Last week BNI NZ National Director – Sue Redknap attended the launch of “Moonlight” at Mercy Hospice, Auckland. Moonlight is a book of New Zealand poems on death and dying edited by poet Andrew Johnston.
Royalties from Moonlight, published by Random House NZ, will go to Hospice New Zealand. This charitable connection was Johnston’s idea, as a mark of gratitude for the quality of care given to his late father by a hospice several years ago.
“Poems are the words we turn to when words fail us: when we are confused with huge and conflicting emotions, when lives and loves begin and end.” says Andrew.
“What these poets are seeking above all are images whose richness and ambiguity capture some of death’s mystery and incomprehensibility”
“Moonlight will be a wonderful resource for our patients and their families,” says Mercy Hospice Auckland CEO Jan Nichols. “It is a very special book containing some of the most beautiful and poignant poetry I have ever read.”
People wanting to buy Moonlight can do so at most bookshops or any Mercy Hospice Auckland shop or through: www.mercyhospice.org.nz
