We hope you can join us at one (of both) of our launch celebrations for The Grief Almanac: A Sequel, Vana Manasiadis's long-awaited folow-up to her debut poetry collection: Ithaca Island Bay Leaves: A Mythistorima. 

Seraph Press warmly invites you to the launch of The Grief Almanac A Sequel by Vana Manasiadis, as part of the Auckland Writers Festival.

The book will be launched by Paula Green, and Vana will be joined by poets Anna Livesey, Vivienne Plumb and Jo Thorpe to celebrate with readings of poetry honouring mothers and daughters.

When: Wednesday 15 May, 6–7.30pm
Where: Beam Foyer, WZ Building AUT, 6–24 St Paul Street, Auckland

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Seraph Press and Unity Books warmly invite you to the launch of The Grief Almanac A Sequel by Vana Manasiadis.

The book will be launched by Fiona Farrell and Susannah Poole.

When: Tuesday 21 May, 6–7.30pm
Where: Unity Books, 57 Willis Street, Wellington

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I've been waiting for this book, Vana's follow-up to her debut Ithaca Island Bay Leaves: A Mythistorima (2009), for a long time. A decade to be precise. This is worth the wait, and the time she has spent on these poems really shows in their richness, depth and uniqueness. To do what she wanted to do with these poems, she has had to develop her own forms to work with parallelling and connectness – one example is in this page spread below.

We're launching it in Auckland, as part of the Auckland Writers Festival, and in Wellington shortly afterwards – invitations coming shortly.

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