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The Brisbane Writers Festival Poetry in the Red Chamber - @ Old Parliament House Friday 11 September, 6.30pm (ticketed event) The Arts Queensland Poet in Residence - @ Red Box in conversation with Kate Eltham Sunday 13 September, 3.00pm (free event) More info here
Hinemoana launches her outback sonic poem 'gondwanavista' _________________________________________________________________________and launches the debut CD from Graham Nunn and Sheish Money 'The Stillest Hour' Thursday 17 September Shopfront Space The Judith Wright Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane 6.00-8.00pm Bookings essential: 07 3839 1243 or qldwriters@qwc.asn.au CDs available for sale on the night Orangutans, Wood Pigeons and Dark Spirits: 4th Floor 2009 is launched!  Kia ora! It's my great pleasure, as guest editor, to announce that this year's edition of 4th Floor, Whitireia Community Polytechnic’s online literary journal, is now alive and kicking! The new issue is not only bristling with well-known authors and talented up-and-comers, it features a created cast of unusual characters in strange configurations and situations. Read the full media release here. Have a read of the journal here. Enjoy! _________________________________________________________________________ Hinemoana's Official Queensland Farewell and Launch  Thursday 17 September 2009 Shopfront Space The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane 6-8pm Bookings essential: 07 3839 1243 or qldwriters@qwc.asn.au CD’s will be available for $10 on the night Kia ora! Come and help me celebrate my awesome residency and hear a live version of the sonic poem I've created during my time here, 'gondwanavista'. I've made the album from fragments of outback field recordings and text from poems I've written here. I'm proud to say I'll also be launching, on the night, the debut spokenword CD by local poets Graham Nunn and Sheish Money, 'The Stillest Hour'.  *And*...(long-awaited) I'll be performing a few poems with Sheish myself! It'll be a rich and lovely night - book now, it's a small space and it'd be great to see it full of the people who've helped make this such a great experience for me. _________________________________________________________________________ G'day.  Hinemoana Baker, Arts Queensland 2009 Poet in Residence 2009, at Blackall's Black Stump. Kia ora Cobbers. Well, I'm just over half way through my residency here in Queensland and it's been a whirl of readings, gigs, dinosaur metatarsels and ferris wheels. In the six weeks I've been here I've been so impressed with the country and the way it's looking after me. I'm keeping an Australian Adventures blog, with photos and general hilarity, here: poetinresidence.wordpress.com I've already spent ten days in the outback, in Blackall and Longreach, and next week I'm heading out again, this time southwest, on a steam train. Myself and two other writers will be visiting and reading at Toowoomba, Roma, Chinchilla and Charleville. When I get back I'll be performing at the Queensland Poetry Festival, and then in September, the Brisbane Writers Festival. More details at the top of my news page.  The Story Bridge, Brisbane Massive thanks to the three partners in this particular crime:
I'm writing a series of poems from my time here, working title 'fossiliferous'. I'm also creating a 'sound poem', to be launched just before I leave, featuring some text and field recordings from my time in Blackall and Longreach. At the moment it's called 'gondwanavista'. And in my spare time (ha!) I'm mentoring local poets, soaking up the local Speedpoets and making a short film of my favourite Fortitude Valley locations... So stop distracting me.  Brolga birds, Longreach Missing you fullas. Aroha x Hinemoana 31 MARCH 2009 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kelly Joseph is Kapiti Island’s 2009 resident writer  Kapiti Island's Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust announced today that writer Kelly Joseph (Ngāti Maniapoto) will be Kapiti Island’s resident writer during Matariki (Maori New Year) this year. The 'Tau mai e Kapiti' Maori Writers' Residency 2009, funded by Te Waka Toi / Creative New Zealand and hosted by Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust, allows an up-and-coming Maori writer to live and work on the northern end of Kapiti island for eight weeks. ‘If I could dream up an ideal writer’s residency for myself,’ says Kelly, ‘it would be this one. The island is so important culturally, historically and in a conservation sense. It has so many stories. It’s incredible to imagine having two whole months to focus only on my writing in such an amazing place.’ Kelly Joseph has been involved in visual arts for several years, studying Fine Arts and graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States. When she returned to New Zealand in 2003 with her husband she worked at Massey University as an AV technician. Then she started a business, creating a range of original jewellery, t-shirts and toys for design stores in Wellington. She continues to have a passion for the visual arts. ‘I’ve always loved the visual side of things,’ she says. ‘Even when I’m writing the story plays out in my head like I’m watching a film.’ Kelly was accepted into the prestigious Masters of Creative Writing course at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University. ‘I finished that course last year,’ she says, ‘and it’s been good to have a bit of a break from writing. But this residency has come at the right time for me. It’s given me a real incentive to go forward with writing.’ Kelly plans to make a start on short film scripts while she is in residence on Kapiti Island, and says she admires the work of Miranda July and French film-makers Michel Gondry and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. She writes about ‘misfits who inhabit the fringes…searching for beauty, magic and acceptance in the dirty, sad corners of society.’ Characters she created in her short stories during last year’s course may re-appear in the film scripts. Kelly was one of nearly 40 applicants interested in the residency, which is open to authors from all genres writing in both English and Māori. The residency will run from 22 June to 16 August 2009. John Barrett and whānau, who live on Kapiti island and run the Kapiti Nature Lodge, will be hosting Kelly during the eight-week residency. ‘We’re delighted to be sharing Matariki and Kapiti with Kelly, our second resident writer,’ he says. ‘We’re very grateful to our supporters for seeing the residency through for another year. We’re very much hoping it will become an annual thing – as far as we're aware there are no other residencies in the country aimed specifically at Maori writers.’ Minnie Clark Project Manager Ph: 06 362 6606 Fax: 06 3645828 Mobile: 021 126 7525 minnieATkapitiislandalive.co.nz www.kapitiislandalive.co.nz Kelly Joseph (04) 904 1441 kainga / home (021) 117 7737 kellyjoseph1ATyahoo.co.nz 4th Floor 09 Call for Submissions 4th Floor Literary Journal Kia hiwa ra! Good news! We’re getting ready for a new edition of ‘4th Floor’, our literary journal showcasing excellent work from Whitireia’s Creative Writing Programme students. Whether you are currently studying writing with Whitireia or you are a past student of our Creative Writing programme, we would love to receive your work for consideration. Visit the new look online journal here. This year’s guest editor is Hinemoana Baker. Hinemoana is a published poet and fiction-writer, has had plays and film scripts produced, and is also known as a musician, broadcaster and producer. She tutored poetry at Whitireia in 2007 and 2008, and edited last year’s ‘4th Floor’ journal. Her publishing team includes students from Whitireia Polytechnic’s Diploma in Publishing course. We’re currently updating our database of student contacts. If you are in touch with a past student who hasn’t heard from us, please pass this on. What to submit:
How and when to submit:
4thfloorATwhitireia.ac.nz (replace the AT with @)
- Your full name
- What year you were/are studying with us
- Your full contact details (email address, postal address, daytime phone number) The fine-print: We are unable to publish previously published work, unless that publication was in the 2003 Whitireia anthology ‘A Magpie Stole My Heart’. We are also unable to publish any work which quotes song lyrics, or includes any text which is the work of another writer. Unfortunately we’re unable to publish children’s writing this edition. As a non-profit publication, ‘4th Floor’ is unable to offer payment for contributions. For all accepted material, copyright will revert to the author upon publication. In other news… Remember we’re always keen to hear how our past writing students are getting along out in the world. Please keep in touch with us about all your wonderful projects, publications and productions: kasey.burns@whitireia.ac.nz Koia kei a koutou, e! Good on you all, keep in touch! Hinemoana Baker and the 4th Floor Editorial Team 4thfloor@whitireia.ac.nz  Premier and Minister for the Arts
Premier Anna Bligh today announced an acclaimed New Zealand poet, musician, producer and teacher of creative writing as Queensland's 2009 Poet-in-Residence. Premier Bligh said Hinemoana Baker is the state's fifth Poet-in Residence, and will be based in Queensland from July to September. "The Poet-in-Residence has become a celebrated fixture on the Queensland literary calendar," Ms Bligh said. "This program has benefited Queensland writers and poets by opening up new links and partnerships for them with the international literary community. "It is also a chance for international poets to play a part in our own cultural activities. During her time here Ms Baker will have a key role at literary events including the Queensland Poetry Festival and the Brisbane Writers Festival, in addition to activities at the Queensland Writers Centre. "Ms Baker will also have the opportunity to visit regional Queensland with residencies planned in Blackall and Cairns." The Bligh Government provides $50,000 for the 2009 Poet-in-Residence program, which is administered by Queensland Writers Centre in partnership with the Queensland Poetry Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival and the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts. Ms Baker's first poetry collection, 'matuhi | needle' (2004), was co-published in New Zealand by Victoria University Press and in the US by Perceval Press, the publishing house of actor and artist Viggo Mortensen. Her poems have been chosen for the 2004, 2006 and 2008 'Best New Zealand Poems' online magazine, and have appeared in numerous other anthologies. "With a history steeped in Maori and Pakeha (non-Maori) culture, Hinemoana brings a powerful and sensitive, bi-lingual voice to Queensland this year, one which speaks of the deep connections with bloodlines and place," said Queensland Writers Centre Chair, Theodora Le Souquet. "We are truly privileged to have Ms Baker accept our invitation," she said. "Hinemoana Baker follows the 2008 Poet-in-Residence, German poet Michael Hofmann, author of five poetry collections and translator of more than 50 books, who worked to inspire and connect Queensland audiences. "We anticipate that the Poet-in-Residence will create a legacy of new work and creative partnerships that will have a far-reaching impact on Queensland literature." MEDIA CONTACT: 3224 4500 _________________________________________________________________________ I have been invited to accept a three month residency as Queensland Poet in Residence, based in Brisbane but travelling to many outlying areas in the state. I'll be there July to September 09. Queensland celebrates its sesquicentenary* as a state this year, so there'll be many events and productions around that I hope to be a part of. Wahoo!!! My itinerary is still a moveable feast, but it seems it will include:
Here's how the office of Queensland's new premier, The Honourable Anna Bligh, described it all in their media release.
Anna Bligh: jazz hands! Nice to know the guy before me wrote five books already. And translated 50 in his spare time. <insert anxious, tie-loosening movement here> * Isn't it amazing what we consider to be the beginning of things...? 'Snap Happy' by Taniwha Hinemoana Baker and Christine White Download media release  It's here! Our lovely new album (wipes away tear...) As you probably know by now, Christine White and I have formed a duo, 'Taniwha', and this is our first Legacy Object For Your Edification and Entertainment. AKA - our first album.
The Wellington launch will feature the Adam Concert Room's state-of-the-art sound and lighting; Levin Folk club also promises a warm and intimate setting and a keen crowd of acoustic music lovers. The Workbench will feature at both gigs, as will our fabulous sound engineer, the recently relocated, hairdo extraordinaire, Andrew Dalziel. Please join us to celebrate! CDs will be for sale at each event for $25. If you really can't wait (you eager devils) buy it online now - free delivery anywhere in New Zealand. WELLINGTON LAUNCH COAST LAUNCH Saturday 23 May 2009 Friday 12 June 2009 Adam Concert Room Levin Folk Club New Zealand School of Music Corner Bartholomew Rd Gate 7, Kelburn Parade and Middlesex St Victoria University Levin Wellington $5 (incl. supper) Doors open 7pm Koha Doors open 7pm 7.30pm start 7.30pm open mic then concert Wellington launch maps: Levin launch map * Kelburn Parade, NZSM * Gate 7 Kelburn Parade __________________________________________________________________________ BNZP 08  I was chuffed to have one of my poems, published originally in the online journal 'Turbine', chosen among James Brown's Top 25 poems from New Zaland poets in 2008. Click and enjoy. James' introduction to the volume is compulsory reading, I cried and laughed. I recommend you check it out here. __________________________________________________________________________ Kelly Joseph 'Tau Mai e Kapiti' Writer in Residence 09  Once again, delighted to have been, at least peripherally, involved in putting a writer on Kapiti Island for eight weeks over Matariki 09. Massive congratulations Kelly! For more information, here's the media release. Have a listen to Australian Maori Radio interviewing Kelly - 300,000 strong listening audience! In other Tau mai e Kapiti news, Paora Tibble will be publishing a chapter book very soon from his residency last year. __________________________________________________________________________ 4th Floor Online literary journal Whitireia Polytechnic Send your submissions!  Once again I am editing this excellent journal, and I would be delighted to receive your submissions - poetry and prose. If you are, or have been, a student of the Whitireia Polytechnic Creative Writing Programme, send your submissions to: 4thfloor@whitireia.ac.nz Submissions are open now, and close on Friday 5 June 2009. 4th Floor will go live online in October 2009. Check the submissions guidelines here. __________________________________________________________________________ Janet Frame Memorial Lecture  Greg O'Brien delivered the lecture this year, and it was a cracker. And he mentioned me in it! Feeling very chuffed. Clearly a man of taste and discernment. Download a pdf of his lecture here (hardened fans only). __________________________________________________________________________ Ka Mate Ka Ora  This fantastic online 'journal of poetry and poetics' has just published a tribute edition, honouring the life and work of Hone Tuwhare. I am honoured to be a part of it. Check it out here, my piece is here. _________________________________________________________________________ New poems in new Turbine  Launched mere days ago, check out online literary journal of the IIML Turbine 08. My poems are here and here. I highly recommend the Reading Room - excerpts from MA students' Reading Journals. I especially love this one. _________________________________________________________________________ Conversations with a Shark: Part 1  I was invited by Australian poet and festival organiser extraordinaire Another Lost Shark (not his real name) to be part of a blog discussion about 'Stage vs Page'. Graham Nunn asked me to respond to some interesting questions: * Why is it that few poems published in literary journals would find an audience in the 'slam' world of fast-paced, performance-driven spokenword? * Why is it that the majority of pieces performed on open mic and slam stages would be ignored by established literary journals * Is there a line that separates spokenword from poetry, slam from verse? You can read Part 1 of my written response here. Part 2 here. (I got a little carried away.)_________________________________________________________________________ New poems published
___________________________________________________________________ New book...it's coming along, people.  I've written a new book! At the moment it's just a neat stack of A4 paper with words on, but hopefully, soon, it'll look a little like this. Or even completely different. It's had a few working titles:
I've been road-testing the poems from this book for the last couple of years, most recently on the good people of Palmerston North (see below - Stand Up Poetry) and at Lembas Cafe (again, see below). I'm getting an encouragingly good response. Phew. This book explores themes of homesickness, travel, extinction and love. But not on purpose. Read a couple of poems from the new book online in Turbine 2007 and 2008, and in Best New Zealand Poems 2006 and 2008. Thanks must go to Creative New Zealand, who gave me a very generous grant to allow me to finish the manuscript. Word up, CNZ. Final editing, on my part, is taking place as we speak. I will, needless to say, keep you posted! _________________________________________________________________________ 'Kaupapa: Zealand Poets, World Issues', edited by Hinemoana Baker and Maria McMillan  I co-edited this fantastic collection with Maria McMillan from the Development Resource Centre. It features work by some of our most famous poets and some brilliant emerging talents. Bill Manhire, Jenny Bornholdt, Tusiata Avia, James Brown, Basim Furat, Aroha Tapara-Lowe, Hana O'Regan... As if this all wasn't profoundly great enough, we made 'Lumiere's' list of 'Top Ten Books of 2007'! _________________________________________________________________________ Soundtrack: 18 Great NZ Albums  Grant Smithies invited me to write about Ed Cake's album 'Downtown Puff'. I was the only one in the whole book who wrote a poem. Hopefully this is a good thing. I called it 'The Airshow' after my favourite track on the album. Lumiere review of 'Soundtrack' here. archive past and recent gigs, events, announcements _________________________________________________________________________  Hinemoana Baker with Christine White WOMAD 09 Taranaki New Zealand March 13-15 See pics from WOMAD 09 It's my enormous pleasure and a singular honour to announce that I will be performing at WOMAD 09 at the beautiful 'Brooklands Bowl' in New Plymouth, Taranaki. I will again be joined on stage by sonic arts and rock-pop rascal Christine White. And once more, there will be guitars, electric and otherwise. There'll be looping pedals, possibly a scuba tank. And of course, recycled carpentry gear. This will be my first ever WOMAD performance and Chris and I are working hard to make sure it'll be a special one. For those of you who don't know, WOMAD stands for World of Music, Art and Dance, and brings together traditional and modern music, art and dance from around the world. It was ex-Genesis guy Peter Gabriel and a team of people passionate about sounds from around the globe who first started WOMAD in 1980. Our own Roger King has produced the last three WOMAD festivals (and many other arts festivals around the nation), and I was sorry to learn at the WOMAD launch that this will be his last. Kia ora, Roger, all the best for new adventures... Book tickets now for WOMAD - limited supplies of the discounted 'Early Bird' tickets still available.  Christine White and Hinemoana Baker Photo: Sian Torrington _________________________________________________________________________ Hinemoana Baker with Christine White 'ASB Gardens Magic' Wednesday 28 January 2009 The Soundshell Wellington Botanic Gardens Start: 8pm - 9.30pm Watch video of this performance Bring a rug and a picnic, and arrive early to get a good spot. Christine and I have been rehearsing new material and some new arrangements of old favourites. The gig will feature songs from both of us, upbeat numbers and beloved ballads. Our first official outing as a DUO. Ahem. And we are going to make it a DAMN GOOD ONE. It'll also be the debut of the instrument Christine has been building out of a handful of contact microphones and an old Black & Decker workbench, Registered Trademark. It's kinda hard to explain, but suffice to say she will be making sweet music with a cello bow, a cheese-grater, a metal bucket and a steel wine-rack. No, really. __________________________________________________________________________ Stand up Poetry 09 Friday 13 February 2009 Sound and Vision Zone, Ground Floor Palmerston North Central Library 4 The Square Palmerston North 7pm (open mic first) FREE  I'll be the guest poet at this event. If the energy and enthusiasm of the organisers is anything to go by, it'll be a bloody good night. Chris will be with me for a wind-up waiata after the poetry goodnesses...We will be staying on in Palmy for a Getaway Weekend, and we intend to have an excellent time, proving all its critics wrong. All suggestions for leisure activities gratefully received. _____________________________________________________ 'i can see fiji: poetry and sound' Poems by Teresia Teaiwa Sound design and production by Hinemoana Baker Percussion by Des Mallon  Launched Saturday 9 August, 2008
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And even more fantastic, in September we launched the album in Fiji! I also did some workshops and mentoring during a brief but beautiful residency at the University of the South Pacific's Laucala Campus in Suva. Vinaka vakalevu, Teresia and USP! ____________________________________________________________ 4th Floor 2008 Online literary journal of Whitireia Polytechnic Launched 21 October 2008 Guest Editor: Hinemoana Baker I was fortunate enough to be asked to edit the Whitireia Online Journal this year - it's called '4th Floor 2008'. It was launched on 21 October 2008 at a very warm and lovely event, at the Cuba Street Campus of Whitireia Polytechnic. Congratulations to all the writers and publishing students involved - I'm very proud of what we've made together. More info? Download Media Release pdf ____________________________________________________________ Ko Whitireia te Maunga! In 2007 and 2008 I taught creative writing (poetry stream) at Whitireia Polytechnic - tutoring year 1, 2 and 3 students. It's been choice. My 2008 class has begun to accept invitations for public readings and spokenword events. As a performance troupe these fullas call themselves 'Poets 6', and they're second-to-none. As witnessed at the St John's Church Hall, Paekakariki and at the Southern Cross Bar's 'Howltearoa' spokenword event in November. More info? Download pdf    _____________________________________________________ Woken Bird One Friday a month Newtown Community and Cultural Centre Corner Rintoul and Colombo Streets Newtown Kai from 7pm ($5) Show from 8pm Koha entry  Kia ora all - I'm hoping you've seen these lovely posters around the place! Christine and I performed at the November gig, but it's a regular thing, and I know you'd love the talent and the amazing manaakitanga of these lovely folk. It's a really gorgeous evening, delicious kai and a great variety of arts - spoken, sung and otherwise created - on offer. Would love to see you there again some time in 2009. __________________________________________________________________________ 2007, in brief Below is a list of some of the events, happenings, publications, gigs and ditherings I've been involved with over the last year or so. Go glick-grazy! Tau mai e, Kapiti! NZ's first Maori writer's residency I've been privileged to be part of a team of people who helped initiate our country's first ever writing residency for a Maori author. Paora Tibble has just returned from an eight-week stay at the northern end of Kapiti Island on whanau land, hosted by John and Amo and Minnie and the many other life forms (humanoid and otherwise!) that make Kapiti the magical sanctuary that it is. While he was there Paora worked on a novel for young adults that he's been writing on and off for eight years. He says it deals with 'a lot of issues – from genetic modification to first love.' Rawe koe, e hoa - kei te tino tumanakohia tou na pukapuka.  Paora Tibble __________________________________________________________________________ I co-edited this fantastic collection with Maria McMillan from the Development Resource Centre. It features work by some of our most famous poets and some brilliant emerging talents. Bill Manhire, Jenny Bornholdt, Tusiata Avia, James Brown, Basim Furat, Aroha Tapara-Lowe, Hana O'Regan... As if this all wasn't profoundly great enough, we made 'Lumiere's' list of 'Top Ten Books of 2007'! Grant invited me to write about Ed Cake's album 'Downtown Puff'. I was the only one in the whole book who wrote a poem. Hopefully this is a good thing. I called it 'The Airshow' after my favourite track on the album. Lumiere review of 'Soundtrack' here. __________________________________________________________________________ Sealords 'Opera in the Park' with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Friends Thanks to Richard Nunns, Aroha Yates-Smith, Jane du Feu and the very gracious Kiri te Kanawa. __________________________________________________________________________ 'Seven Sisters: Celebrating Matariki' - seven women poets in performance at Te Papa   'Out in the Square' - Wellington's Gay and Lesbian Fair 2008 The first time this event's been held in Civic Square. Cheers Queers. Brook Waimarama Sanctuary - Opening of the new entrance building Modelled on the Karori Sanctuary in Wellington, this beautiful space has been designated as a pest-free wildlife sanctuary only a few kilometres from the centre of Nelson. I made programmes about Moana Maniapoto and her band the Tribe, and about Ruia Aperahama. Burn This CD Responses to the 'Terrorism' Raids State Raids on Communities October 2007   __________________________________________________________________________ Lembas Cafe 'Poets to the People' July 2008   'On the Bus' Maori Writers' tour of Northland Sponsored by Toi Maori April 08 This time it was me, Joe Harawira, Apirana Taylor and Kelly Ana Morey frightening school children and librarians all over Te Hiku o Te Ika. Check out the photos here and here. Digital Conversation Hinemoana Baker and James Brown The New Zealand Book Council sells DVD copies of a video conference James and I did about poetry. The video conference involved secondary school students from around NZ, who asked, may I add, very discerning questions. James and I manage to have a laugh, and I can guarantee you will too. Especially at the bit where James asks me what my favourite line of my own poetry is and I can't think of one. Not one. Nothing. Ha ha ha! Living in the USA? Just a quick reminder to all of you who may live in the US or thereabouts, that my book is for sale on the Perceval Press website as well as mine. They also have some excellent articles and links on their homepage.
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