While reading the entries for the 2012 Caselberg Poetry Prize, I was also reading a book of aphorisms by Scottish poet Don Paterson called The Book of Shadows. One kept nagging me: ‘Mediocre art is far worse than bad art.
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The winners of the 2012 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize have been announced. This year’s competition was judged by Wellington poet James Brown.
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Halina Ogonowska-Coates, writer. Halina said,
‘I am sleeping so peacefully at night,
Thank you all so much for a safe refuge and a place to re-focus.’
The Caselberg Trust is happy to announce that their artists and writers residence at Broad Bay, is to be made available to two Christchurch writers, whose work spaces have been badly affected by the recent Christchurch earthquakes.
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We launched a Residency programme aimed to give local artists and writers a chance to breath in the quiet seclusion that the cottage and its harbour views offer. These are short-term residencies of 3-6 days and are by invitation.
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