Stephanie de Montalk 'announcing' two books of poems sounds like they were racing around a track with one of them the winner! In fact, there was a bit of friendly jockeying going on, first Robin then Harry then Robin then Harry - reading poems though not riding horses - and what's more reading poems to a Unity Bookshop FULL of people. Publisher Mark Pirie thought there were over a hundred interested punters and many books were sold and signed by both poets. The whole event felt like a real celebration of poetry from Stephanie's gorgeous introductions to the poems themselves which were smart and funny and poignant too -- we were treated to a woman like a giraffe and a morepork mourning the recent Tsunami.
And a little girl in pink pyjamas stole the show.