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WINTER READINGS 2006
"POETRYMATH"

Winter Readings is an annual event in Wellington organised by HeadworX Publishers, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop and Kwanzaa - the Afrikan Shop in conjunction with Wellington City Council and the City Gallery. The aim is to promote New Zealand poetry to the wider public through a series of lively readings taking place in the winter months in Wellington. Each year an anthology of the readers is produced and is edited/compiled by Mark Pirie and published by the Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop. Previous anthologies include Bookmarks (2003), Tupelo Hotel (2004) and The Manuka Tree  (2005 - out of print).

The first series of readings took place in 2003 at Bizy Bee's bookshop and were dedicated to the memory of Neil Rowe (1941-2003), the local writer and bookshop proprietor of BAM (Books Art Music). The second series in 2004 was titled "Tupelo Hotel" after the Doors album "Morrison Hotel" and took place at Tupelo Bar, Wellington, thanks to the generous support of the then bar manager James Humphreys. The third series in 2005 was titled "The Manuka Tree" and was held at St John's Church, Wellington, and sported an affectionate remake of U2's "The Joshua Tree".

Highlights include readings by Alistair and Meg Campbell, a flying visit from Andrew Fagan, Dunedin poets Sandra Bell, Bill Dacker, Peter Olds and Jeanne Bernhardt and Auckland poets Richard von Sturmer and Iain Sharp and more …in honour of The Rolling Stones who recently toured New Zealand!

New HeadworX books by Tony Chad and Andrew Fagan will be released at the event. 
A new Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop book, Poetrymath, an anthology of readers participating in the event will also be released.


Winter Readings 2005 featured: Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Meg Campbell, Harry Ricketts, Yilma Tafere Tasew, Niel Wright, Mark Pirie, Michael O'Leary, Amelia Nurse, Vivienne Plumb, Therese Lloyd, Helen Rickerby, L E Scott, Joy MacKenzie, Iain Sharp, Bill Dacker, Scott Kendrick, Harvey McQueen, Tim Jones, Robin Fry  and Richard von Sturmer.

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