This is the first in a series of 10 New Zealand Book Council WordSpace Digital Conversations with New Zealand writers.

Award-winning poet Glenn Colquhoun

DATE: Thursday April 7
TIME: 11.30am – 12.30pm

Glenn Colquhoun is a doctor, poet and author of children's picture books Uncle Glenn and Me and Uncle Glenn and Me Too. His first collection of poetry, The Art of Walking Upright (1999) is "about belonging, discovering a place to stand, finding what it means to be Pakeha, and what it means to be human."

In 2004 he was awarded the Prize in Modern Letters. Glenn has also won numerous awards for his poetry, including winning both the Poetry Category and 2003 Readers' Choice Award at the 2003 Montana Book Awards for his collection, Playing God.

More: http://www.nzbookcouncil.org.nz/writers/colquhoun.html

Learn about:

• The challenges and realities of being a working author
• What inspires Glenn to write
• The creative process
• Sustaining creativity
• What separates his best work from his worst.

Glenn is looking forward to talking to you and your students about his writing and his career as an author, and answering your questions. He will also read some of his works.

TO REGISTER FOR THIS VIDEO-CONFERENCE, CONTACT digitalconversations@cwa.co.nz BY TUESDAY 5 APRIL 2005.
Telephone: (04) 382 6506.