Developing a new website is always much more work than anticipated. Ours is no exception. And it is not even ready yet. It is already habitable, so we have moved in, but there is still quite a lot of interior design to do. Sometimes comments from visitors can be helpful, so don't hesitate to write me if you have some thoughts about the page you wish to share. You can reach me at jenni@poetryride.com. In the past I have received e-mail about some translation issues in the web page, and it really made my day. Yes, people actually read it and care about it enough to write to me when they see an error!

As you may or may not have noticed, we are organizing a seminar for festival organizers together with the Finnish Institute in Estonia. The Poetry Ride is 7 years old, which in my neck of the woods is the ripe age when a person starts school, learns to read and widens their horizons. To a festival this might be the age to become more independent, metaphorically speaking learn to tie its own shoelaces. To help this to happen we invited some interesting people to talk to us about their experiences and share their ideas as speakers or participants of our seminar.

But about the party that I promised. Unfortunately technology is not yet advanced enough for me to send you some wine and cake via this page. But I can send one of you a brand new Poetry Ride notebook! They are handcrafted in Estonia from recycled materials, made in the Tartu printing museum. I would show you a picture, but can't, because they are so new they are just being made as I write. Just leave a comment under this post and tell us what you think about our new page. Remember to leave your e-mail address in the post! Then when our seminar is over in 12the April, I will leave it out to Lady/Sir Luck to pick out the lucky winner.