AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL
MEDIA RELEASE
14 July 2006
Celebrating all things poetry
Auckland City Libraries invites poets and poetry fans to an evening poetry event and to text in original poems for a
live electronic display to celebrate Montana Poetry Day on Friday 21 July.
The New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre (nzepc) presents Bluffing Auckland ‘O6 which will reprise their poetry
symposium Bluff ’06 held earlier this year when 22 poets travelled from all over New Zealand to Bluff and Rakiura for
poetry readings, discussions and digital outreach. An online poetry anthology called OBAN ’06 was produced.
Guest poets at this event are Cilla McQueen (an accomplished poet travelling from Bluff noted for giving talented
performances of her poetry) and Anne Kennedy (a finalist in the poetry category in the Montana New Zealand Book awards
2006). They will be joined by Bluff ’06 poets Hilary Chung, Murray Edmond, Brian Flaherty, Paula Green, Alison Hunt,
Michele Leggott, Bronwyn Lloyd, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Jack Ross, Helen Sword and Lisa Williams.
As part of this celebration of all things poetry, the public is invited to text poems on any subject to Auckland City
Libraries. Simply text: “ACL your poem” to 8080 by 4pm Friday 21 July. Poems will be projected onto the Central City Library’s three Big Screens
LIVE! Thanks to TxtCentre for their sponsorship.
Details
Bluffing Auckland ’06 poetry reading
Date: Montana Poetry Day, Friday 21 July
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Location: Ground Floor, Central City Library 44 – 46 Lorne St CBD
Bookings: Ring 09 377 0209 to reserve your place
Text your own poem
Submission date: By 4pm Friday 21 July
Text: ACL your poem to 8080
Text length: A maximum of 160 characters
Cost: 20c each including GST
For more information about the nzepc, please visit www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz. For information about TxtCentre, please go
to www.txtcentre.com
For more information about Auckland City Libraries, check out our website www.aucklandcitylibraries.com
ENDS