The following speech by Gregory O'Brien was delivered at the launch of two poetry collections, He's So MASC by Chris Tse and Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems by Anna Jackson, at the Wellington Writers & Readers Festival.I can’t be the first

We were delighted to see Dame Joan Metge recieve the 2015 Prime Minister’s Award for non-fiction. Dame Joan is an educator, lecturer and writer, celebrated for her promotion of cross-cultural awareness. She’s also incredibly modest and self-effacing,