You are warmly invited

Victoria University Press and the Adam Art Gallery warmly invite you to hear Fleur Adcock in conversation with Harry Ricketts. This is a rare chance to catch an internationally renown poet on a fleeting return trip to New Zealand, it also marks the launch of her latest volume of poetry, Glass Wings, jointly published by Bloodaxe books and VUP. Monday 6th May, 6pm Adam Art Gallery Gate 3, Victoria University, Kelburn Parade, Wellington Fleur Adcock writes about men and women, childhood, identity, roots and rootlessness, memory and loss, animals and dreams, as well as our interactions with nature and place. Her poised, ironic poems are remarkable for their wry wit, conversational tone and psychological insight, unmasking the deceptions of love or unravelling family lives. Published by Victoria University Press, paperback $28.00