Monday 22 June is National Flash Fiction Day, and in the leadup to it, this weekend is the Festival of Flash! Check out the Flash Frontier YouTube channel for all the events: https://www.youtube.com/@flashfrontier3044

I'm reading my shortlisted flash fiction in tomorrow's noon-1pm session, and you can read my longlisted micro fiction together with the other longlisted stories (under 100 words) here - my story is Napoleon on a corporate repeat: https://nationalflash.org/2026-micro-madness/

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If you like short stories, check out my review of two recent short fiction collections from #Aotearoa / #NewZealand for Landfall Review Online, "Dead Ends" by Laura Borrowdale and "The Emotion Dealer and other stories" by Jack Remiel Cottrell: https://landfallreview.com/at-this-range-he-couldnt-miss/

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New on my blog: "Boy", a lovely poem from Mary McCallum's new poetry collection "Tackling the hens", plus a few words from Mary about the poem:

https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2026/03/26/boy-a-poem-by-mary-mccallum/

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I'm guest reader at Poetry Live in #Auckland on Tuesday 10 February! Here are the key details:

What: Poetry Live, Auckland
Where: Cafe 39, 39 Ponsonby Road
When: Tuesday 10 February, 7.30-10pm
With: Open mike + guest musician Cold Champagne

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1822227305127271 #poetry #nzpoetry #nzlit

*Poetry reading in Wellington on Sunday 15 February*

I'm reading poems from my new collection "Dracula in the Colonies" at the Office Bar, 124 Riddiford St, Newtown on Sunday 15 February - you're very welcome to come along, and entry is free.

This is part of the Poetry and Music at Newtown's Office Bar series. The event starts at 4pm with an Open Mike (make sure you arrive on time if you want to sign up to read), then there's a break for food & drink from the bar downstairs, then I'll be reading around 5.30. See you there!

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"Where he excels is in making the personal universal..."

A nice review of my latest poetry collection, "Dracula in the Colonies" - plus new collections by Serie Barford and Sue Fitchett - by poet Tony Beyer in Landfall Review Online: https://landfallreview.com/write-to-express-connect/

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Nice to have a "My Wellington" feature in The Post this morning, celebrating the publication of my new poetry collection "Dracula in the Colonies"!

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360853540/my-wellington-tim-jones-beneath-trees-where-tui-yell-and-stories-start

Get your copy at Unity Books Wellington, other independent booksellers, or from The Cuba Press directly.

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Really looking forward to taking part in this panel at the Story Worlds festival at Puke Ariki, Ngāmotu / New Plymouth in September - with excellent fellow panelists Cassie Hart (facilitator), Clare Moleta, and Mikaela Nyman:

Story Worlds | Fiction for Survival: Storytelling in the Face of Ecological Crisis

https://pukeariki.com/event/E29084D29192

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