Auckland Readers and Writers Festival: Works with Words
Wednesday 11 May, 8.00pm ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre. $35

From the Festival website: "In an exciting partnership between musicians and authors, six composers selected New Zealand poetry and prose that spoke to them personally, and worked with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence John Psathas and Arts Laureate Stuart Devenie to produce new pieces. Don’t miss this stirring, moving and astounding performance."

1. Eulogy Yvette Audain / Olivia Macassey “Eulogy”
2. Antonyms of Trust Chris Adams / Sam Mahon “Antonyms of Trust”
3. Scenes from Parihaka Stephen Matthews / Robert Sullivan
4. The Lover’s Knot Robbie Ellis / Renee Liang
5. Attention! Alexander Lawther Taylor
6. White Feathers - John Elmsly
“For a Child at Nagasaki”, James K Baxter
“Sonnet to MacArthur’s Eyes” R.A.K. Mason
“Some thought they saw” Basil Dowling (from White Feathers)
“Axis” Cilla McQueen (from Wild Sweets)
“Papa-tu-a-nuku” Hone Tuwhare

VIEW ON FESTIVAL WEBSITE

Len Castle. Mountain to the Sea: Ceramics / Poetry / Photographs. Ed. Tanya Wilkinson (Napier: Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, ) 2008

Len Castle's latest exhibition, which will be touring New Zealand through 2008, comes with a publication featuring Castle's photographs of the landscapes that inspired his pottery, the pots, and poems in response by Riemke Ensing, Paula Green, Michael Harlow, David Howard, Jan Kemp, Therese Lloyd, Olivia Macassey, Cilla McQueen, Richard Reeve, and Jack Ross. It has a foreword by Tanya Wilkinson and a piece on Castle by Peter Simpson.

"Bringing poets and poetry into the mix was intended as a way to allow a new exploration of this body of work, and the inspiration behind it. The ten poets invited to take part were provided with a selection of images - both ceramics from the exhibition and Castle’s landscape images - and asked to respond to either element, or both." - Tanya Wilkinson

Whangarei Art Museum
8th December 2008 - 1st February 2009

Lopdell House Gallery (West Auckland)
12th February 2009 - 12th April 2009 [opening: 12 Feb at 6pm]

Rotorua Museum
18th April 2009 - 21st June 2009

Te Manawa Art Gallery (Palmerton North)
4th July 2009 - 20th September 2009

Southland Museum and Art Gallery (Invercargill)
15th October 2009 - 29th November 2009

The Suter Gallery (Nelson)
December 2009 - Feb 2010 tbc

Tairawhiti Museum (Gisborne)
Dates tbc

Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008. RRP NZ $44.99

Editors: Jack Ross and Jan Kemp.

Book accompanied by two CDs.

Poets: Anne Kennedy, David Howard, John Newton, Serie Barford, Jenny Bornholdt, Jenny Powell-Chalmers, Gregory O’Brien, Chris Price, John Pule, Jack Ross, Andrew Johnston, Glenn Colquhoun, Lynda Chanwai-Earle, Sonja Yelich, Tusiata Avia, James Brown, Anna Jackson, Sarah Quigley, Robert Sullivan, Emma Neale, Kate Camp, Tracey Slaughter, Nick Ascroft, Kapka Kassabova, Therese Lloyd, Mark Pirie, Olivia Macassey, Richard Reeve.

"The third in the Poets in Performance series, this book collects the work of a new generation of poets - from Anne Kennedy to Glenn Colquhoun, Jenny Bornholdt to Robert Sullivan - who came to prominence in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. These poets are notable for their variety, their distinctive voices and their fresh approaches to poetic form and subject." (Publisher's Website)

Exhibition Opening - Wednesday 14th May 6pm, 
Cross St Studios, 27 Cross St, Newton

Exhibition runs 14th - 24th May

Metonymy is "a new visual/literary arts initiative focussing on forging new creative connections across disciplines. We aim to provide an opportunity for artists in the Auckland area to explore media outside their area of expertise. There is an emphasis on equal creative pairings in which each artist will spark off one another."

Metonymy is invented and organised by Hannah May Thompson, Makyla Curtis, Christian Jensen and Renee Liang. The selection Panel consists of John Pule, Evan Woodruffe, CK Stead, Genevieve McClean and Simona Albanese.

Participants: 

Cat Auburn - Renee Liang
Erin Gaffney - Makyla Curtis
Catriona Johns - Sophie Childs
COMPONENT - Murray Lee
Julia Bellamy - Shane Hollands
Hannah-May Thompson - Penny Sommervaille
Kate Barton - Miriam Barr
Gabriel Frederlise - Rachael Heimann
Kristina Heep - Daniel Mainwaring
Lauren May - Ya Wen Ho
Penny Howard - Doug Poole
Michael Botur - Chris Kirk
Richard Kearney - Micheal Onslow-Osborne
Michaela Sherwood - Tracey Holden
Young Sun Han - Siobhan Harvey
Vincent Lum - Daniel Mayo-Turner
Fiona Holding - Jonathan Wright
Veronica Manchego - Lyall Quelch
Cellulite Rose - Daniel Larsen
Alix McIntegart - Christian Jensen
Eddie Dawn McCurdy - Olivia Macassey
Liam Davidson - Francisco Szekely
Mindy Catt - Ila Selwyn
Charlene Srhoj - Jamie Higgins
Jo Galvin - Anna-Kaye Forsyth
Daniel Trotter - Jonathan Fletcher
Bryna Foster - Carolyn McIvor
Meng Koach - Andra Jenkin
Beate Minderjahn - Rosetta Allan
Gus Simonovic - Judi Bagust
Pamela Wood - Jason M
Nick Tidmarsh - Martin Loire
Steven Lyons - Esteban Espinoza

KAUPAPA: New Zealand poets, world issues. RRP $25

Editors: Hinemoana Baker & Maria McMillan.
Publisher: Development Resource Centre, Wellington.

"Speaking to the tradition of waiata tawhito, war poetry, redemption songs and resistance anthems, Kaupapa shows what happens when our poets take on the world."

Poets: Airini Beautrais, Alice Miller, Anne Kennedy, Apirana Taylor, Aroha Tapara, Basim Farut, Bernard Gadd, Bill Manhire, Bill Sewell, Brenda Burke, C.K. Stead, Desirée Gezentsvey, Dinah Hawken, Dora Malech, Emma Neale, Hana O'Regan, Helen Lehndorf, Iain Britton, James Brown, James Norcliffe, Jan Hutchison, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Jenny Bornholdt, Joanna Aitchison, Karlo Mila, Kate Camp, Laura Griffiths, Leilani Unasa, L.E. Scott, Margaret Mitcalfe, Marty Smith, Mary Cresswell, Michele Amas, Nicola Manning, Olivia Macassey, Richard Reeve, Robert Sullivan, Roma Potiki, Siobhan Harvey, Tony Beyer, Tracey Tawhiao, Tusiata Avia, Will Christie

Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, Wellington,
December 2007
ISBN: 978-0-9582873-0-2


Buy:

Special Discounted Price: $20.00 buy from the Dev-Zone Library, Level 2, James Smith Building, cnr Cuba and Manners Street, Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, Wellington

Or purchase online.

Email orders to: poetry@dev-zone.org

Open House
Edited by Jack Ross.

Poetry: Raewyn Alexander Stu Bagby Sarah Jane Barnett Robert James Berry Tony Beyer Sarah Broom Amy Brown Jennifer Compton Jen Crawford Brett Cross Hamish Dewe Michael Harlow Tourettes David Howard Leonard Lambert Katherine Liddy Thérèse Lloyd Olivia Macassey Mary MacPherson Sally Ann McIntyre Andrew Slattery Elizabeth Smither Michael Steven Claire Talbot Richard Von Sturmer Ouyang Yu Kirsten Warner Keith Westwater

Fiction: Breton Dukes Martin Edmond Scott Hamilton Kim McBreen Paul Millar Tracey Slaughter Latika Vasil

Essays/Commentary: Ted Jenner Bronwyn Lloyd Stephen Turner Ouyang Yu

Artwork Matthew Kelly Emma Smith Gabriel White

The Landfall Review: Sarah Broom Jen Crawford Siobhan Harvey Scott Hamilton Jack Ross Laurence Simmons Tracey Slaughter


Otago UP

$29.95
IN STORE FROM 23 November 2007

Divine Muses
Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium, 7pm -9.30pm

Poets Iain Sharp, Riemke Ensing, Mark Pirie, Harry Ricketts, Siobhan Harvey, Olivia Macassey, Andrew Fagan, Kirsten Warner, and Serie Barford.

Books will be available. All welcome.

PASSION & POLITICS: TWO CENTURIES OF BRITISH ART - 29 April 3pm Olivia Macassey - Petticoats and Pastorals: Theme and Form in Contemporary Costume Film


Olivia Macassey, a PhD candidate in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies, University of Auckland gives an illustrated talk on the popularity of recent British costume film, especially those set in the Regency and Victorian periods and some of the ways in which 18th and 19th century painting has influenced the distinctive visual style of these films.

29 April, 2007 at 3pm
Main Gallery auditorium - free

GOTHIC NZ The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture
Edited by Misha Kavka, Jennifer Lawn & Mary Paul
Published by Otago University Press

Publication launch and accompanying exhibition of work by
Christopher Braddock, Gavin Hipkins,
Ann Shelton & Yvonne Todd


Wednesday, 29 November, 6pm
Exhibition continues till 2 December

SALES BY PARSONS AT LAUNCH, $39.95

CASH, CHEQUE, CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED


Roger Williams Contemporary / 61 Randolph St Newton Auckland 1010
New Zealand / +64-9-377-2695
enquiries@rogerwilliamscontemporary.com www.rogerwilliamscontemporary.com
Gavin Hipkins and Ann Shelton courtesy of Starkwhite
Yvonne Todd courtesy of Ivan Anthony Gallery

Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture
Ed. Misha Kavka, Jennifer Lawn, Mary Paul
Otago University Press

Blurb

Contemporary creative writers, intellectuals, photographers, painters and other artists have all contributed to this volume exploring the idea of 'gothic' in New Zealand culture. From Martin Edmond's abandoned houses, to Ian Lochhead's Victorian corrugated iron structures, to Otis Frizzell's tattoos, from Peter Jackson's movie-making to ghost paintings - there's plenty of it. As the editors suggest, gothic is 'endemic to New Zealand's self-representation'.

Includes Nocturnes For An Only Daughter by Olivia Macassey and Rachel Ahmad-Hall

Link

Love In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction by Olivia Macassey.

NZ $21.95, Titus Books, 2005; reprinted 2006.

"Her poetry is deeply lyrical in a manner that’s not specifically tied to the printed page and which belongs to the spoken word as much as it does to its visual representation […] Best of all, though, is the totality of the experience Macassey’s poetry offers – the complex variety and subtlety of aesthetic flavours and the sensations it allows readers to share with her." Alistair Paterson, Poetry NZ (Issue 29, 2004)

"These love poems are extremely beautiful with a solid intellectual base. Love and courtship are important, but more weighty themes address the elusiveness of being in a world where the virtual often provides a working synecdoche for bodily experience. […] In rich and beautifully chosen worsd, Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction offers a disquieted world of shadow, an intermediate state where reality is where you find it, not where you might feel entitled to find it." Brenda Allen, Takahe (Issue 56, 2005)