SOUTH INDIES TEXT & MUSIC PUBLISHING
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ISBN 978-19911671-0-1
See also companion volume Stream Light
Seasons is an epic poem in three parts. It spans a year of relative isolation on a strath (wide valley-plain) an hour's drive from Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
“Seasons
is a realistic account of both the land and a community and its mores.
In its measured stanzas, it carries the commendable weight of things
closely observed.” Nicholas Reid, NZ Listener, June 4, 2022.
“A poem diary that in effect is a successful, coherent book-length poem, Season commands attention the whole way through. The level of perception throughout is of an equal high quality.” Tony Beyer, Scoop Review of Books. May 28, 2022. https://books.scoop.co.nz/2022/05/28/verses-that-think/
"[Direen] understands how to play with sound, far beyond what most people are used to." Jazmine Bell, Be Yourself, 7 June, 2022
"In his observations of Nature and himself he is clear-eyed and not seduced by notions of romantic seclusion in the small town of fifty roofs. Direen is no recluse, his pages pepper in encounters with neighbours, tradespeople and locals embedded in the small community." Graham Reid, Elsewhere travel and writing. June 2, 2022
An extract in-progress appeared in the NZ magazine Landfall in 2016. It is published by South Indies Text and Music Publishing, who offer a free 'audiobook' download with music by Steve Cournane (percussion), William Henry Meung (guitars) and Bill Direen. To receive it, buy the printed book and then enter their code into the box at https://southindies1.bandcamp.com/yum
Retail outlets:
Auckland: Flying Out, 80 Pitt St, Auckland 1010. In stock. (and see below for mail order from Flying Out)
Wellington: Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington 1011.
Nelson: Volume Bookshop, 15 Church St Nelson 7010. In stock.
Christchurch: Scorpio Books, 120 Hereford Street, BNZ Centre, Christchurch 8011. In stock.
Dunedin: UBS Otago, HD Skinner Annex, Otago Museum Reserve, Dunedin 9016. In stock.
Pea Sea Art Gallery: 6 George Street, Port Chalmers 9023/
For
MAIL ORDER in NZ (other products available, eg Memory of Others OST with
download of the documentary by Simon Ogston), go to music's friend Flying
Out.
For
MAIL ORDER in USA go to
Nebraska's
vinyl lovers: 
For orders please contact us.
