Monster
Charting surreal and yet familiar worlds where hope and horror co-exist, Monster is ruthless, weird, dark and funny. These 32…
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Intimate, low-voiced, delicate things
From the award-winning author of Blood Universe – poems on pregnancy comes a full-length collection of new poetry: beautiful, poignant…
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Mary Gilmore Awards Shortlistees
Huge congratulations to Ella Jeffery (Dead Bolt) and Chris Brown (Hotel Universo) who have been shortlisted for ASAL’s Mary Gilmore Award for a first…
First Poetry Book Prize Winner
The judges, Ella Jeffery and Ed Wright are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2020 First Poetry Book Prize is Nellie Le…
Ivy Ireland, Toby Davidson, Chris Brown and Ed Wright @ The Garden Lounge
Join us @ Newtown’s The Garden Lounge Creative Space ( 573 King St) on Saturday 13 March from 4pm for readings by Ivy Ireland…
Puncher & Wattmann First Poetry Book Prize
Hurry! Entries to the biennial First Poetry Book Prize (FPBP) close December 31st. If you think you’ve got what it takes, then send us…
Anthologies and the visibility of the poem
One of the impulses behind putting the anthology together was the sense that it was becoming increasingly difficult for good poetry to become visible.…
Paula Green reviews Foxstruck in the NZ Poetry Shelf
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2021/06/15/poetry-shelf-review-shari-kochers-foxstruck-and-other-collisions/
Plague Animals
In this long-awaited second collection, award-winning poet Rebecca Edwards distills the experience of physical and mental trauma; the breakdown of her relationship with her…
Mary Gilmore Awards Shortlistees
Huge congratulations to Ella Jeffery (Dead Bolt) and Chris Brown (Hotel Universo) who have been shortlisted for ASAL’s Mary Gilmore Award for a first…