A Passionate Remedy: Glenn Coloquhoun
City Gallery Wellington, Friday 27 August, 1 pm

Earlier this year the $60,000 Prize in Modern Letters was awarded to Northland doctor and poet Glenn Colquhoun. Colquhoun was the unanimous choice of the three American judges, Sandra Cisneros, Douglas Unger, and Geoffrey Wolff. 'Glenn Colquhoun makes poems in the great tradition of doctor-writers who exploit the healing properties of passionate and precise language to bind the world's wounds.
A Passionate Remedy: Glenn Coloquhoun
City Gallery Wellington, Friday 27 August, 1 pm

Earlier this year the $60,000 Prize in Modern Letters was awarded to Northland doctor and poet Glenn Colquhoun. Colquhoun was the unanimous choice of the three American judges, Sandra Cisneros, Douglas Unger, and Geoffrey Wolff. 'Glenn Colquhoun makes poems in the great tradition of doctor-writers who exploit the healing properties of passionate and precise language to bind the world's wounds.

His curiosity - an abiding sense of wonder at the people he lives among - is a priceless tonic,' wrote Geoffrey Wolff. Colquhoun's approachable poetry and persona have quickly made him one of New Zealand's most popular poets. In this event he reads from and discusses recent work.

A Passionate Remedy: Glenn Coloquhoun
City Gallery Wellington, Friday 27 August, 1 pm