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Joanna Preston: The End of the Line: an introduction
Join Canterbury’s own Line Break Queen, Joanna Preston for a workshop that demystifies the most under-appreciated tool in the poet’s toolbox: the line break. Pacing, emphasis, drama, surprise … learn why poets break lines, and how, why and where to employ it in your own poems.
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New Zealand
Joanna Preston
Joanna Preston is a Tasmanaut poet, editor and ringmistress of The Poetry Class. Her second collection, tumble, won the
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