Mister Hamilton by John Dickson
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
Mister Hamilton, John Dickson's first collection in eighteen years, is an appealing, questioning mix of elements. Over a base of South Island bedrock (granite, schist, greywacke), Dickson has peopled this quietly fiery collection with day-to-day working voices and narratives, sometimes comic, sometimes ...Show more
Small Holes in the Silence - Collected Works by Hone Tuwhare
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: very good
'A poem is a ripple of words on water wind-huffed'. Hone Tuwhare, one of this country's best-loved poets, died in 2008. He was New Zealand's second Te Mata Poet Laureate and in 2003 was among ten of New Zealand's greatest living artists named as Arts Foundation of NZ Icon Artists. His rhythmic voice ran ...Show more
The Art of Walking Upright by Glenn Colquhoun
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2000 winner Best first book - poetry. Glenn is a doctor. During his training he took a year off to live in a remote Bay of Islands community. This is a profound, beautiful and funny distillation of that experience. Rich insights into Maori and Pakeha - a vision of Aotearo ...Show more
The Collected Poems of Katherine Mansfield by Katherine Mansfield
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
This is the first complete edition of Katherine Mansfield's poetry, including 26 poems, dating from 1909-10, discovered by Gerri Kimber in the Newberry Library in Chicago in 2015. This edition is made up of 217 poems, ordered chronologically, so that the reader can follow Mansfield's development as a p ...Show more
Small Holes in the Silence: Collected Works by Hone Tuwhare
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
The collected poems of New Zealand's best-loved poet in a handsome volume. "A poem is a ripple of words on water wind-huffed ..." This volume showcases the finest examples of Hone's poetry, from his early triumph in No Ordinary Sun (one of the most reprinted collections in New Zealand) right up to his f ...Show more
Poetry New Zealand Yearbook: 2019 by Jack Ross (ed.)
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Series: Poetry New Zealand Yearbook Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Poetry New Zealand, this country's longest-running poetry magazine, showcasesnew writing from New Zealand and overseas. It presents the work of talented newcomers as well as that of established voices. Issue #53 features 130 new poems (including work by this year's featured poet, Stephanie Christie), es ...Show more
This Model World by Byrt Anthony
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: very good
In April 2011, Anthony Byrt was living in Berlin and building a career as a critic, writing about contemporary art for magazines like frieze and Artforum International. Then one day his world turned upside down. A baby boy, two weeks in intensive care, and Byrt, his wife and new-born son suddenly found ...Show more