"There's no next life just this little mouse." From Eileen Myles's Instagram.

over under fed features in Auckland Libraries' We Read Auckland 2025 Bestie selection! All 56 Auckland libraries will have at least one copy that can be borrowed for two weeks. Matariki Bennett's debut collection e kō, nō hea koe features too & that makes me very happy, it is the loveliest book.

supervision by the river

spotted in pukekohe library! @flewoutof.bsky.social

I am always wanting to be simultaneously held in place and transported by a book, to come away from it changed but not without a sense of that which has been changed. This is exactly my experience of Terrier, Worrier. Every fragment is a pause, but every fragment is also a critical propulsion.

i had the loveliest chat with matariki bennett yesterday about her debut poetry collection e kō, nō hea koe, published by dead bird books. this collection is seriously beautiful... get your hands on a copy at once!! 🦢 📖

I'm really looking forward to speaking with Matariki Bennett about her debut poetry collection e kō, nō hea koe! Happening tomorrow (Saturday) 11am at Pukekohe Library, do come along if you can!

this is so very sweet. i love working at the library.

it's pub day!!!

over under fed is being launched in Auckland & Wellington next month! Gregory Kan will also be launching his lovely collection Clay Eaters at the Wellington event. This all feels very much like a dream......what the heck. Hope to see you there......in the dream......at the bookshop......for a party.

over under fed is drunk in the shower......exploding sometimes......a beautiful sleepless nightmare......sitting at the hem of everything......leg hairs tremoring......a phoney ventricle......the hail mary after skipping a meal......no place for a moment really. pre-order via AUP (link in my bio).

a few songs i've been loving this month. forgetting loads because i'm always accidentally discovering all the best songs while driving! such a nuisance & shame but also cool? like maybe i'll hear an unidentified song in a bar in like ten years or something & i'll do something lovely like cry.

advance copy of over under fed! all held and smelled!! i am so happy. you can pre-order your copy through the AUP website (link in my bio). 💃♥️

a few poems i'm loving right now

@niamhvh-l.bsky.social, jenny rockwell & dom hoey - three wildly beautiful poets!

SO proud of my best friend, Zita Rose Featherstone, for making the 2024 NFFD shortlist with her story 'The Landlord'! Yes yes yes! nationalflash.org/2024-nffd-co...

most months i write a list of poems i really love kind of like keeping a diary except a diary in which i never actually write about myself but always actually do. each time i revisit these lists i notice something new something layered about my condition that month it's very curious & beautiful.