We’ve just passed the spring equinox here in Christchurch NZ and that means it’s also time to gear up for the Canterbury Poets’ Collective Spring poetry season — for which I have just received the programme and can tell you it’s looking like a mighty fine lineup.

Better still, you can see for yourselves:
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Canterbury Poets Collective (CPC) presents:

Poetry in Performance, 2013 Spring Season

Open mike and guest readers:  Wednesday 3 October – 27 November at 6.30 pm

 (Audience vote for the Best Open Mic Poet.)

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2 October: Peter Olds, Sue Wootton, Nick Williamson

9 October: Peter Bland, Phoebe Wright, Teoti Jardine

16 October: Sarah Jane Barnett, John Pule, John O’Connor

23 October: Michelle Amas, Ben Brown, Sarah Amazinnia

30 October: Harry Rickets, Helen Jacobs, James Norcliffe

6 November: Riemke Ensing, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Rodney Foster

13 November: Reihana Robinson, Poets from Hagley Writers Institute

20 November: Best of the 2013 season’s open mic readers.

27 November: Special poetry event to celebrate Sarah Broom.

The venue is the very comfortable space at the CPIT Students Association (CPSA) Hall,
5 Madras Street.

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* CPC acknowledge the support of Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand,
Toi Aotearoa.