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2017 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellows announced – two poets – Congratulations!
New Zealand poets Steven Toussaint and Gregory Kan have been awarded the prestigious 2017 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. This is the first time two poets have been the recipients of the fellowship. The...
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Poetry Shelf’s Annual-Books-We-Loved-in -2016 Lists
‘So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or that it shouldn’t be read at school because it is irrelevant, or any of the strange or stupid...
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Reading Jacqueline Woodson’s brown girl dreaming in one glorious gulp
brown girl dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin Books, 2016 [2014] ‘If someone had taken that book out of my hand said, You’re too old for this maybe I’d never have believed that someone who looked...
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Final episode of Poem on a Madrid Terrace
‘It appears the cold weather has finally arrived in Madrid after an extended summer… Anna Borrie and I read ‘You’ by C.K. Stead in the final episode of ‘Poem on the Terrace – New Zealand Poets’, where...
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The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Poetry shortlist
All shortlists here Book awards draw attention to books that hook judges for any number of reasons. Hopefully the awards attract new readers and generate new conversations. Check out reactions at The...
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Tenderness I A tree in the centre of a corn field the corn rising in its ranks like braided hair to meet the lowest branches a tree that has replaced at least...
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Emily Temple at Lit Hub asks: What is the right poetry collection for you?
This is a great list! It reminds me that this year I want to share overseas poetry collections I have loved with you. If you are like me you want poetry to take you in myriad directions with myriad...
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Erik Kennedy reads ‘Your Grandfather’s War Stories’ from his debut collection
https://nzpoetryshelf.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/your-grandfathers-war-stories-recorded-on-10-september-2018.mp3 Erik Kennedy, ‘Your Grandfather’s War Stories’, There’s No Place Like the...
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Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Nine poets read from Out Here: An...
Out Here: An anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ writers from Aotearoa, eds Emma Barnes and Chris Tse, Auckland University Press, 2021 We chose words that delighted us, surprised us, confronted us and...
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