HeadworX News

Current HeadworX news since March 2010 can be found on HeadworX Publisher Mark Pirie's blog site.

Website updates

March/April 2022: - Added information about The Ballad of the Triple Track: New Poems, made it the "latest release", added it to the Shop page, and updated Michael O'Leary's profile.
September/October 2021: - Added information about Meditations and updated Alex Jeune's profile.
May/June 2021: - Added information about Cat Poems and updated Margaret Jeune's profile.; - Added information about Slips: Cricket Poems, made it the "latest release" and updated Mark Pirie's profile.; - Added information about The Narrator, added it to the Shop page, made it the "latest release" and updated Jeanne Bernhardt's profile.
January/February 2021: - Added information about Selected Poems, added it to the Shop page, made it the "latest release" and updated Margaret Jeune's profile.; - Added Three Poets and Yellow Moon | E Marama Rengarenga to the Shop page
March/April 2020: - Added information about Three Poets, added Alex Jeune's and Marion Rego's profiles, and updated Margaret Jeune's profile.; - Added information about Yellow Moon | E Marama Rengarenga, and added Mary Maringikura Campbell's profile.
November/December 2019: - Added information about The Wanderer, and updated Ron Riddell's profile.
July/August 2019: - Added information about 2019 Winter Readings; - Added information about My Sketchbook, and updated Margaret Webb's profile.
January/February 2019: - Added information about The Presence of Love: Poems Selected and New and added Michael Duffett's profile.; - Added information about Flight Paths, made it the latest release and added Margaret Jeune's profile.; - Added information about Upbeat, and added Margaret Webb's profile.
September/Octopber 2017: - Added information about Sidelights and made it the latest release; - Added information about On Edge and added Damian Ruth's profile.
July/August 2017: - Added information about Boots: A Selection of Football Poetry 1890-2017; - Added information about 2017 Winter Readings
May/June 2017: - Added additional links to Shop page - Added footer with social media buttons
March/April 2017: - Added new Shop page; - Added information about Collected Poems 1981-2016 and updated Michael O'Leary's profile.; - Removed all 13 PDF copies of books.; - Updated introductory statement on home page and removed Australian distributor from Contact page.; - Website layout and styles facelift.; - Delete old HeadworX news items (2005 to 2010).
July/August 2016: - Added information about Aboriginal to Nowhere and added Brentley Frazer's profile.; - Added information about Songs of the City and updated MaryJane Thomson's profile.; - Added information about 2016 Winter Readings
September/October 2015: - Added information about Main Trunk Lines: Collected Railway Poems and updated Michael O'Leary's profile.
July/August 2014: - Added information about A Clearer View of the Hinterland: Poems & Sequences 1981-2014 and updated Jack Ross's profile.; - Added information about Whistling in the Dark and updated John O'Connor's profile.
May/June 2014: - Added information about Fallen Grace and added MaryJane Thomson's profile.
November/December 2013: - Added information about Polynesian Legends and added A. Stanley Sherratt's profile.
May/June 2013: - Added information about Aspects of Reality and added John O'Connor's profile.
November/December 2012: - Added information about King Willow: Selected Poems.; - Added information about Old Hat: A Book of Triolets.
January/February 2012: - Added information about Out of It: A Novel Cricket Novel and updated Michael O'Leary's profile.
January/February 2011: - Removed Broadsheet from the HeadworX site.; - Added information about The Corrosion Zone and added Barbara Strang's profile.; - Updated the homepage and submission guidelines page to say submissions are not currently being accepted.; - Added photo to F W N Wright's profile; - Added information about in vitro and added Laura Solomon's profile.
November/December 2010: - Added issue 6 to the Broadsheet section.; - Removed Mark Pirie's bibliography from his profile page, and moved details about non-HeadworX books he's written to his new personal website, markpirie.com.
July/August 2010: - Added information about Viet Nam: A Poem Journey and updated Jenny Powell's profile.; - Added information about A Tingling Catch and updated Mark Pirie's profile.; - Updated Mark Pirie's profile.
May/June 2010: - Added information about The Pop Artist's Garland: Selected Poems 1952-2009 and added F W N Wright's profile.; - Added issue 5 to the Broadsheet section.
January/Febuary 2010: - Added information about Goya Rules and updated Harvey McQueen's profile.; - Added information about No Boat May Allow Drowning to Vanish: New Poems and updated Basim Furat's profile.; - Updated Stephen Oliver's profile.
November/December 2009: - Added issue 4 to the Broadsheet section.
May/June 2009: - Added issue 3 to the Broadsheet section.
July/August 2008: - Added information about Trespassing in Dionysia: Uncollected Early Poems 1993-1997 and Bottle of Armour: Early Poems/Lyrics 1992-1993, and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about Paneta Street and updated Michael O'Leary's profile.; - Added information about My Iron Spine and updated Helen Rickerby's profile.
May/June 2008: - Added information about 2008 Winter Readings; - Added information about It's Love, Isn't It? The Love Poems, added author profile for Meg Campbell and updated Alistair Te Ariki Campbell's profile.; - Added new Broadsheet section and issue 1
January/February 2008: - Added information about JAAM 25
Novemeber/December 2007: - Added information about Private Detective and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about Dream Boat: Selected Poems and updated Tony Beyer's profile.; - Added information about Speaking in Tongues and updated L E Scott's profile.
July/August 2007: - Added information about JAAM 24; - Updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about All Blacks' Kitchen Gardens and updated Tim Jones' profile.; - Added information about Just Poetry, made it the latest release, and added Alistair Te Ariki Campbell's profile.; - Added information about 2007 Winter Readings; - Added information about The Search and updated Mark Pirie profile.
November/December 2006: - Added information about Sounds of Sonnets, made it the latest release, and updated Michael O'Leary and Mark Pirie profiles.
September/October 2006: - Made Overnight Downpour the latest release, and updated the links page.; - Added cover images for Self-Titled and Overnight Downpour, and made Self-Titled the latest release.
July/August 2006: - Added information about Self-Titled, and added Tony Chad's profile.; - Added information about Overnight Downpour, and added Andrew Fagan's profile.; - Updated the Winter Readings page for 2006
January/February 2006: - Added information about Wellington Fool; - Various minor edits throughout site; - Added information about World Words, and made it the latest release; - Added profiles for T M Schaefer, Kevin Cudby and Catherine Boyle
November/December 2005: - Added cover image of Suchness: zen poetry and prose, and made it the latest release; - Added information about Mahones, and updated Michael O'Leary and Mark Pirie profiles.
September/October 2005: - Added information about Suchness: zen poetry and prose, and added Richard von Sturmer's profile.; - Added information about Daymoon, and added Robin Fry's profile.; - Added information about Your Secret Life, and updated Harry Ricketts's profile.
July/August 2005: - Updated Winter Readings info; - Updated links page; - Added information about JAAM 23; - Added information about London Notebook, and updated Mark Pirie profile.
May/June 2005: - Added cover images for The Second Wellington International Poetry Festival Anthology, Natural Anthem, Nefarious and Make Love and War, and make the latter the latest release.; - Updated the JAAM submission address.; - Updated the submission guidelines.; - Updated the About JAAM page.; - Updated the contact phone number page.; - Added information about JAAM 22.; - Added new "events" section with information about the Winter Readings.; - Updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about Blues For Sam, and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about The Bet, and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about The Angel Bus, and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about The Rose and Other Poems, and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about Poems for Poets, and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about Two Poems, and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Updated Harvey McQueen's photo.
January/February 2005: - Added a couple of links to the links page.; - Added information about Make Love and War and updated Michael O'Leary's profile.; - Added information about Giving Poetry a Bad Name and updated Mark Pirie's profile.
November/December 2004: - Added a somewhat cryptic paragraph to Stephen Oliver's profile, as requested by the author...; - Added information about Nefarious and updated Vivienne Plumb's profile.; - Added cover image for Four French Horns and made it the latest copy; - Added various links to the links page, and updated the manuscript statement on the front page.
September/October 2004: - Added information about The Second Wellington International Poetry Festival Anthology, updated profiles for Ron Riddell, Saray Torres and updated Mark Pirie; - Minor edits to Here and There: A Selection; - Added information about Four French Horns and updated Jenny Powell-Chalmers' profile.
July/August 2004: - Added information about Here and There: A Selection and added Basim Furat's profile.
May/June 2004: - Added PDF copies of Salamanca, Nothing to Declare and The Century.; - Changed EYESIS email link on contact page to a link to the webform on the EYESIS site.
March/April 2004: - Added PDF copies of Extreme Weather Events, Earth Colours, Rhyme Before Reason, Abstract Internal Furniture, Boat People, Chantal's Book Our Bay of Ensigns and Toku Tinihanga; - Added information about Natural Anthem and added Leonard Lambert's profile.; - Added information about Over The Waters and added Moshé Liba's profile.; - Added information about Recessional and updated Harvey McQueen's profile.; - Added information about Bullet Poems and updated Mark Pirie's profile.; - Made JAAM 21 "Greatest Hits" the Latest Release.
January/Febuary 2004: - Updated author photos for Jenny Powell-Chalmers, Tony Beyer and Scott Kendrick.; - Added information about JAAM 21 "Greatest Hits"
November/December 2003: - Updated Mark Pirie's profile; - Added information about JAAM 20
September/October 2003: - Updated Stephen Oliver's profile; - Added information about The First Wellington International Poetry Festival Anthology (and made it the latest release), added profiles for Ron Riddell and Saray Torres, and updated Mark Pirie profile; - Altered formatting of sample poems for The Year Nothing and Summer on the Cote d'Azur; - Added cover image of The Year Nothing, and made it the latest release
July/August 2003: - Added David Howard's photo; - Added cover image of How to Occupy Ourselves, and made it the latest release; - Added information about Summer on the Côte d'Azur and added Alistair Paterson's profile.; - Added information about Gallery: A Selection and updated Mark Pirie profile.; - Added information about The Year Nothing and added Paul Hardacre's profile.
May/June 2003: - Added or replaced photos of Toku Tinihanga (Self Deception), Maketu, The Ballad of Fifty-one, Michael O'Leary and Mark Pirie.; - Made Toku Tinihanga (Self Deception) the latest release on the front page.; - Added information about Dumber.; - Added information about JAAM 19.
March/April 2003: - Added reviews of Michael O'Leary's previous book to Toku Tinihanga (Self Deception); - Added information about How to Occupy Ourselves and added David Howard & Fiona Pardington's profiles.
January/February 2003: - Added information about Toku Tinihanga (Self Deception) and added Michael O'Leary's profile.; - Added information about Maketu and added Terry Locke's profile.; - Added information about The Ballad of Fifty-one and added Bill Sewell's profile.
November/December 2002: - Added information about JAAM 18.; - Added information about Chantal's Book and added Jack Ross's profile.; - Added information about Swing and updated Mark Pirie's profile.
August 2002: - Added bibilography to Mark Pirie profile.; - Added a couple of links to the links page.; - Added cover images of and Boat People, and made the latter the front page latest release.; - Replaced photo of Mark Pirie, and amended news item about Simon Williamson.
July 2002: - Added information about Storyteller and added Simon Williamson's profile.; - Added information about Boat People and updated Tim Jones' profile.
June 2002: - Updated Stephen Oliver's profile.
May 2002: - Added information about JAAM 17.
March 2002: - Added information [email protected]("the snow poems/your self of lost ground", "snow", "poetry"), made it the latest release, and updated Jeanne Bernhardt's profile.; - Added information about Reading the Will, and updated Mark Pirie profile.
November/December 2001: - Added information about The Blues, and updated Mark Pirie's profile.; - Added information about Night of Warehouses, made it the latest release, and updated Stephen Oliver's profile.; - Added contents page of JAAM 16.; - Removed the FlyingPig links from each book detail page, as they've now gone bust.
September/October 2001: - Added information about Our Bay of Ensigns, and made it the latest release.
July/August 2001: - Added information about Abstract Internal Furniture, and made it the latest release.; - Added links from each book detail page to FlyingPig.co.nz, to enable visitors to buy the books online.
May/June 2001: - Added information about No Joke, and updated Mark Pirie's profile;; - Added contents page of JAAM 15;; - Added information about Rhyme Before Reason, and made it the latest release;; - Added information about Extreme Weather Events.
October/November 2000: - Added information about Hats, and made it the latest release;; - Added information about JAAM 14.
August/September 2000: - Added information about Talking Pictures, and made it the latest release.
June/July 2000: - Added Reviews to JAAM 10 and JAAM 13 contents pages;; - Minor corrections throughout site;; - Added submission guidelines to contact area;; - Replaced Diary with Earth Colours as latest release.