Hibiscus Tart
Carin Smeaton | Literature
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Overview
E hoa mā, I got me a whole niu collection of utterly insane Auckland poetry to publish. Her name is "Hibiscus Tart". We HEART her. Titus does too. They wanna publish the lil Miss this year.
Where will your support go?
Your generous support will help:
- Cover costs for layout
- Design
- Binding
- Cutting
- Card stock
Titus is so cool they makes their pukapuka by hand, using a Munken Print paper which is acid-free, chlorine free stock, sexy, and very good for books.
We also need to fund costs for:
- Publicity
- The gorgeous n sick cover art by e te niece Kansas Smeaton
"Lovers of local lit, flowers of my heart, nothing is free in a cost of living crisis"
Plz awhi us if u can, plz give, plz spread the word wide n far
To learn more click on the link below to have lil taste of Tart ~
~ The Friday Poem: Daughtr of the 90s' by Carin Smeaton
Now for a few words from Dr. Trace Slaughter ~
This poetry "charged with fierce character energy, leaps the reader through gritty urgent scenes, and addresses live issues with a potent embodied voice." "Her work is fired with dynamic presence, dissects cultural histories with a sharp contemporary tone, and cuts to the heart of working-class realities through empowering voices living at the urban edge."
Donors
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Katy-May Reed
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Kansas Smeaton
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Nia Vavao
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Zo? Colling
I love your poems, Rin.
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Anonymous
Project Updates
Day 5 Boost Camp
Dear Mama
Today is the 6th day of boost camp. i been here nearly a week yet it feels like years cos i miss you so much. Today one of the nuns caught me making a video for my onlyfans. She told me to stop the show a-sap!! Oh no, i said, please sister this is poetry, u gotta let me keep it! She says no, that she might need to call the exorcist! Auee!. you wont let her do that will you mama!? in tha end she let me continue with some light edits. sister says she's still disappointed in me but she'll forgive me like god.
i'm feeling so grateful cos u & all my friends and whanau have been hustling for me on the outside, helping with the kaupapa. i promise mama i'll be good from now on. please check out my poetry reading on insta if ur up to it ~ https://www.instagram.com/ladybrokeneck/
much Alofas xxxxx
from your lil flowr always
Project Owner

Carin Smeaton
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