Who the Fork is Alice?

About the Book

This book is a collection of poems with a focus on cadence and wordplay. They are about what Leanne sees and feels and subjects that most people can identify with. The Alice of the title could be anybody. The whole point of the book is that people often don’t say what they mean or mean what they say…it’s all about being yourself. Curiouser and curiouser said Alice.

About the Author

Leanne Rattray has been writing poems for more than 15 years but it wasn’t until last year that she took her poems to the stage. 49 year old accountant, Leanne has always been involved with theatre and her poems are all about telling stories, so it’s a combination of the two. Leanne started a year ago with a performance at the bookish Library Bar in downtown Auckland, a performance that led to three subsequent gigs. She then helped judge the New Zealand Poetry Slam in Wellington in October 2011 & staged a poetry night at Gisborne’s own Poverty Bay Club in late December. This year she has flown to Auckland twice for two separate appearances and was guest artist in Wellington at the city’s Poetry in Motion event in June. Two further appearances are scheduled for August in Auckland at two separate events.