Rob Hack has continued to promote his poetry book Everything is Here in readings and is ‘appearing’ frequently at his local Paekakariki cafe with book held high wearing beret and ironic gaze. (Paekakakariki is about 45km north of Wellington)
As well as recording a couple of his poems for the Kim Hill Christmas Eve show and hearing Kim read one herself, he has read at The Station Sessions on Paekakariki Railway Station, at the Fringe bar in Wellington with blues musician Shayn Wills, and at the Hightide Cafe Paraparaumu Beach.
In February he was asked to read a Dylan song (as a poem) at a Cohen/Dylan musical tribute concert to a packed Paekakariki hall. Using large hand-held cards with song words written on them, he asked the audience to sing along as the tune played on cue… not his poem…not his voice but… ‘he stole the show’ murmured some of the musicians.
