Saturday 10 October, 5-7pm

To coincide with World Mental Health Day, Papatuanuku Press will be launching
Collecting Cobwebs - The Blue Series, a collection of poems about depression. With all proceeds going to Beyond Blue.  

Janette Hoppe of Papatuanuku Press
Janette Hoppe's poetry is a reflection of her Australian and New Zealand Maori heritage. Her tanka and haiku have been published in journals in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. 

In 2010 she released her first chapbook Collecting Cobwebs and featured as a Guest Poet at Newcastle's Poetry at the Pub. In 2014 she featured as one of the poets in the Newcastle Inaugural Writer's Festival and released her second chapbook Eat, Stray'd, Love through Papatuanuku Press. Both chapbooks available for purchase at Gallery 139. 

This event is free and all welcome.

Janette Hoppe on the night talking to attendee

Newcastle Herald The Weekender Saturday 10 October 2015