If you are in or around Kerikeri on the 31st May you are invited to a FREE workshop for primary and secondary school teachers and library staff  to celebrate poetry.

In the morning the National Library Poetry Power workshop explores ways for poetry to encourage readers and writers, delves into strategies for creating poetry-friendly classrooms, and explores rich print and online poetry resources.

In the afternoon there is a workshop with cultural doctors; Glenn Colquhoun and Richard Nunns. Join them to celebrate and share the coming together of poetry and music, oral storytelling, mōteatea, waiata and ngā taonga pūoro.

See here for more information and registeration details.

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Dom has just finished school and is engaged in a painting job at his father’s advertising agency before he starts university. One morning he walks into his father’s office to ask for the keys to his car. Here he gets drawn into a conversation on the benefits of advertising and next thing he knows he’s being thrown a challenge to come up with a pitch to sell toothpaste. Dom’s philosophy it that it is easy enough to write an advertisement and that any ‘monkey’ could do it.

What follows is Dom’s process of due diligence on the campaign. The question raised is why does Dom really want to beat his dad at his own game? The story deals with the serious and humorous side of advertising, a father son relationship and Dom’s learning curve of where he wants to be in terms of a career.

Leonie Thorpe has done a brilliant job of keeping the story light, youthful and purposeful. Also noteworthy is the exposure to the world of advertising which is insightful for anyone wanting to pursue this line of a career.

review by Janice

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