Anna Jackson is the author of seven collections of poetry as well as Scorpio staff favourite Actions & Travels: How Poetry Works (Auckland University Press, 2022). She lives in Island Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, and is associate professor in English literature at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington.

Scorpio Books and Auckland University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Terrier, Worrier: A Poem in Five Parts by Anna Jackson. Part autobiography of thought, part philosophical tract, part poetics, a book about chickens and family and seasons, Terrier, Worrier is a literary sequence to be relished as language and as thought. This event will feature poetry readings from Anna Jackson, Helen Rickerby, Vana Manasiadis, Erik Kennedy and Claudia Jardine.

Tuesday 24 June, 5.30pm for a 6pm start at Scorpio Books, 120 Hereford Street, Five Lanes at the BNZ Centre

Free event – RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/ ScorpioBooksRSVP | See event on Facebook. Pre-order your copy today!