Windrift
For details of the single book in print click: the taste of nashi
The Windrift
Haiku Group.
Windrift is one of only two poetry groups in New Zealand
devoted solely to the study of haiku and related Japanese poetic forms. The
other is the Small White Teapot Group in Christchurch.
the taste of nashi
is Windrift's first venture into publishing, undertaken with the support of
the New Zealand Poetry Society, which encourages haiku writing and published two
earlier New Zealand Haiku anthologies in the 1990s (both edited by Cyril
Childs).
Windrift's Convener, Karen Butterworth and Secretary-treasurer Nola Borrell
jointly edited
the taste of nashi, with support and encouragement from
group members and the wider New Zealand haiku community. These two friends also
co-organised a New Zealand-wide haiku festival held in Wellington in 2005,
assisted by the late Jeanette Stace. Jeanette was also involved in planning
the taste of nashi until her death late in 2006. A grant from her
estate substantially assisted the anthology's publication.
the taste of nashi
can be
ordered by posting
$25 to Nola Borrell, 177A Miromiro Rd, Normandale, Lower Hutt; or Karen
Butterworth, 29 Kirk St., Otaki. Please make cheques payable to Windrift Haiku
Group.
Inquiries: Nola Borrell.
Ph 04 586 7287. Email:
nolaborrell@xtra.co.nz
Karen P Butterworth. Ph 06 364
5810. Email:
karenpetbut@xtra.co.nz
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