An audience of about 100 people were captivated by poets at the Athenaeum Library in Dunedin yesterday.
The gathering of influential Dunedin poets and editors for the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival was well received.
The event showcased new works such as magazine Landfall 229 (containing works of fiction, essays, poems, plays and reviews), a new collection of the late Charles Brasch's poems compiled by Alan Roddick, a selection of poems by David Eggleton entitled Conch Trumpet and a selection of poems entitled Being Here by Vincent O'Sullivan.
The audience soaked up every word as Eggleton read his poem Untold about his experiences of Central Otago, while O'Sullivan read Being Here, a poem about living in the moment.
Roddick was congratulated for his book of Charles Brasch poems, the first collection to be published in almost 30 years.
He said he had been working on the book entitled Charles Brasch: Selected Poems for ''the best part of three or four years''.
The event, titled ''Chain Reaction'', was part of this week's literary festival.
