Book Launch: Ciaran Fox - They Crackle in the Rain

The Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press is proud to be releasing the first collection of poetry by long-time Catalyst collaborator and host, Ciaran Fox.
Book launch with live readings at that literary heart of independent publishing - Scorpio Books! Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz to help with catering.

A collection 20 years in the making – interrupted (and informed) by parenthood, earthquakes, and a day job in mental health promotion as well as holding space for young and emerging poets.
They Crackle in the Rain represents a two decades-long time-lapse through a life both imagined and real in which no experience is left untouched by dream and longing, hope and regret. Misremembered sun-painted afternoons and rain-swept city streets are the background for rivers swallowing hearts, apocryphal internal affairs and a parent lost in the woods of dementia. Death is an ache in the bones and an echo of dance steps while love wins chaotic, temporary victories...