHF8VoO3nXJ54VIHr_3fm8riRzgqI0KEOuE0f70llfAobvudFBHFhbvlohBNni6nrI5TNBaKGDSFmNiXB5DADqg/w300-h400/Catalyst%2010%20cover.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>The first ten years saw <i>Catalyst</i> published under the imprint of <b>Neoismist Press. </b>With volume 10, Neoismist was retired and <b>The Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press</b> was born. The Press has its own flag and continues to establish a sovereign nation for poets and poetry. In 2014, it launched the first volume of an emerging poets series called <i>Republic of Poets. </i>The format presents longer selections from three feature poets. Volume 2 is a twinkle in the eye.</p><p>Scroll forward and Catalyst volume 20: <i>Oma, oma, oma!</i> was officially welcomed in the Mediterranean at the <b>World Congress of Poets</b> 2023. Doc Drumheller is now a member of the executive board of WCP and founding editor of official WCP international journal <i>Fuego.</i> <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAStHXSSW8iMnpYR36XNWFGXzeGxa37mjYKTZSgIGj5dHD0r3tHu_vL4wSOEFC8wMvuApg1AmNDySxttx0QiA1-_Z17VUkbR8hm3nOfKsWzXR9MlE9ElVeYloXt86S09QwcJ2Ga7PBRPPqewbfPb-WfDjIA_glPt5NJ3BK52b5l3NMxy4KclqSYw/s3508/Catalyst%2020%20Cover%20Concept-page-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Catalyst literary arts journal volume 20 cover art by Claude Jones." border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="3508" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAStHXSSW8iMnpYR36XNWFGXzeGxa37mjYKTZSgIGj5dHD0r3tHu_vL4wSOEFC8wMvuApg1AmNDySxttx0QiA1-_Z17VUkbR8hm3nOfKsWzXR9MlE9ElVeYloXt86S09QwcJ2Ga7PBRPPqewbfPb-WfDjIA_glPt5NJ3BK52b5l3NMxy4KclqSYw/w640-h452/Catalyst%2020%20Cover%20Concept-page-001.jpg" title="Catalyst 20 cover by artist Claude Jones." width="640" /></a></div><br /> <i>Catalyst </i>remains a proudly print-based journal and continues to showcase local and international writers to a global audience. The Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press continues to publish chapbooks (<i>Catalyst Christmas Cracker</i>) and in its own 10th anniversary, also released the first collection by co-founder Ciaran Fox titled <i>They Crackle in the Rain</i> which was shortlisted as an unpublished manuscript for the inaugural John O'Connor First Book Award in 2022.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9BYT3BkWiiJ99JKertbK1MxPKrnrpiLQBLZp2W_2GcSDPzUpexfIQtMWfDW1KmLwQ5wln1YTfVbjpqrZHhnutBAZMqlRQy5PGwp_PjMOsxFciQc_UTHSmJX7G0noLtKwbOXo-MyjjqXIvTSVWtlZOpn1fkjcYHvvoK83KvcFkV5u8uqRnKjFXQ/s2000/TCITR%20cover%20v.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1409" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9BYT3BkWiiJ99JKertbK1MxPKrnrpiLQBLZp2W_2GcSDPzUpexfIQtMWfDW1KmLwQ5wln1YTfVbjpqrZHhnutBAZMqlRQy5PGwp_PjMOsxFciQc_UTHSmJX7G0noLtKwbOXo-MyjjqXIvTSVWtlZOpn1fkjcYHvvoK83KvcFkV5u8uqRnKjFXQ/w450-h640/TCITR%20cover%20v.2.jpg" title="They Crackle in the Rain by Ciaran Fox" width="450" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-44144578937216882622023-10-20T12:53:00.007+13:002023-10-20T12:53:55.401+13:00They Crackle in the Rain. Poetry by Ciaran Fox, launching 25th October<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjJMZ39frA9ztmJ8NewklF_VOltyQe2lGm52m9lg5OBJsFCZn1tz3ZT6yry_S8thYKiumUdT0NhnJadTjG6Hm6pJbHvG7tole-fAzmZKvxb9WZsawZROmZ3I7H5I3nd4Y5XV04-nVnS3MFBuKwmhNWqU8BgrHRvz5UvWrS1e0JKVdWUh8jT3VTw/s2000/TCITR%20Book%20Launch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjJMZ39frA9ztmJ8NewklF_VOltyQe2lGm52m9lg5OBJsFCZn1tz3ZT6yry_S8thYKiumUdT0NhnJadTjG6Hm6pJbHvG7tole-fAzmZKvxb9WZsawZROmZ3I7H5I3nd4Y5XV04-nVnS3MFBuKwmhNWqU8BgrHRvz5UvWrS1e0JKVdWUh8jT3VTw/w452-h640/TCITR%20Book%20Launch.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-26257221294752678192023-10-15T14:04:00.001+13:002023-10-15T14:07:19.150+13:00Dead Bird Books takes to the road in 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuTaYMnmdWc4JxXg0hpYKHCO0YiV7tbOXUDQjKZxBIGR_e4gIddTX5jhVKB_5r6YEwB5RHla1FzwJaLoZ5H73QJay3fm7DvIGy4-B_tZ5kfs-bZXht8fdHWnPw5YmPpnw3SpZvrga89KdLRcmC1e-XmJMkcv47rzMNz29omTIcDEbQfL98JjAJA/s1208/DBB-Aotearoa_Tour-Poster-A3-v2%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="855" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuTaYMnmdWc4JxXg0hpYKHCO0YiV7tbOXUDQjKZxBIGR_e4gIddTX5jhVKB_5r6YEwB5RHla1FzwJaLoZ5H73QJay3fm7DvIGy4-B_tZ5kfs-bZXht8fdHWnPw5YmPpnw3SpZvrga89KdLRcmC1e-XmJMkcv47rzMNz29omTIcDEbQfL98JjAJA/w452-h640/DBB-Aotearoa_Tour-Poster-A3-v2%20copy.jpg" width="452" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having already released a swag of exciting new voices this year, <b><a href="https://www.deadbirdbooks.com/" target="_blank">Dead Bird Books</a></b> are set to launch the new collection by founder, best-selling author and legendary performance poet <b><a href="https://www.dominichoey.com/" target="_blank">Dominic Hoey</a> </b>in collaboration with designer<b> Trudi Hewitt</b>. What better way to celebrate than a road trip around the motu, bringing the new books to the people.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Accompanied by poets published by DBB in 2023, <a href="https://mlt.org.nz/author-spotlight-qa-isla-huia/" target="_blank"><b>Isla Huia</b></a> and <b><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-10-2023/bus-rides-and-black-mould-an-interview-with-liam-jacobson" target="_blank">Liam Jacobson</a></b>, Dominic Hoey will be releasing his latest collection <i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.deadbirdbooks.com/shop/the-dead-are-always-laughing-at-us" target="_blank">The Dead Are Always Laughing At Us</a> </span></i><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">in November 2023. Writes Hoey:<br /></span></span></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku) is a te reo Māori teacher, writer and
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tickets can be purchased via the Dead Bird Books
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<p><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-74778455579270609462023-09-30T17:56:00.003+13:002023-09-30T17:59:11.106+13:00Announcement: Book Launch coming soon - They Crackle in the Rain by Ciaran Fox<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggickndX4vGGQZ4VmgfapD2rg3iwtHIQDcT9YdH_dbrfV7JYm7TcSHbtu3EzdaJuzdC_etXReIVLAEkr59BYGB9S9mzDUV0QcE5uy3ZDaUpxropumAJk26KTF3PWQLC_ju6NfEId55StADW5GmaHPRgqNA2722YPx-rku6x2zDXkhpl_utoYVLRg/s2000/TCITR%20A4%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggickndX4vGGQZ4VmgfapD2rg3iwtHIQDcT9YdH_dbrfV7JYm7TcSHbtu3EzdaJuzdC_etXReIVLAEkr59BYGB9S9mzDUV0QcE5uy3ZDaUpxropumAJk26KTF3PWQLC_ju6NfEId55StADW5GmaHPRgqNA2722YPx-rku6x2zDXkhpl_utoYVLRg/w452-h640/TCITR%20A4%20poster.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's a bit of an understatement to say we're excited about this landmark moment in the story of our wee press. Co-founder and long-time host of Catalyst's open mic, Ciaran Fox is releasing his first collection of poetry - <i>They Crackle in the Rain</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Shortlisted last year for the inaugural John O'Connor First Book of Poetry Award, the collection<i> </i>attracted judge Elizabeth Smither's eye and ear: <br /></span></p><div><blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'<i>They Crackle in the Rain </i>reminded me of so many loved poets and poetry schools: The Beats, Black Mountain, Snyder, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Éluard, Apollinaire:
poets who were risk-takers,
extravagant in images and emotion, to whom the flow of a poem was important, celebratory.' </span></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- Elizabeth Smither, from the judges report, John O‘Connor First Book Award 2022</span></p></blockquote></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">A collection 20 years in the making –
interrupted (and informed) by parenthood, earthquakes, and a day job in mental
health promotion as well as holding space for young and emerging poets. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><i>They Crackle in the Rain</i> represents a two
decades-long time-lapse through a life both imagined and real in which no
experience is left untouched by dream and longing, hope and regret.
Misremembered sun-painted afternoons and rain-swept city streets are the
background for rivers swallowing hearts, apocryphal internal affairs and a
parent lost in the woods of dementia. Death is an ache in the bones and an echo
of dance steps while love wins chaotic, temporary victories...</span></p>
<div><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'These are big question poems:
whether to drift or commit, solitude versus company, whether to be serious about a talent. Something is always interrupting a conclusion, leading onto the next poem.' <span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Performed
or on the page, this is a fine collection.</span></span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - Elizabeth Smither</span></p></blockquote></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>They Crackle in the Rain</i> will be launched at Christchurch book-lovers haven, <b>Scorpio Books</b> on <b>Wednesday 25th October</b>. Details coming soon.</span><br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-16574442571704585872023-09-30T17:41:00.002+13:002023-09-30T17:41:40.220+13:002023 Ōtautahi Poetry Slam Results<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mg2SN-XZafANdeezK2nk58z_RQd2qQpDFXzGUbWswT0IvePkWvYm9ef334dRr5zPdC-wc9EsgkLwjd8fwyAzE5stW1VgogRFEpz4QyBjC47LFwkyrUpoVgaUP5Sz0eVAoeatvUWHuWdUVVldszjr53c4eRZFPdNniKVxBCiyphnt2CQ1dzB52w/s1024/ChCh%20Poetry%20Slam%20crop%20landscape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1024" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mg2SN-XZafANdeezK2nk58z_RQd2qQpDFXzGUbWswT0IvePkWvYm9ef334dRr5zPdC-wc9EsgkLwjd8fwyAzE5stW1VgogRFEpz4QyBjC47LFwkyrUpoVgaUP5Sz0eVAoeatvUWHuWdUVVldszjr53c4eRZFPdNniKVxBCiyphnt2CQ1dzB52w/w640-h341/ChCh%20Poetry%20Slam%20crop%20landscape.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Congratulations to everyone who threw down at this year's slam. It was epic in front of a sell-out crowd at Space Academy. After a boil-over final round resulting in a tie, it came down to a slam-off between our eventual champ and runner-up.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The 2023 Ōtautahi Poetry Slam Champion is: <b><span style="color: red;">Lee Fraser</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2nd place: <b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Briana McZant</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3rd place: <b><span style="color: #800180;">Stacey Olwyn</span></b></span><br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-47399345931214483862023-09-25T21:43:00.005+13:002023-09-25T21:43:50.805+13:00Catalyst Christmas Cracker - it's a thing. (Call for submissions!)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuj12yrsC39w7KMdfJ-7eqwXlzVTIK_KTOi4a9pitK-RNVW8xunIFYi_aoOFGa1HZ0eC292tJzDw_I9pvEsvMKOJ92I7D4SLzGGQI0PHHIGK995r1JRv4Je5QgpFPlLW3cBhbsS97bOEa11vQub2WTcvbdcGe36jXEEJRm3tZaO394MpUka4Hqmw/s869/nightmares-forever-photo-u1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuj12yrsC39w7KMdfJ-7eqwXlzVTIK_KTOi4a9pitK-RNVW8xunIFYi_aoOFGa1HZ0eC292tJzDw_I9pvEsvMKOJ92I7D4SLzGGQI0PHHIGK995r1JRv4Je5QgpFPlLW3cBhbsS97bOEa11vQub2WTcvbdcGe36jXEEJRm3tZaO394MpUka4Hqmw/w299-h400/nightmares-forever-photo-u1.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /> Introduced in 2022, we're bringing back the best little awkward Christmas gift ever! Catalyst Christmas Cracker, our very own Xmas Xine is back!<p></p><p>Call for submissions: <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Deadline is 1st October, 2023</span></b>. Christmas-themed poetry only and please include a bio (submissions without bios will not be considered).</p><p><b>Submissions address: <span style="font-size: large;">catalyst_submissions@yahoo.com </span></b><br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-41838671265474347132023-08-18T10:05:00.005+12:002023-08-20T13:35:57.243+12:00Fuego! Announcing the launch of volume 1 of the World Congress of Poets official literary journal<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMyugjjc4k0WJaHvghDjk3EHpITOWzVi8GQJiBILOD1rxBkEf8aPjp0fnmj0ptQZ-ryTaKHp6QUzADKiShvHkNt3xW1EYdm3YuZgsDGf6z6IVXGNRMhb8f6-d7GbFKLA-SkIE38mYFFHnFdTdQDe_aWwEof-7MM_cV3Dj4MSnSAcRe2fxZpX5Cg/s1653/A3%20poster%20-%20Book%20Launch%20-%20Fuego%20Volume%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMyugjjc4k0WJaHvghDjk3EHpITOWzVi8GQJiBILOD1rxBkEf8aPjp0fnmj0ptQZ-ryTaKHp6QUzADKiShvHkNt3xW1EYdm3YuZgsDGf6z6IVXGNRMhb8f6-d7GbFKLA-SkIE38mYFFHnFdTdQDe_aWwEof-7MM_cV3Dj4MSnSAcRe2fxZpX5Cg/w452-h640/A3%20poster%20-%20Book%20Launch%20-%20Fuego%20Volume%201.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><p><b>Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press</b> with support from Waimakariri District Creative Communities (<a href="https://creativenz.govt.nz/" target="_blank">Creative NZ</a>) fund are proud to present the launch event for <i>Fuego</i> volume 1, the literary journal of the <a href="https://worldcongressofpoets.com/" target="_blank">World Congress of Poets.</a></p><p>Celebrating National Poetry Day on <b>Friday 25th August</b> in style, <a href="https://waimakaririlibraries.com/home" target="_blank">Waimakariri Libraries</a> has one of the most prestigious events in the country as host of the launch of brand new international literary journal, <i>Fuego.</i></p><p>Edited by <b>Doc Drumheller</b>, <i>Fuego </i>features poetry and art from around Aotearoa and the world, with a special North Canterbury flavour to the fire of volume 1, acknowledging the investment by Waimakariri District Creative Communities as well as local boy done good, Doc Drumheller.</p><p>The book launch will be held at Rangiora Library on Friday 25th August (NZ National Poetry Day) at 6pm and featuring poetry readings and more.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Fuego </i>volume 1 - book launch</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Friday 25th August, 6pm</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rangiora Library, 141 Percival St, Rangiora</span></b><br /></div>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-47955886142876058572023-08-11T13:23:00.007+12:002023-08-11T13:23:50.034+12:00Ōtautahi-Christchurch Poetry Slam 2023 - the Grand Final!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSrBdnCo_LcmpH9awoL7CcrFFvkqm_Wmk4kOLv30GUrwb3V1P1Uyybfs2nh4qmdouXM_tlFP10wmyreGyl8FHaNC0hZ-ybhkKAA-7qh32mQ7jARbybAwMoaM4UFbXMKnBXj-xBwvwdykjxT11oNhj-83K1k2OCwQHnSU6lqMez9lMSAdNBHNGgw/s1024/ChChSlam2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSrBdnCo_LcmpH9awoL7CcrFFvkqm_Wmk4kOLv30GUrwb3V1P1Uyybfs2nh4qmdouXM_tlFP10wmyreGyl8FHaNC0hZ-ybhkKAA-7qh32mQ7jARbybAwMoaM4UFbXMKnBXj-xBwvwdykjxT11oNhj-83K1k2OCwQHnSU6lqMez9lMSAdNBHNGgw/w640-h426/ChChSlam2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Congratulations to the top 10 poets who slammed their way through to the Grand Final coming up in less than two weeks.</p><p>Come and be an audience judge or sit back and let the poetry fly. Space is limited so be sure to grab a seat or table early. $10 on the door - this helps us fly our champ to the NZ Poetry Slam taking place in Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland, in November.</p><p>For poets - the <a href="https://catalystnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/otautahi-christchurch-poetry-slam-rules.html" target="_blank">rules are here</a>.<br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-63523329949041464142023-07-21T17:33:00.005+12:002023-07-21T17:33:59.529+12:00Ōtautahi - Christchurch Poetry Slam - THE RULES<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKi_4wKLUzfo-pCR46dVGvqMraCx5NRS8ALeBoVTq8J7oHSNvDx7Rjqxv7RgQd4OhXkiqyl__R53fcpu9XjaKzQ-QyG41Ggh0syoezZW0NKbiP-4FrcZCKMXsUFkpsquSvxZrQrZnAotzo7tpnLN4DWdX1r6iEtjpii_V2xr8ZUG5WZLozzRzJuw/s1024/ChCh%20Poetry%20Slam%20teaser%20v3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKi_4wKLUzfo-pCR46dVGvqMraCx5NRS8ALeBoVTq8J7oHSNvDx7Rjqxv7RgQd4OhXkiqyl__R53fcpu9XjaKzQ-QyG41Ggh0syoezZW0NKbiP-4FrcZCKMXsUFkpsquSvxZrQrZnAotzo7tpnLN4DWdX1r6iEtjpii_V2xr8ZUG5WZLozzRzJuw/w640-h426/ChCh%20Poetry%20Slam%20teaser%20v3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are the official rules of the Christchurch Poetry Slam as per the NZ Poetry Slam.</span></div>
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settle and adjust microphone etc, this time is not limitless; ideally a
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Slammers should have at least 3 poems, as </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">there will be three rounds </span>for the Regionals and NZ Slam<br />…</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As always, remember: the point is the poetry not the points!</span>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-33436414867980967142023-07-21T17:29:00.004+12:002023-07-21T17:29:59.032+12:00Ōtautahi-Christchurch Poetry Slam is here!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKQ0AHM9K5AhCTrOH6iQr8ZVixbW5z1HR32_BAbugpPYmx_nBxyKaWf8naqWCk7BNJhWH3lFwmrev41cnlYH_pUuaMMWFzePbX_ztJnUtQKsvrrjPzHZZg-wANhIf0yhGbqUnWjeYzUqcxBStqW2y42982M6BppwU0SBG7pGFORpkY3-ZpAhzGw/s1024/ChCh%20Poetry%20Slam%20teaser%20v3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKQ0AHM9K5AhCTrOH6iQr8ZVixbW5z1HR32_BAbugpPYmx_nBxyKaWf8naqWCk7BNJhWH3lFwmrev41cnlYH_pUuaMMWFzePbX_ztJnUtQKsvrrjPzHZZg-wANhIf0yhGbqUnWjeYzUqcxBStqW2y42982M6BppwU0SBG7pGFORpkY3-ZpAhzGw/w640-h426/ChCh%20Poetry%20Slam%20teaser%20v3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> The dates for the 2023 Christchurch Poetry Slams are:<p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday 2nd August, 7pm - Preliminary heat</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday 23rd August, 7pm - GRAND FINAL</span></p><p>As always, poets wishing to throw down in the big Slam as part of WORD Christchurch, need to go in the Prelim and make it into the top 10.</p><p>Rules will be posted on this website (in fact they're searchable from last year).</p><p>Door charge: $10 entry (Slammers are free!)<br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-6151332711680242882023-06-28T12:25:00.009+12:002023-08-18T10:10:13.982+12:00<p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9kdUwnpRJe1WGX8XvfNjQE3PJSG7j51Izx40YjuNU8gNnVCBWELm2vv42SULhsK63drsxlvvlwEJKzjz1ZscBPAtlmwVM1V6bX8Q2Bxl2nCeKvhrfrC8YYHupE-ZLWxPxFwrFGy_bPp-Tlwq7oqH-ovqiEfA8ZtslhTR6VvZQOqeWEXhahNG5Q/s709/Leporine%20Arts%20journal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="474" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9kdUwnpRJe1WGX8XvfNjQE3PJSG7j51Izx40YjuNU8gNnVCBWELm2vv42SULhsK63drsxlvvlwEJKzjz1ZscBPAtlmwVM1V6bX8Q2Bxl2nCeKvhrfrC8YYHupE-ZLWxPxFwrFGy_bPp-Tlwq7oqH-ovqiEfA8ZtslhTR6VvZQOqeWEXhahNG5Q/w428-h640/Leporine%20Arts%20journal.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press and <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/catalyst.journal?__cft__[0]=AZW186GTRLd6ZVz9u9n306c9bdble6b40S7Uj5JPuIe70-Qb5fL2PRD0HELvIudOD19blXCEcnE2S_zERuPboiqtXFSSe_KdZVRDhl820v73ZcQTcKe-MH8h6QTTPJtqQqSxDqzxZ7B2_7VekryqYQhiRIdfilfPdPw8JrGlqIpBbnMQo44tyvDGTP5TcGkROsg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Catalyst Literary Arts Journal</span></span></a></span>
invites submissions of artwork for our 20th anniversary issue and 10th
under the imprint of Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press. </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">2023 is the Year of
the Rabbit - water hare (almost like we planned it that way...)
therefore, the theme for artwork this issue is 'RABBITS' (rāpeti) or
things generally cunicular. </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><b>Deadline for submissions is 10th July</b>.
Artwork should be original, your own work and preferably not already published
in a literary journal in Aotearoa New Zealand. Submissions should be
emailed to catalyst_submissions@yahoo.com with 'artwork' in the subject
line.</span></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-72575817067653016012023-06-18T14:51:00.004+12:002023-08-18T10:10:30.025+12:00World Congress of Poets announce new international literary journal - Fuego - call for submissions<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpPELSLgP55r995vZWWCGuAwiwEsc8zJbc23h1Ux4DovAK1XDW-DvJuCrdBSSaGF582rYWuM7gNAKLlLNcTzh96K7fm4wZLcWTWE7YL5i_tnrowyvbggJihVlJQBD8q5HoPxZx0IAsGNRvQzdOQsBfid6KQvxDDsSBjSWNinOFcQI0UVN068/s8192/andre-fonseca-pmlNDliMGXM-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Image depicting flames against black background" border="0" data-original-height="8192" data-original-width="6144" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpPELSLgP55r995vZWWCGuAwiwEsc8zJbc23h1Ux4DovAK1XDW-DvJuCrdBSSaGF582rYWuM7gNAKLlLNcTzh96K7fm4wZLcWTWE7YL5i_tnrowyvbggJihVlJQBD8q5HoPxZx0IAsGNRvQzdOQsBfid6KQvxDDsSBjSWNinOFcQI0UVN068/w480-h640/andre-fonseca-pmlNDliMGXM-unsplash.jpg" title="Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@andrefonsecaa?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Andre Fonseca</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/pmlNDliMGXM?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image credit: Man on fire by: @andref.photo (<a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/pmlNDliMGXM">Unsplash</a>)<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid0"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 20px; left: 120.04px; top: 123.415px;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid0"><i><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 20px; left: 125.64px; top: 123.415px; transform: scaleX(1.21294);">Fuego</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 20px; left: 191.193px; top: 123.415px;"> </span></i><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 20px; left: 196.633px; top: 123.415px; transform: scaleX(1.20463);">- The World Congress of Poets Literary Journal</span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid1"></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid2"></span><br role="presentation" /><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid2"></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid2"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 170.879px; transform: scaleX(1.09061);"> </span></span></p><p><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid2"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 170.879px; transform: scaleX(1.09061);">The <a href="https://www.worldcongressofpoets.com/" target="_blank">World Congress of Poets</a> are delighted to announce that they will start several new </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 193.679px; transform: scaleX(1.08519);">initiatives in 2023. One of these new projects is a literary journal produced by our Executive</span> <span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 216.279px; transform: scaleX(1.12265);">Board. The goal</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 250.717px; top: 216.279px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 255.833px; top: 216.279px; transform: scaleX(1.06036);">of this new literary journal is to provide more opportunities for our members</span> <span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 239.079px; transform: scaleX(1.06401);">to publish their work, and to also improve the quality of writing by our members.</span></span></p><p><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid2"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 239.079px; transform: scaleX(1.06401);"> </span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid3"></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid4"><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 284.679px; transform: scaleX(1.07526);"><i>Fuego </i>will become an annual publication that will strive to showcase poetry from featured</span> <span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 307.279px; transform: scaleX(1.05354);">count</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 165.04px; top: 307.279px; transform: scaleX(1.07541);">ries, including poetry by children, youth, and adults.</span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid5"></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid6"> <span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 352.88px; transform: scaleX(1.06783);">The spotlight for this inaugural edition will be to feature Waimakariri,</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 670.366px; top: 352.88px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 675.717px; top: 352.88px; transform: scaleX(1.11451);">New Zealand,</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 788.858px; top: 352.88px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 794.167px; top: 352.88px; transform: scaleX(1.11536);">and is</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 375.679px; transform: scaleX(1.086);">funded by <b>Waimakariri Creative Communities</b>. </span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid8"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 421.08px; transform: scaleX(1.10792);">The Editor in Chief for <i>Fuego</i> Volume 1 is <b>Doc Drumheller</b>.</span></span></p><p><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid8"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 421.08px; transform: scaleX(1.10792);">The deadline for the inaugural issue of <i>Fuego</i> is <b>1st July 2023 <br /></b></span></span></p><p><b><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid10"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 20px; left: 120.04px; top: 489.499px; transform: scaleX(1.23121);">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:</span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid11"></span></b><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid12"><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 536.93px; transform: scaleX(1.11393);">Please read carefully</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 291.399px; top: 536.93px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 296.433px; top: 536.93px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 302.561px; top: 536.93px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 307.633px; top: 536.93px; transform: scaleX(1.1012);">submis</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 365.683px; top: 536.93px; transform: scaleX(1.06263);">sions that do not follow the guidelines below will not be </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 120.04px; top: 559.73px; transform: scaleX(1.09256);">considered.</span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid13"></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid14"></span></p><p><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid14"></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid14"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 606.53px; transform: scaleX(1.11639);">Email submissions only.</span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid16"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 653.13px; transform: scaleX(1.08482);">Submissions must be previously unpublished and not submitted elsewhere for </span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid16"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 675.93px; transform: scaleX(1.05423);">publication.</span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid18"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 722.73px; transform: scaleX(1.10137);">Please send no more than five poems</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 487.921px; top: 722.73px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 493.083px; top: 722.73px; transform: scaleX(1.12379);">in English</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 572.498px; top: 722.73px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 577.717px; top: 722.73px; transform: scaleX(1.09586);">and a short BIO to: </span></span><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid19"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 745.53px; transform: scaleX(1.08722);"><b>fuego.wcpjournal.submissions@gmail.com</b></span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid22"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 792.163px; transform: scaleX(1.08698);">Please keep your BIO to no more than 100 words, otherwise we reserve the right to </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 814.963px; transform: scaleX(1.02518);">edit.</span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid24"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 861.563px; transform: scaleX(1.10999);">Please also include in the subject line: Your Name and Submission e.g: 'Doc</span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid24"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 884.363px; transform: scaleX(1.11548);">Drumheller, WCP Journal Submission'.</span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid26"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 931.163px; transform: scaleX(1.11696);">Submissions tha</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 314.683px; top: 931.163px; transform: scaleX(1.07855);">t do not follow this guideline will not be opened. Please help us avoid </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 953.963px; transform: scaleX(1.0802);">spam!</span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid28"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 1000.56px; transform: scaleX(1.09466);">Send work as a word attachment, send all your poems and BIO in one attachment</span> <span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 1023.36px; transform: scaleX(1.09929);">please and include your email and postal address.</span></span></li><li><span class="markedContent" id="page3R_mcid30"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; left: 180.033px; top: 1070.16px; transform: scaleX(1.09439);">Use Times New Roman 12pt font, single spaced, with no header, footers or any other </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 18.4px; 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left: 499.283px; top: 1186.41px; transform: scaleX(1.08954);"><b>2023</b>.</span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-9341190626402892492023-03-29T14:44:00.002+13:002023-03-29T14:47:15.686+13:00Catalyst Open Mic + Special Guest: Claudia Jardine<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50FylpSe4Nvkj6DrPqfQXzIwbD11FE48SmpUav5VsD15KUv5SibbCrLzPIPNx755LXx_1amACJ0SIqBnN39XrH_p4sYo43vZEdLxgyVUPHRsRF1ODhAlyxTnrHfvpAoerMKKWdacICFIYWpCrYZ-IY22w0vqpc3wvpKyY_UZs2yReOLsL4IA/s430/Claudia%20Jardine%20-%20Biter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Book cover with title 'Biter' by Claudia Jardine, over a photo image of a classical statue sculpture." border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50FylpSe4Nvkj6DrPqfQXzIwbD11FE48SmpUav5VsD15KUv5SibbCrLzPIPNx755LXx_1amACJ0SIqBnN39XrH_p4sYo43vZEdLxgyVUPHRsRF1ODhAlyxTnrHfvpAoerMKKWdacICFIYWpCrYZ-IY22w0vqpc3wvpKyY_UZs2yReOLsL4IA/w260-h400/Claudia%20Jardine%20-%20Biter.jpg" title="book cover design by Philip Kelly" width="260" /></a></div><p></p><p>As well as our regular open mic this week, we're looking forward to welcoming 2022 Ōtautahi Slam Champion Claudia Jardine as a feature poet ahead of her debut collection <i>Biter</i> launching in April.</p><p>With a stunning cover by artist Philip Kelly, <i>Biter </i>is being published by Auckland University Press and launches with a book tour throughout April, beginning in Christchurch and taking in Wellington, Dunedin and mighty Timaru.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3xCgsArgG5kpTzehok7j2Etqdu6KtFFgmIa4cIMOfubeLZ7hUUsG-B_Rg2Hr_jtux-w0MGnaa0CDyB4sMWz6j2DzrMaJ4Z2hPltq4pTPT-zI7AMZmd47ltF2I19xGJ6K_EZsDNHzWbtZLMU-jD1d9D7QN8t9LS420FnyhcW4IkOe5fXfy74/s1640/Claudiar%20Jardine%20book%20tour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3xCgsArgG5kpTzehok7j2Etqdu6KtFFgmIa4cIMOfubeLZ7hUUsG-B_Rg2Hr_jtux-w0MGnaa0CDyB4sMWz6j2DzrMaJ4Z2hPltq4pTPT-zI7AMZmd47ltF2I19xGJ6K_EZsDNHzWbtZLMU-jD1d9D7QN8t9LS420FnyhcW4IkOe5fXfy74/w640-h360/Claudiar%20Jardine%20book%20tour.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Claudia is a dynamic performance poet (as a Slam title under her belt would suggest) and would be a brilliant addition to any festival programme (nudge nudge programmers out there!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBVt2paohKK4RAGGGvfMFRo6g29QWxtYm2y9vmNfwgvq6oheq5V603KvccuctsMh2Q_PzVx92dbBV4hdCYyPJn3yTtDYURrGOlSCiQpeplwm84P3t4HokTw6Aq1L0aChBmBDQXFA__L3hxPqtkUbNnnFhGx54pBRolzg3WyvnKyRtcsCKwTI/s373/Claudia%20Jardine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Poet Claudia Jardine performs on stage under blue stage lighting" border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBVt2paohKK4RAGGGvfMFRo6g29QWxtYm2y9vmNfwgvq6oheq5V603KvccuctsMh2Q_PzVx92dbBV4hdCYyPJn3yTtDYURrGOlSCiQpeplwm84P3t4HokTw6Aq1L0aChBmBDQXFA__L3hxPqtkUbNnnFhGx54pBRolzg3WyvnKyRtcsCKwTI/w300-h400/Claudia%20Jardine.jpg" title="photo credit: Lily Wenmoth" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Catalyst Open Mic + Special Guest</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Claudia Jardine</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wednesday 29th March, 7pm</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Space Academy, 371 St Asaph St, Christchurch</span><br /></div><p><br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-80356342496913726132023-03-07T20:10:00.002+13:002023-03-31T23:04:15.694+13:00The Deadline Loometh - Catalyst is currently open for submissions!<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_OUlH6nNY2keWcemPArksXqDfgFCSXg6MGElenoz5Mayg3p09YE9bfiyicVxZI0xDDRmuJKRrUCiy41iWXZP4xtBGQ_BSOsOH0XAFiVh1WPjP5mdPqEu_0LRBYi2GU6OZUzeDUQ1L-8CLxsEDoXIJptfjq3vweBK5gv4tV_XS60qfIgv0g4/s335/deadline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="335" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_OUlH6nNY2keWcemPArksXqDfgFCSXg6MGElenoz5Mayg3p09YE9bfiyicVxZI0xDDRmuJKRrUCiy41iWXZP4xtBGQ_BSOsOH0XAFiVh1WPjP5mdPqEu_0LRBYi2GU6OZUzeDUQ1L-8CLxsEDoXIJptfjq3vweBK5gv4tV_XS60qfIgv0g4/w400-h296/deadline.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's that time of year again when we are open for submissions to our print-only journal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Deadline is 1st April every year and full details on how to submit are available on our 'Submissions' tab above. We strongly recommend reading that page and following the guidelines. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One of the best guidelines is to get hold of a copy of Catalyst and check out what we like to publish generally - this may give you a fair sense of what we might be interested in (and what is noticeably absent). Having said that, if what you're doing is experimental and unique and doesn't appear in Catalyst yet, we're all ears/eyes. But still, follow the guidelines.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Looking forward to reading your work!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Yours, the Catalyst Crew.</span><br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-33232138449176969072022-08-24T21:26:00.003+12:002023-09-30T17:57:23.315+13:00Diving In! Book Launch and panel: My Thoughts Are All of Swimming by Rose Collins <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSEodrKEw2CYFLBR4v-BpafalxgsNtsIbxbT36az77wTlw9QhdYk3oJBzU5JnrsqaTeqe-jC_lrrLaaFqsFSCYZxl8byrPxB2r1izTlGsAu90jhhfSkxgDNv8syPO3umBjcDYZy3gLEktLqib5lDy7WkfLb6mqSlT3I3hN2MO69OUENeXDRQ/s1280/DivingIn-Poster-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="904" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSEodrKEw2CYFLBR4v-BpafalxgsNtsIbxbT36az77wTlw9QhdYk3oJBzU5JnrsqaTeqe-jC_lrrLaaFqsFSCYZxl8byrPxB2r1izTlGsAu90jhhfSkxgDNv8syPO3umBjcDYZy3gLEktLqib5lDy7WkfLb6mqSlT3I3hN2MO69OUENeXDRQ/w452-h640/DivingIn-Poster-3.png" width="452" /></a></div><br /> A very special event to mark National Poetry Day this year with the inaugural winner of the John O'Connor first book award launching with readings and a panel featuring the three shortlisted writers in conversation with <b>Erik Kennedy.</b><p></p><p>Presented by Sudden Valley Press and Canterbury Poets Collective in association with National Poetry Day, join the poets and Erik to celebrate the launch of <b>My Thoughts Are All of Swimming</b> by inaugural winner, <b>Rose Collins.</b></p><p>Along with <b>Jeni Curtis</b> and <b>Ciaran Fox</b>, Rose Collins was chosen for the shortlist by judge, former poet laureate Elizabeth Smither who described the winning manuscript as a: <b>'<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">highly accomplished, beautifully ordered collection of consistently stunning poems'. </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Join all three as they discuss the award experience, writing and probably much more with matchless raconteur and writer Erik Kennedy. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.4px;">Diving In</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.4px;">Friday 26th August (National Poetry Day) 5.30pm<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.4px;">Foundation Cafe, Tūranga </span></span><b> </b></div>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-28864861839601445172022-08-24T21:15:00.000+12:002022-08-24T21:15:14.474+12:00Spring: Breakdown, Breakthrough - poetry at Tūranga<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q8golYJqOQKJEu76o2dXW5JjhSLNRb8SU3cvLwPBIzrqG7oYlgCmJpsrd_n1Rd39UhWZeOKFUd_NUtuRxkFUKbGEwa7VPuHzyyGwJKmfBzYQztU2mbw9nKcPqxpzbrv4yzTfzrYzz8c7Hg3rDxOcDRX1l0Mwfu-r7K0_r1ga3FRDBbwsFT4/s1920/CPC%20National%20Poetry%20Day%20T%C5%ABranga%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1920" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q8golYJqOQKJEu76o2dXW5JjhSLNRb8SU3cvLwPBIzrqG7oYlgCmJpsrd_n1Rd39UhWZeOKFUd_NUtuRxkFUKbGEwa7VPuHzyyGwJKmfBzYQztU2mbw9nKcPqxpzbrv4yzTfzrYzz8c7Hg3rDxOcDRX1l0Mwfu-r7K0_r1ga3FRDBbwsFT4/w640-h336/CPC%20National%20Poetry%20Day%20T%C5%ABranga%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>It's National Poetry Day 'eve' and Foundation Cafe at Tūranga is hosting an even earlier 'spring' poetry smorgasbord. Presented by Canterbury Poets Collective with MC - RikTheMost and featuring a broad selection of young, emerging and er, emerged? poets. And even a tiny, wee open mic. </p><p>Catalyst's own Ciaran Fox is in the line up and it's even early enough to be home in time for an early night with a good book.</p><p><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6" dir="auto">Readers:<br />Break through: Elizabeth Ayrey, Lucy Barge, Amelia Kirkness, Sarah-Kate Simons<br />Break down: Vana Manasiādis, Philip Armstrong, Ciaran Fox, Claudia Jardine, Gail Ingram, Anna Heraskina Foster</span> <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday 25th August, 5.30pm</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">Foundation Cafe, Tūranga</span></span></b><br /></div>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-32563560347718056722022-07-17T18:53:00.001+12:002022-07-17T18:53:50.416+12:00THE RULES! - Christchurch Poetry Slam 2022 - preliminary heat & grand final<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XNYf3iR4S1qjUGkizBVKDJEgbnqiUORK7ZlHra6AVSNRv-HFofrFSlX7GIDV7lW5gME8iQwTtXAxL48_ZnuLqHhhg3JTuMourmakaMbYSiubMeZ6vnN0jVnE_7j-fVwjnbhsDkJ2O0rZpSjg7BQ-jCy750z7RiFFu79khkj4CZMznOhvNRw/s1024/ChChSlam2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XNYf3iR4S1qjUGkizBVKDJEgbnqiUORK7ZlHra6AVSNRv-HFofrFSlX7GIDV7lW5gME8iQwTtXAxL48_ZnuLqHhhg3JTuMourmakaMbYSiubMeZ6vnN0jVnE_7j-fVwjnbhsDkJ2O0rZpSjg7BQ-jCy750z7RiFFu79khkj4CZMznOhvNRw/w640-h426/ChChSlam2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> To compete in the Grand Final, poets must make the top 10 in the preliminary heat on <b>Wednesday 3rd August</b>, <b>7pm</b> at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/spaceacademychch/" target="_blank">Space Academy</a>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">(The Grand Final will be contested on 31st August also at Space Academy)</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Slammers should have at least 3 poems, as </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">there will be three rounds </span>for the Regionals and NZ Slam<br />…</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As always, remember: the point is the poetry not the points!</span>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-62896566333629437442022-07-03T14:36:00.003+12:002022-07-03T14:36:39.894+12:00Drinking With Li Bai - 100 haiku from China and India by Doc Drumheller (Cold Hub Press 2022)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRojB3PQkQR66pZfLnvRQj5B4dIQihbDFtK2arECvuWpmU5EDtB_wp0fvha1z1kY_DSJgFb8_FfoKwXPO3X0e2hQwjma6NVXx2rIm7kkOSSDlW2-hFGYRBH90-7dueG8zxYQmklJv2Etepm2Lsz-Vs_m0J7JhUZDzvvtT2WZqVOUxS_vl7mkY/s1169/drinking%20with%20li%20bai%20ati.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="826" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRojB3PQkQR66pZfLnvRQj5B4dIQihbDFtK2arECvuWpmU5EDtB_wp0fvha1z1kY_DSJgFb8_FfoKwXPO3X0e2hQwjma6NVXx2rIm7kkOSSDlW2-hFGYRBH90-7dueG8zxYQmklJv2Etepm2Lsz-Vs_m0J7JhUZDzvvtT2WZqVOUxS_vl7mkY/w452-h640/drinking%20with%20li%20bai%20ati.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-27382662211805929612022-07-03T14:22:00.003+12:002022-07-03T14:24:07.383+12:00Book Launch - Drinking With Li Bai by Doc Drumheller<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrn50xxoy3KCmR8EcX9axnqc21ORJwkVZwHW8giy_JcPgPAvTtMf8c3MMuJ1Fmq5UTk0QBCo3QBreBIetjSnj1t7l0SuMStZD8BCiq42hHYY4p5e62-P4W3gMhAPkwjt-f4kj6Qiwq9Oo9hgkXwaZ95iM7ny9YBWSRCT5SsSav3PJTjqeg5LQ/s866/drinking%20with%20li%20bai%20flyer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrn50xxoy3KCmR8EcX9axnqc21ORJwkVZwHW8giy_JcPgPAvTtMf8c3MMuJ1Fmq5UTk0QBCo3QBreBIetjSnj1t7l0SuMStZD8BCiq42hHYY4p5e62-P4W3gMhAPkwjt-f4kj6Qiwq9Oo9hgkXwaZ95iM7ny9YBWSRCT5SsSav3PJTjqeg5LQ/w448-h640/drinking%20with%20li%20bai%20flyer.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's nice to collaborate with fellow independent publishers and we're proud to support the launch of this latest collection by <b>Doc Drumheller</b> from <b>Cold Hub Press</b> - <i>Drinking With Li Bai</i> - <i>100 haiku from China and India</i>.</span><p></p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a name="_Hlk105609875"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Drinking With Li Bai</i> </span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">features one hundred
haiku composed</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> by New Zealand poet </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Doc Drumheller while he was
visiting Enshi, Guangzhou, Guizhou, Suiyang, Shengze, Shanghai, and Beijing in
China, and Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Varanasi, Agra, Bodh Gaya,
and Allahabad in India. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">On
his travels <a name="_Hlk105610135">Doc Drumheller </a>has represented the
Waimakariri District as a Cultural Ambassador to Enshi in a Sister City
Cultural Exchange. He was appointed as the New Zealand Director of the <b>Silk
Road Poetry Project</b>, and has represented New Zealand at international poetry
festivals in China and India.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Drinking
With Li Bai</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">, <i>100 Haiku from China and India</i>, by Doc
Drumheller </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is published by </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Cold Hub Press 2022, and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">features
Chinese translations by <b>Liang Yujing</b>, and calligraphy by <b>Gong Qin.</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Haiku
from this collection were selected for Ōrongohau Best New Zealand Poems 2018,
and Ōrongohau Best New Zealand Poems 2020.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Special
thanks to the <b>Asia New Zealand Foundation</b> for funding Doc’s travels to Asia,
and to <b>Waimakariri District Creative Communities</b> for funding the publication of
this book.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Links:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/past-issues/2018-contents/doc-drumheller/"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/past-issues/2018-contents/doc-drumheller/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/past-issues/2020-contents/doc-drumheller/"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/past-issues/2020-contents/doc-drumheller/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p>
<p></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-15796882865335158582022-02-06T11:45:00.004+13:002022-02-06T11:51:48.951+13:00NZ Poetry Slam 2021 goes ONLINE in 2022!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWoQGdKHCqGRRnqrJTkgCG3AIXBsMawtLPg0YzNkHUQIQYkVTWxiCKvgrGGr4xdIRKCpnULsS3lssGS_OGSSZzYOX2KdQ1V_yp_0dQG2_quSzMghhYqhD8I-wGK-x7Mc6J2LCKCF_oI_FII2I9_vxt3TvS2RdOmYLHw2B7fQkLLrk4wLg34_M=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWoQGdKHCqGRRnqrJTkgCG3AIXBsMawtLPg0YzNkHUQIQYkVTWxiCKvgrGGr4xdIRKCpnULsS3lssGS_OGSSZzYOX2KdQ1V_yp_0dQG2_quSzMghhYqhD8I-wGK-x7Mc6J2LCKCF_oI_FII2I9_vxt3TvS2RdOmYLHw2B7fQkLLrk4wLg34_M=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><p>After two postponements due to COVID-19 in 2021, the NZ Poetry Slam national final for 2021 is happening online on <b>12th February 2022.</b></p><p>Here we go! It's a tough decision but the crew really have to take people's health and safety in consideration - poets flying into Christchurch from around the country are taking a risk and possibly facing 10 days isolation away from home, if they happen to be a close contact on a flight or at an airport.</p><p>Details for the event and the link to join in from the comfort of your own home are on the Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1255007881672121?active_tab=about" target="_blank">event page here</a>. It is happening at the same date and time as the scheduled live event.</p><p>Existing tickets will be refunded and <a href="https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2022/new-zealand-national-poetry-slam-2021/christchurch?fbclid=IwAR3yD3_sBfPZX9ui1Tsvmx40UzJBR31yid2lPT7nzwOx1U3f7m8fmPT9Q3w" target="_blank">new tickets available</a> for the online version.<br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-40885044533673641412021-11-22T19:23:00.000+13:002021-11-22T19:23:15.339+13:00Ōtautahi Tiny Fest - a feast of art - Two stand-out shows featuring poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYfp7KE6LxdUu3KUuq5SLA78D-itKSLXkPT0a1Pn6Vq_kC1ODjT6nTPWvPdz4fMg-BEEwiWUFIE2HbBzZpmB8k1s7veoSd0bjjlGANYVksRl10RFahjTvlamv3q1qgjEC5fykSw/s2048/Gay+Death+Stock+Take.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYfp7KE6LxdUu3KUuq5SLA78D-itKSLXkPT0a1Pn6Vq_kC1ODjT6nTPWvPdz4fMg-BEEwiWUFIE2HbBzZpmB8k1s7veoSd0bjjlGANYVksRl10RFahjTvlamv3q1qgjEC5fykSw/w640-h640/Gay+Death+Stock+Take.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.tinyfest.co.nz/" target="_blank">Ōtautahi Tiny Fest</a> is a remarkable two day festival of epic proportions - 45 artists and 21 shows over two intense days - featuring theatre, poetry, dance, story-telling and intersectional forms showcasing the cutting edge of performative practice in Ōtautahi/Christchurch.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Here's a couple of shows that we think you might want to check out from two of Ōtautahi's most electric performance poets and theatre practitioners.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Gay Death Stock Take </b></span></span><br /></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ōtautahi and NZ Poetry Slam Champion Nathan Joe presents a 'theatrical performance essay (with poetry elements)!' Kind of <span>part TED-talk, part performance poem, part museum of personal history. Where
birthday party meets mourning ritual. A brand new work by Nathan Joe,
made in collaboration with Daniel Goodwin.</span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span>Nathan
Joe is an award-winning theatre-maker and performance poet based
between Tāmaki Makaurau and Ōtautahi. Recent work includes curating
BIPOC spoken word event DIRTY PASSPORTS at Basement Theatre, a staged
reading of his play Scenes from a Yellow Peril at Auckland Arts
Festival, co-creating Slay the Dragon or Save the Dragon or Neither with
A Slightly Isolated Dog, and directing Yang/Young/杨 for Auckland
Theatre Company. He is also the current National Slam Champion.</span> <br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Saturday 27th November, 10am</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ron Ball Studio, Christchurch Town Hall</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://events.humanitix.com/otautahi-tiny-performance-festival-2021" target="_blank">Book Tickets </a></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Notes on a Migration </span><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3t9ZwVzOPkl0brOso5bXFxj-oME04CYTApSry1D8RF3HQKiPsjB0fXQ4d7CKwupb1OWfhG2vGqdCA803fQXY2_zxBVmaN3MpDjvV3fSt7-zppbfRcuB1QQz1zqcjQyM1m_I4jg/s1800/Notes+on+a+Migration.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1800" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3t9ZwVzOPkl0brOso5bXFxj-oME04CYTApSry1D8RF3HQKiPsjB0fXQ4d7CKwupb1OWfhG2vGqdCA803fQXY2_zxBVmaN3MpDjvV3fSt7-zppbfRcuB1QQz1zqcjQyM1m_I4jg/w640-h412/Notes+on+a+Migration.png" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p><span style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><em>‘I think of my mother and father, standing by sunflowers<br /></em><em>the plane tilts <br /></em><em>in a slow motion leapfrog <br /></em><em>to limboland<br /></em><em>tucked knees under my chin <br /></em><em>the lights dim <br /></em><em>leaving, heading <br /></em></span></span><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">with both feet in’</span></span></em></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>'</em>an
imaginative journey traversing the entire world in this intimate,
electric, political, part-memoir, part-story dreamscape drawn from
Ullyart’s poetic journaling since leaving Heathrow and stepping foot in
Ōtautahi in late 2017. She is supported on stage by experimental music
maker Admiral Drowsy in a new collaboration especially for Tiny Fest.'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em> <br /></em></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span>Hester
Ullyart is an award-winning multi-disciplinary maker- writer, actor,
visual and spoken word artist based between England and Ōhinehou since
2017. Original plays include; ‘The Ballad of Paragon Station’ (Stellar
Original Content NZFringe, Ed Fest) ‘Paragon Dreams’ (Hull Truck, LAF).
Original film includes ‘I am all the rooms of the house’ (Best Poetry
Short DoDFest2020). Other Ōtautati work includes ‘How Dare You’ (Free
Theatre), ‘Ship of Dreams’(Delaney Davidson). Directing includes ‘Our
Town, Gladys and Alfie, Gladys and Daphne’ (LAF) and Robin Judkins’
‘Free Bus to God’. Aotearoa screen work includes One Lane Bridge S2
(TVNZ/Great Southern). She is a National Poetry Slam 2020 finalist.</span> </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Saturday 27th November, 5.30pm</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ron Ball Studio, Christchurch Town Hall</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://events.humanitix.com/otautahi-tiny-performance-festival-2021" target="_blank">Book Tickets</a> </span></b><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> </b></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span></span></span></span></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-88977178890012099782021-11-11T10:06:00.002+13:002021-11-11T10:06:51.603+13:00Chop. The. Mop! Close shave for a good cause<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFuuslKbdhDIhyho62VLxksvzCbLuIcuLLthw0GVj5x7cVXyo555vyT28OY7KF5WAP7Kj_qd4dQ5WGrzJmNHm2L06IwWd2riZ9D4qh5t1SVXHHuEvhDm-dXv5pcr26plRMcFxRA/s2048/Social+Media+Tile+-+Chop+the+Mop+-+Jason+Clements.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFuuslKbdhDIhyho62VLxksvzCbLuIcuLLthw0GVj5x7cVXyo555vyT28OY7KF5WAP7Kj_qd4dQ5WGrzJmNHm2L06IwWd2riZ9D4qh5t1SVXHHuEvhDm-dXv5pcr26plRMcFxRA/w640-h640/Social+Media+Tile+-+Chop+the+Mop+-+Jason+Clements.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday 11th November, 7pm</span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: large;">Victoria Park Band Rotunda, Rangiora</span></span></b></p><p>Tonight as part of <b>WORD Christchurch</b>, Catalyst's own <b>Doc Drumheller</b> goes under the clippers for the Cancer Society.</p><p>Supported by guest poets, waiata, and poetry from several workshops facilitated for the Cancer Society, Doc will perform live while being shorn of his trademark beard and locks. The effort is in support of a call for donations to <a href="https://www.youcanforcancer.org.nz/jason-clements" target="_blank">Doc's fundraising page for the Cancer Society.</a></p><p>This event is operating under Covid Alert Level 2 restrictions (please wear masks, respect physical distancing and capacity limit is 100 people). If the Alert Level is increased, attendance will be cancelled and the event will be live-streamed via Facebook. <br /></p><p>Guest poets include: <b>Bernadette Hall, Ben Brown, John Allison</b> and <b>Ciaran Fox</b>. <br /></p><p>It'll be a brave, new Doc come tomorrow morning.<br /></p><p> </p><p><span style="-moz-box-align: unset; -moz-box-direction: unset; -moz-box-flex: unset; -moz-box-ordinal-group: unset; -moz-box-orient: unset; -moz-box-pack: unset; -moz-float-edge: unset; -moz-force-broken-image-icon: unset; -moz-image-region: unset; -moz-orient: unset; -moz-text-size-adjust: unset; -moz-user-focus: unset; -moz-user-input: unset; -moz-user-modify: unset; -moz-window-dragging: unset; -webkit-line-clamp: unset; -webkit-text-fill-color: unset; -webkit-text-stroke: unset; accent-color: unset; animation: unset; appearance: unset; aspect-ratio: unset; backface-visibility: unset; background-blend-mode: unset; background: unset; block-size: unset; border-block: unset; border-collapse: unset; 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stroke-width: unset; stroke: unset; tab-size: unset; table-layout: unset; text-align-last: unset; text-align: unset; text-anchor: unset; text-combine-upright: unset; text-decoration-skip-ink: unset; text-decoration: unset; text-emphasis-position: unset; text-emphasis: unset; text-indent: unset; text-justify: unset; text-orientation: unset; text-overflow: unset; text-rendering: unset; text-shadow: unset; text-transform: unset; text-underline-offset: unset; text-underline-position: unset; top: 0px; touch-action: unset; transform-box: unset; transform-origin: unset; transform-style: unset; transform: unset; transition: unset; translate: unset; user-select: text; vector-effect: unset; vertical-align: unset; visibility: unset; white-space: pre; width: unset; will-change: unset; word-break: unset; word-spacing: unset; writing-mode: unset; x: unset; y: unset; z-index: unset;">https://www.youcanforcancer.org.nz/jason-clements</span></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-63633030832114002982021-11-11T09:55:00.002+13:002021-11-11T09:55:23.274+13:00Christchurch Poetry Slam 2021 - we have a winner!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLVOm4Plpjbztz0qbR3ZdC_PTu_GQQ2oycmmX37sOK7CrhoPYiMxzqbKUUfTkezUyQSQ9h0w-TJpmG4cm9hhrLZAgT1PaPoCogpy67bbJ-7wz6i9roexMGHglkum_hExH6Vp1cQ/s646/Slam2020teasergetready.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="370" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLVOm4Plpjbztz0qbR3ZdC_PTu_GQQ2oycmmX37sOK7CrhoPYiMxzqbKUUfTkezUyQSQ9h0w-TJpmG4cm9hhrLZAgT1PaPoCogpy67bbJ-7wz6i9roexMGHglkum_hExH6Vp1cQ/w229-h400/Slam2020teasergetready.tiff" width="229" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Congratulations to 2021 Christchurch Poetry Slam Champ <b>Nathan Joe!</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Runner-up - <b>Ray Shipley</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3rd place -<b> RiktheMost </b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>On a balmy night in Foundation Cafe at Tūranga the top 10 poets from the preliminary heat in August slugged it out across 3 rounds. It was the 10th anniversary of the Christchurch Slam being part of the national network of slams (for the pre-history, look up Poetry Idol here).</p><p>To mark the occasion, poet and artist <b>Melanie McKerchar</b> created a stunning trophy (the first since Poetry Idol) and lifted for the first time by Nathan at the end of a challenging and fierce three rounds.</p><p>The field of 10 were mighty and diverse - half of them were previous Slam winners (including international Slams) or runners-up, and the other half included first-timers this year.</p><p>The top 3 will go forward to the 2021 NZ Poetry Slam (to be held February 2022).</p><p>Thank you to <b>WORD Christchurch</b> for once again incorporating the Slam into the festival and for pulling off a postponed festival in very challenging and uncertain times.</p><p>Thank you <b>UBS Books</b> for sponsoring prize vouchers for our winners.</p><p>Thank you to <b>Foundation Cafe</b> at Tūranga for being brilliant hosts and problem solvers.<br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208884.post-81328419645422669592021-11-05T11:34:00.000+13:002021-11-05T11:34:10.822+13:00Christchurch Poetry Slam - it's on (again!)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi_MFCMITI1B-_q23F_BHbYJP6ooyyaTE3j04FMWxRM369oR_d6pY4KuCRWrCNU7pQKwmyDZjjmBiA73rGGCjYIWSTACKR_A9HnOX6Dc9AfqVNzOBp4SsxeSHi2nfVGKfXeJVlA/s1024/ChChSlam2021Nov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi_MFCMITI1B-_q23F_BHbYJP6ooyyaTE3j04FMWxRM369oR_d6pY4KuCRWrCNU7pQKwmyDZjjmBiA73rGGCjYIWSTACKR_A9HnOX6Dc9AfqVNzOBp4SsxeSHi2nfVGKfXeJVlA/w640-h426/ChChSlam2021Nov.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After holding our breath through this latest Covid outbreak, we're excited to let it all out in the 10th edition of the Christchurch Poetry Slam Final on Wednesday 10th November.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Get ready!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Note: the event is going ahead under Level 2 restrictions - that means wear a mask and venue capacity is limited to allow spacing so get along early if you want to get in and grab a seat. We apologise in advance if you cannot gain entry due to the venue capacity limit. (Obviously that doesn't apply to the Slammers!)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If Christchurch is moved to Alert Level 3 or 4, the event will be cancelled. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Christchurch Poetry Slam Final</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wednesday 10th November, 7pm <span style="font-size: large;">(doors open 6pm)</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Foundation Cafe, Tūranga, Cathedral Square.</span></span></b></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Door charge: $10 cash only</span></span><br /></p>Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210673230301803116noreply@blogger.com0