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Cafe Reader Vol 3 – Winter 2014

June 1, 2014

With an introduction by Jim Wilson. Short stories, poetry and editorial by: Garth Cartwright, Jeanne Bernhardt, Chris Mooar, Liz Breslin, Bruce Mahalski, Sam Hunt, Anahera Gildea, Jenny Powell, Brett Lupton, George…

Cafe Reader Vol 2 – Summer 2013

December 1, 2013

With an introduction by Jim Wilson. Short stories, poems and editorial by: Tusiata Avia, David Eggleton, Graham Brazier, Anton Jenner, Gerald Stern, Hinemoana Baker, Jim Wilson, John Dix, Bill Direen,…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30/09/13

August 30, 2013

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30 August 2013 Last week I was writing about my brother and putting up poetry posters in Trenton, New Jersey. Then I went on to discuss prison…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 15/09/13

August 15, 2013

Yesterday in New Jersey I was racing that pissant Toyota Prius down I-95 about as fast as it could go when an incredible thunderstorm broke and lightning went zig-zagging across…

Cafe Reader Vol 1 – Winter 2013

June 1, 2013

With an introduction by Jim Wilson. Short stories, poems and editorial by: Bill Direen, Hi Newman, Ben Brown, Kelly Ann Morey, Rick Bryant, Jim Wilson, Brett Lupton, Dave McArtney, Simon Sweetman,…

Diary of a Billsticker – San Francisco, USA

November 7, 2011

This was to be my final poster run before leaving the USA on my way back to New Zealand. I’m writing this some months afterwards and so I can’t even…

Diary of a Billsticker – Baltimore, USA

July 25, 2011

I think Baltimore is the favourite city of a lot of people these days and this has a lot to do with a certain television show. I think that the show…

Diary of a Billsticker – New York City, USA

July 21, 2011

This was a poster run that took place over the July 4th weekend in New York City and once again I was a man possessed by the idea of getting…

Diary of a Billsticker – Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

July 18, 2011

This was an entirely agreeable poster run which took place over three or four days and featured a dozen Kiwi poets: Hinemoana Baker, Stephen Oliver, David Eggleton, Jay Clarkson, Aroha Harris,…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

July 1, 2011

A Word to the Wise Guy Lowell is about thirty miles out of Boston and is apparently ahead of that city (‘Beantown’) in all the crime stats. Lowell has a population of around 100,000 people and many of them…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lambertville, New Jersey and New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA

June 14, 2011

How to Put Up a Poster This was a little run I did each morning starting the week after Gil Scott-Heron’s death. It was also around the time that Errol Hincksman…

Diary of a Billsticker – South Philadelphia, USA

June 4, 2011

We drove into Philly early in the morning of Memorial Day. There were not a lot of people around and it was very peaceful and quiet. This always sets the…

Diary of a Billsticker – Trenton, New Jersey, USA

May 2, 2011

This was yet another poster run in the Phantom Billstickers poetry poster series. It was a beautiful spring morning as we headed off to Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey. I buy…

Diary of a Billsticker – Camden, New Jersey, USA

April 29, 2011

I was carrying poetry posters by the Kiwi Poets Janet Frame, Frankie McMillan, Tusiata Avia, Chris Knox, and Lawrence Arabia. Then I had some posters by the American, Robert Creeley. Boy,…

Diary of a Billsticker – New Orleans, USA

January 21, 2011

Who Dat? We took off for New Orleans on Boxing Day. Americans don’t have Boxing Day really. They tend to want to gravitate to the malls so that the whole…

Underdogs and a (Very) Brief History of NZ Music

December 1, 2010

What Phantom Billstickers is trying to do with our Facebook page and our website is take a bit of Kiwi culture to the world, whether it be our very fine music industry, our artists, poets,…

Diary of a Billsticker – Washington DC and Baltimore, USA

November 29, 2010

There might be lots of good reasons for going to these two cities to do a poster run of Kiwi poets. A person has to have clear intentions and I…

Diary of a Billsticker – Washington DC, USA

November 10, 2010

“We are coming Frew!” This weekend I am away to Washington DC, on active service, to put up poetry posters and there’ll be a side trip to Baltimore, Maryland, as…

Cafe Reader Vol 3 – Winter 2014

June 1, 2014

With an introduction by Jim Wilson. Short stories, poetry and editorial…

Cafe Reader Vol 2 – Summer 2013

December 1, 2013

With an introduction by Jim Wilson. Short stories, poems and…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30/09/13

August 30, 2013

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30 August 2013 Last week I…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 15/09/13

August 15, 2013

Yesterday in New Jersey I was racing that pissant Toyota…

Cafe Reader Vol 1 – Winter 2013

June 1, 2013

With an introduction by Jim Wilson. Short stories, poems and…

Diary of a Billsticker – San Francisco, USA

November 7, 2011

This was to be my final poster run before leaving…

Diary of a Billsticker – Baltimore, USA

July 25, 2011

I think Baltimore is the favourite city of a lot…

Diary of a Billsticker – New York City, USA

July 21, 2011

This was a poster run that took place over the…

Diary of a Billsticker – Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

July 18, 2011

This was an entirely agreeable poster run which took place…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

July 1, 2011

A Word to the Wise Guy Lowell is about thirty miles…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lambertville, New Jersey and New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA

June 14, 2011

How to Put Up a Poster This was a little…

Diary of a Billsticker – South Philadelphia, USA

June 4, 2011

We drove into Philly early in the morning of Memorial…

Diary of a Billsticker – Trenton, New Jersey, USA

May 2, 2011

This was yet another poster run in the Phantom Billstickers poetry…

Diary of a Billsticker – Camden, New Jersey, USA

April 29, 2011

I was carrying poetry posters by the Kiwi Poets Janet…

Diary of a Billsticker – New Orleans, USA

January 21, 2011

Who Dat? We took off for New Orleans on Boxing…

Underdogs and a (Very) Brief History of NZ Music

December 1, 2010

What Phantom Billstickers is trying to do with our Facebook page and…

Diary of a Billsticker – Washington DC and Baltimore, USA

November 29, 2010

There might be lots of good reasons for going to…

Diary of a Billsticker – Washington DC, USA

November 10, 2010

“We are coming Frew!” This weekend I am away to…

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