
About the event
Join us for this special celebration with The Cuba Press. We'll be launching Wonderland by Tracy Farr and Tackling the hens by Mary McCallum.
Wonderland by Tracy Farr was the winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024 that's already received high praise;
'Passionate, beautifully constructed, sorrowful and yet immensely hopeful.’—Fiona Kidman.
‘Mesmerising. A book that leaves you filled with wonder, and deeply moved. I loved it.’—Gigi Fenster.
Mary McCallum is a writer and publisher who lives in the Wairarapa and Pōneke. Tackling the hens is her new poetry collection. Her own published work includes award-winning novel The Blue, a poetry book XYZ of Happiness and a children’s novel Dappled Annie and the Tigrish.
All welcome to celebrate these two new, wonderful books.
Buy: Tackling the hens by Mary McCallum
Author photo credit: Sarah Bolland & Ebony Lamb
Friday May 23rd, 6pm
in-store at Unity Books Wellington
Double Launch: Wonderland by Tracy Farr & Tackling the hens by Mary McCallum
All welcome!
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