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Poetry Reading: Open Mic - The Office, Newtown, Sunday, March 23, 2025

Mar 23 2025 2 mins

It was my first time reading at The Office in Newtown, a regular get-together for some, but a new venue for it.I read two new poems — including one so new I wrote it the morning of the day I read it. The other is a couple of weeks old, both were new to being read aloud.They have a musical guest and a guest-poet but the first half of the programme is all-comers on an open mic. So

Poetry Reading: Open Mic - Poetry in Motion, Thursday, March 13, 2025

Mar 13 2025 4 mins

Here’s three brand new poems from me at the regular Poetry in Motion open mic at the Fringe Bar in Wellington.Where all of last year and even into early this year I have been rehearsing and showcasing material from The Richard Poems, this was my first time in years reading brand new material. So the three poems captured here are being read for the very first time.They are called

Video: Some Brand New Poetry Readings Direct To Camera

Feb 18 2025 2 mins

I’ve mentioned my little book, The Richard Poems a bunch here. Launched in November last year. I’ve shared a few (audio) readings along the way to publication — and then a couple that have come out since the release: But there at the top you have a video poem, I’m reading Summerslam, 1988 — a piece from early in the book. A scene-setter I guess. I also will include here a

Final Sneak-Peek Rehearsal Clips from “DICK: Reading ‘Richard’ Live

Feb 16 2025 3 mins

The final rehearsal for our show “DICK” is in the can — here’s a couple of sneak-peek clips; we were in the main room at Photospace Gallery today, where we’ll be delivering the show this Friday, Feb 21, 7.30pm. A reminder to buy your tickets online from The Fringe website — it’s $10 and that money goes to Women’s Refuge. There are no door sales on the night. Get ful

Poetry Reading: NZ Society of Authors Open Mic (Feb 12, 2025)

Feb 12 2025 4 mins

I popped along to the New Zealand Society of Authors — Wellington’s first event of 2025, an open mic at Undercurrent bookshop. There were all sorts of readings from all sorts of readings, including from novels and short stories and memoir and children’s books, and poetry. For my five-minute set, I read four poems from my latest collection, The Richard Poems. And you can liste

Podcast: Pet Sematary — We All Float Down Here

Feb 06 2025 40 mins

We are back with the ninth episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our first of 2025 is the classic Pet Sematary, and the slightly less classic film adaptations (plural). Will they ever get this book right on screen? We think not. The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.Sounds Good! is a reader

More Sneak-Peek Rehearsal Clips from “DICK: Reading ‘Richard’ Live

Jan 29 2025 1 mins

Another rehearsal, so a few more teaser clips of the show developing…On Friday, February 21, I’ll be performing poems from my latest book as part of a Fringe Festival show: The show is taking place at Photospace Gallery in Courtenay Place, Wellington, at 7.30pm. I’m being backed by musicians John Kingston and James Gilberd of the duo Filtersphere. Their ambient, improvised wa

Podcast: Christine — We All Float Down Here

Jan 25 2025 30 mins

We are back with the eighth episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. A bit delayed here sorry, we actually put this up first on YouTube in late 2024, but then, you know, summer holidays, etc… And we are talking Christine — from 1983, the classic movie version from the same year too (John Carpenter). It’s a big book too, so as always that is the focus of t

Podcast: Cujo — We All Float Down Here

Nov 23 2024 58 mins

We are back with the seventhepisode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. And we are talking Cujo — from 1981, the classic movie version, and the sequel story Rattlesnakes, from the brand new story collection, You Like It Darker. But, as always, it’s the book that matters most.And for this conversation we were joined by our first guest, one of New Zealand’s gr

Featured Poet Spot at Fringe Bar, Thurs, 7/11/24

Nov 07 2024 31 mins

I was the guest poet at the November edition of Poetry in Motion. They have an open mic each month, and then a Feature Poet. This month it was me. I’d last done it in 2021 after the late 2020 release of The Death of Music Journalism. This time I had The Richard Poems to plug, but also read a few new and old poems. I also introduced Tarns Hood, during my segment, and got her to re