Come and join in at Amber’s Kitchen for some tasty treats, bubbles and books to celebrate the launch of Tracie’s new poetry book ‘in quiet winds we settle’. Enjoy readings, musings, music and kai together to launch this twelve-year journey from musings to publication.

Kai and bubbles provided on arrival. Coffee available for purchase from Amber’s Kitchen.

Amber’s Kitchen, Quarry Arts Centre, Whangārei, 27th June, 11am.

in quiet winds we settle by Tracie Lark

A woman, searching for her place as a mother in this world, feels the apocalyptic heat Mother Nature suffers too. She looks to ancient maternal leaders for strength, and to past paternal influences for understanding. She anticipates a safe world for tomorrow’s girl. With new abundance, the irony of loss-anxiety unfurls, creating a gritty emotional meniscus to fossick in. in quiet winds we settle probes into the global heat of maternal identity, upsetting complacency by interrogating a sustainable investment towards tomorrow's children.