Author Archives: Robert Sullivan

Readings from Margaret Mahy – top authors pay tribute at Storylines/NZ Book Month event Top authors Kate De Goldi, Tessa Duder and Leonie Agnew are combining to pay a public tribute to the genius of Margaret Mahy on Thursday 21 … Continue reading →

I posted “He Has Superpowers” by Daren Kamali on the Tuesday Poem blog. Check it out here.

New eclipse for Ralph Hotere Curtains as the ocean folds Rangitoto’s dribbling black stones while a bird, ka tau, hops shimmering Waitemata sand. Crabs scuttle the dips and rises. Standing before this Hotere in the rainbow centre of the arts … Continue reading →

THE AWAKENING RIVER The gulls are mad-in-love with the river And the river unveils her face and smiles. In her sleep—brooding eyes they mirror their shining wings. She lies on silver pillows: the sun leans over her. He warms and … Continue reading →

On the Grasshopper and Cricket The poetry of earth is never dead:     When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,     And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead; That … Continue reading →

We’re very pleased to welcome novelist Eleanor Catton to the Creative Writing School as our new half-time lecturer specializing in fiction. Among her honours, she was most recently the Michael King Writer in Residence at the University of Auckland. Her … Continue reading →

MIT student Saarah Gul shares her take on Virality for this months Facebook story topic. This is part of her MIT Creative Writing program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edHAn2qV9Qs&feature=youtu.be

Thank You Robert Or getting Creative at MIT How do you thank someone who has taken you from rhyming to free verse in a year It’s not easy but I’ll try. The only way to thank a poet is with … Continue reading →

Kia ora, My name is Mafi Tavo, I’m full Tongan, 23 years of age, born and raised in Otara and currently studying in my second at MIT for my Bachelors of Creative Arts (in Creative Writing). I plan to further … Continue reading →