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EventsKeep coming back to this page for news of book launches, conferences and other events hosted by Adams Musgrave Mari Pete's new book, Amytis, a collection of poems, was recently launched at the London Book Fair and is due for release at the Cape Town Book Fair in June. In this collection of poetry Mari explores dreamscapes, everyday experiences and the thin membrane between these two states of being. In many of her poems she weaves connections between the realms of Nature and Spirit. In contrasting mood, writing in Iscamtho or Tsotsitaal {an urban South African street dialect}, Pete takes the reader on alternative guided tours of her home city Durban, {"Umgeni Road", "Durban Taxi", "Local is Lekker"} " A sensual storyteller, Mari Pete shifts effortlessly between English and Afrikaans. Layer upon layer, subtle lines unfurl into imaginative explorations of the sacred in everyday life" - Michelle McGrane LitNet "Mari's poems are like stones dropped in a pond. She writes in between the ripples. Her images splash into our faces and her rhythms lap at our feet." - Doriaan Haarhoff. Durban poet, Mari Pete grew up on the Eastern Highlands of South Africa and has worked in e learning at Durban University of Technology since 1994. Over a period of 20 yrs her poems have appeared in a number of literary journals. She was the winner of the Woordgilde poetry competition in 2005. We hope that you can join us to hear Mari read and discuss her poems at Adams, Musgrave on Wed 6th June. 
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