
LITERARY HISTORY
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
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1977 – The Muriwai Motel Sonnets (Poems and Drawings), 1980 – Corrigendum (Poems and Drawings),1987 – Thirteen or so Poems to in between. (Eighteen Poems – 32 pages,1987 – Recoil (Long Poem – and six collages – 24 pages), 1987 – Elegy (Long Poem – 19 pages),1987 – Rotlands (Long Poem – 24 pages) 2010 – The Desert (Long Poem-100 copies), 2016 - The Desert, 2nd edition.
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Angathology of Auckland Poets – Editor and contributor and cover illustrator - a collection of poems read on Queen Street by Auckland poets of the late seventies. Auckland City Council and One Eyed Press.
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Arranged and ran poetry readings at the Auckland Public Library, 1980-81. Poets included Winston Curnow, Carl Stead, Iain Sharp etc.
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Editor of Flash the precursor of the Auckland Inner City News
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Take a risk, Use your language, Make a Poem. By Michael Harlow. Editor and illustrator. Publ. Christchurch Teachers College. Won PEN first book prize
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Published five novels: The Hour of the Grey Wolf, Wolves in Dogs Clothing, Thrown to the Wolves, Overcast Sunday, One Tiger / Two Tails.
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Set up in 1977 and runs One Eyed Press.
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Published the poetry works of Mark Williams, Iain Sharp, Peter Olds, Wyn Jones, Konrad Koeper, John Mahrer.
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Participated in Poetry Live at the Globe Hotel in Auckland organised by David Mitchell.
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He was an Executive member of the New Zealand Branch of PEN, now New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN New Zealand Inc.) lobbied for a variety of literary causes including the creation of NZ Authors’ Society, in the 1980s and was the founder of the Dunedin and Christchurch PEN branches.
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Set up and ran Poetry Live in Dunedin and Christchurch in 1981 and 1983.
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Art critic in Dunedin for Critic, 1981-1983 student newspaper “About the Galleries.”
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Established and was first Chairperson of the Dunedin and Christchurch Branches of NZ PEN now NZ Authors Society.’
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Contributed to two cross-ethnic anthologies (Designed the cover of one) in Cyprus between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Weeping Island 2001, Nicosia Beyond Barriers Voices from a Divided City, 2017.
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Cooperated with Fat Possum Press in Armidale/Australia run by Australian poet Michael Sharkey for cross-Tasman publication and distribution.
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Was winner of two major poetry competitions (The Whitireia Polytechnic Poetry Prize judged by Keri Hulme and) the Te Awamutu Poetry Prize 1980) and a Takahe short story prize
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Contributed to Te Ara biographical encyclopedia of New Zealanders.
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Contributor to Paul Morris and Harry Ricketts’ NZ Anthology of religious writing.
Book Reviewer for the Sunday Star Times.
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