Canterbury Poets Bounce Back

People talked about quake brain, but the Canterbury earthquakes, despite or because of this, generated amazing bursts of creativity: music, dance, astonishing street art, and poetry.

Five years on, the anniversary of the devastating quake of February 22nd is marked by the publication of Leaving the Red Zone – poems from the Canterbury earthquakes, an anthology of poetry written by poets from across New Zealand and edited by James Norcliffe, former poetry editor for The Press, and Joanna Preston, poetry editor for Takah? magazine.

One hundred and sixty-eight poems cover the whole range of the experience. Here are sorrow, resignation, defiance, stoicism, humour black and wry, and everything in between.

Details of the book:
Leaving the Red Zone – poems from the Canterbury earthquakes
Edited by James Norcliffe and Joanna Preston
Published by Clerestory Press
180 pages, soft-bound
ISBN 978-0-9922517-5-8

Details of the launch:
Presented by the Friends of the Waimakariri Libraries
Kaiapoi Library, Thursday 14 April, 7-9pm

Poetry reading by local featured poets including: Rangi Faith, Bernadette Hall, Doc Drumheller, and Helen Yong.
Featured speakers include: Waimakariri Mayor David Ayers, James Norcliffe, Joanna Preston (editors), and Glyn Strange (publisher).
To book for this free event call the Kaiapoi Library 03 375 5009
Copies of the book will be available for sale.

For further details please contact James Norcliffe 03 329 3107 or Joanna Preston 021 1733049.