Events

"A Fine Excess" A Three-Day Celebration of Poetry 2-4 April, 2008, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA This event, which was sponsored by the The Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University, Emory's Creative Writing Program and The Waywiser Press, and received additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts (USA), featured thirteen poets associated with The Waywiser Press and its imprint Between The Lines.   Earl Lewis, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emory University welcoming everyone to A Fine Excess     Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts, opening A Fine Excess     Morrie Creech, winner of the first Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize     Erica Dawson, winner of the second Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize     Jeffrey Harrison     Joseph Harrison     Eric McHenry     J. D. McClatchy     Mary Jo Salter     W. D. Snodgrass     Mark Strand     Deborah Warren     Clive Watkins     Richard Wilbur     Greg Williamson     Steve Enniss, Director, Manuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library, Robert M. Woodruff Library, Emory University     Eric McHenry interviewing W.D. Snodgrass     Joseph Harrison interviewing Mark Strand     Philip Hoy interviewing Richard Wilbur     Philip Hoy and W. D. Snodgrass     Jonathan Post, Mary Jo Salter, Mark Strand     Mary Jo Salter and Kevin Young     , A crowded Emory bookstand

Launch of Erica Dawson's Big-Eyed Afraid, winner of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, 2006 Sunday, November 11th 2007, 1pm Erica Dawson Erica Dawson read from her prize-winning collection and signed copies of her debut volume at a packed Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Washington DC. Barbara Meade, one of the bookstore's owners, introduced the event and then handed over to Philip Hoy, Waywiser's managing editor, who spoke about the background to the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Mary Jo Salter, the 2006 contest's judge, then introduced the reading, describing Ms Dawson as one of the finest and most promising poets of her generation.   Barbara Meade introducing the event     Mary Jo Salter introducing Erica Dawson     Erica Dawson reading from Big-Eyed Afraid     Answering questions from the audience   (For further infdormation about this book, please click here)

Launch of Morri Creech's Field Knowledge, winner of the first annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize November 11th 2006, 5:00 pm Morri Creech read from his prize-winning collection of poems at Chapters Literary Bookstore in Washington DC. The event was part of the 4th DC International Poetry Festival. Waywiser's managing editor, Philip Hoy, introduced the event by talking about how the Hecht Prize had come into existence, and J. D. McClatchy, the inaugural contest's final judge, then introduced the reading. Morri Creech reading from Field Knowledge   Answering questions from the audience   (For further information about this book, please click here)

Launch of Greg Heath's The Entire Animal, July 26th 2006 Greg Heath spoke about and read from The Entire Animal, his first novel, at Waterstone's in Derby. The press would like to thank the store for its hospitality and the large audience for its enthusiastic reception.   Greg Heath addressing the audience     Book signing       More book signing     Still more book signing Launch of Ian Parks's Shell Island, June 10th 2006 Ian Parks read from Shell Island, his new collection of poems, at a launch party held at the Flux Gallery in Leeds. The event was well-attended, and the audience hugely appreciative.   Ian Parks, following his reading and book signing     Talking to another Waywiser author, the novelist Matthew Yorke     Some of the guests enjoying the gallery's hospitality

Poetry Reading by Eric McHenry, May 7th 2006 Eric McHenry read from his forthcoming collection, Potscrubber Lullabies, at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library on Sunday May 7th. The event was hosted by the Edward and Mary Wilder Society, and attracted an audience of 100+. Eric McHenry photographed with his son Evan at the May 7th reading. Behind them is a three-dimensional model of Potscrubber Lullabies, the maker of which receives Waywiser's congratulations. Readers may be relieved to hear that the real thing, which was published by us on June 22nd, measures only 198mm x 129mm (approximately 7.75" x 5"). For more information about the book and its author, please click on the cover.

Poetry Reading by Clive Watkins, November 26th 2005 Waywiser author and editor Clive Watkins read from Jigsaw and his more recent work at the Flux Gallery in Hyde Park, Leeds. Clive Watkins with fellow poet Ian Parks at the reception

Pre-publication Launch Party for Richard Wollheim's Germs, October 7th 2004 On October 7th 2004, Waywiser threw a party to celebrate its publication later that month of the late Richard Wollheim's last book, Germs: A Memoir of Childhood. The guest speaker was David Pears, Professor of Philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford, and one of Wollheim's oldest friends. Professor David Pears, preparing to address the 100+ guests who attended the book launch Other friends of Wollheim's among the guests at the launch: Lady Isaiah Berlin (left), Lord Gowrie (centre) Jonathan Miller, with Piranesi Jonathan Meades with Rupert Wollheim Polly Toynbee, Bruno Wollheim, Jonathan Meades, Karl Miller David Wolton, Jane Miller