The Hippocrates Prize
The Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine was founded in 2009 by Professors Donald Singer and Michael Hulse. The founders aimed to...
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Jun 233 min
John Allison 1950-2024
For many years John Allison and I were members of a poetry critique group. Late last year our scheduled date did not work out leaving...
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Jun 233 min
Rose
The above notice invited people to the launch of Rose Collins' lovely book My Thoughts are All of Swimming. It was a warm occasion and...
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jsnorcliffe
Jun 11, 20231 min
The Margaret Mahy Medal
When late last year I learned I was to be awarded the 2022 Prime Minister's Award for literary achievement in poetry I felt that all my...
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Jun 11, 20231 min
With the PM
J and I went to Wellington in March to receive the PM's award for Literary Achievement. it was a very nice, low key occasion followed by...
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Feb 18, 20236 min
Frog Prince makes NZ Booklovers 2023 Awards Shortlist
Delighted to have made this list! NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 Shortlist Announced The NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 shortlist, announced today,...
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jsnorcliffe
Feb 13, 20231 min
Event to Celebrate the Prime Minister's Award
I took part in this event last Friday along with novelist Stephanie Johnson (Fiction) and historian Vincent O'Malley (non fiction). The...
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Feb 13, 20231 min
Launch of Letter to 'Oumuamua
I'm delighted to announce imminent launch of my new poetry collection next week. Wonderful that Erik Kennedy has agreed to launch the book!
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Feb 13, 20232 min
Room to Write
Last year, as an alumnus of the Randell Cottage writing residency I was asked by Linda Burgess and Maggie Rainey-Smith to contribute to...
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Feb 13, 20231 min
Wonderful Surprise!
Back in late September I received an astonishing phone call from Malcolm Burgess (of Creative New Zealand) who rang to say I had been...
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jsnorcliffe
Dec 2, 20221 min
The Crate: Notable Books 2022
We were delighted to learn that The Crate has been included in the Storylines Notable Books Awards 2022 in the Junior Fiction category....
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jsnorcliffe
Dec 2, 20221 min
Launch of The Crate
A couple of weeks ago The Crate was launched at Scorpio's relatively new children's bookshop Telling Tales conveniently positioned across...
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Dec 2, 20221 min
Mallory in Russian!
The translation of Mallory Mallory: Revenge of the Tooth Fairy into Russian has apparently now been released in Russia. Curiously, the...
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jsnorcliffe
Dec 2, 20221 min
Bonus Episode of The Author's Tale
This is a bonus episode of Stephanie's Author's Tale featuring readings from the poems (including The True Story of Soap) and the books...
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jsnorcliffe
Sep 26, 20221 min
Can Christchurch plant its way out of climate change?
Can Christchurch plant its way out of climate change? A speaker event exploring the opportunities and limitations of using plants in...
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jsnorcliffe
Sep 26, 20221 min
Eight Poets versus Climate Change
Local journalist and film maker, Phil Vine, was so impressed with the recent climate change anthology No Other Place to Stand (AUP)...
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jsnorcliffe
Sep 26, 20221 min
Letter to 'Oumuamua
I have just been sent the draft cover design for Letter to 'Oumuamua my new collection due from Otago University Press in the New Year....
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Sep 26, 20221 min
Shadow Play to be an audio book
I heard recently from Gillian Bickley, publisher at Proverse Hong Kong, who brought out my book Shadow Play in 2011 that they intend to...
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Sep 26, 20221 min
The fifth and final episode of The Author's Tale
And here is the final episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/james-norcliffe-part-5-final/id1628428585?i=1000578608877...
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jsnorcliffe
Sep 26, 20221 min
Part Four of Author's Tale
And here is part four: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/james-norcliffe-part-4/id1628428585?i=1000577967706 Stephanie Comments: I...
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