Wanganui poet Airini Beautrais was a few weeks away from entering the world when anarchist Neil Roberts attempted to bomb the Wanganui Computer Centre, killing himself.
Thirty-two years later, that act and the events surrounding it have inspired Ms Beautrais to write a book of poetry, which will be launched in Wanganui on November 14.
Dear Neil Roberts, published by Victoria University Press, is Ms Beautrais' third book of poetry, but her first that involves an historical event.
"It's written as separate poems, but it is designed to be read as one long poem," Ms Beautrais said.
Although she grew up in Wanganui - and was born here just a few weeks after the bombing on November 18, 1982 - Ms Beautrais did not hear about the event until she met some anarchists in Auckland.