Harry Ricketts will launch the awaited debut collection from one
of the new stars of New Zealand poetry.
Ashleigh Young's poems have been appearing in magazines for 10 years. She gained an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2009, winning the Adam Prize. While living in London she has won many new readers with her blog eyelashroaming.wordpress.com.
"These are poems of restrained exuberance, which combine a calm voice with attitude and imagination. Theirs is a world that is advancing toward us at the same time as it is backing away." - James Brown
Thursday November 1st - 6pm
Unity Books - 57 Willis Street - Wellington
With drinks and nibbles, as always
$28 - Paperback - Victoria University Press
www.victoria.ac.nz/vup
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