In this week’s Note, we look at novelist, memoirist, non-fiction author and creative writing teacher Anne Lamott.

In this week’s Note, we look at American author, poet and memoirist Maya Angelou

In this week’s Note, we look at Mexican poet and essayist Octavio Paz.

In this week’s Note, we celebrate world poetry day 2023

In this week’s Note, we celebrate the mother of ‘I love New York’ ad campaign, Jane Maas.

In this week’s Note, we are celebrating the birthday of English poet, novelist and diarist Vita Sackville-West

Contemporary poetry meets traditional letterpress printing — Dark Angels and Paekakariki Press to launch new series of beautiful books on World Poetry Day 2023.

Yesterday was World Book Day; three small words that strike fear into the hearts and minds of parents the land over. UNESCO designated this annual charity event as a worldwide celebration of books and reading.

In this special edition of our weekly Note, we are excited to share news about the first book of poetry by Dark Angels. ‘Dark Angels: Three Contemporary Poets — Book One’ features the work of poets Thérèse Kieran, Tim Rich and John Simmons.

Why publish a Dark Angels Poetry book, one that proposes to be the first in an ongoing series?

John Simmons reflects on his case for writing poetry to make you a better writer of any kind – copywriter, business writer or novelist.

This week marks the anniversary of the passing of poet Philip Levine who died at the age of 87 on 14 February 2015. This award-winning poet published 17 collections and was appointed Poet Laureate in the US in 2011.