I’m delighted to announce the publication of my new collection of poetry, Brass Band to Follow, with Otago University Press. Launch details coming soon!
Author: bjwinnz
Interviewed on Standing Room Only
A pleasure to be interviewed about my novella, Late Sonata, by Lynn Freeman on Standing Room Only, Radio NZ.
Late Sonata wins the Viva La Novella Award
My novella Late Sonata has won the Seizure Viva La Novella award. The book will be available soon. The blurb: “Inspired by the structure of a piece by Beethoven, Late Sonata follows musicologist Talia and her novelist husband as they deal with the effects of dementia, revelations of infidelity and the death of their concert pianist son.” https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/09/17/156749/guineay-walpert-win-2020-viva-la-novella-competition/
Short-listed, Viva La Novella Award
My novella manuscript, Late Sonata, has been shortlisted for the 2020 Seizure Viva La Novella Award. The winners will be announced and their books published in September. The publisher describes my short novel this way: “Inspired by the structure of a piece by Beethoven, Late Sonata follows musicologist Talia and her novelist husband as they deal with the effects of dementia, revelations of infidelity and the death of their concert pianist son. This is a formally sophisticated and emotionally engaging novella.”
http://www.seizureonline.com/content/2020/2/25/viva-la-novella-viii-shortlist
Interviewed by Jesse Mulligan
It was a privilege to be interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on Radio New Zealand about my book, Poetry and Mindfulness: Interruption to a Journey, which is a finalist for the Wiley Charitable Trust Book Award:
Book Award Finalist
Poetry and Mindfulness: Interruption to a Journey is a finalist with the Ashton Wiley Trust Book Award:
On Harvey Dent
My essay “On Harvey Dent” has appeared in the latest issue of Medical Literary Messenger, p. 6:
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New book: Poetry and Mindfulness
My book, Poetry and Mindfulness: Interruption to a Journey has been published with Palgrave Macmillan. It has been called “beautifully written and cogently argued” and a “must read for anyone interested in art, literature, and the role of conscious attention in the discovery of new meaning and beauty in the world.”
Essay in Terrain
My essay on immigrating to NZ, cryonics and the novel The New World has been published in Terrain:
“Tranquil” available on the Montreal Poetry Prize site
My poem, “Tranquil,” short-listed the 2017 Montreal International Poetry Prize, is now available on that site:
http://montrealprize.com/competition/five-poems-day-from-the-2017-shortlist/
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