Send news of your publication to the National Coordinator at info@poetrysociety.org.nz The Editor receives more books for review than there is either space or budget for in the NZPS publication a fine line. NZPS members have priority for promotion, but the editor does not guarantee every submitted book will receive a review.
Books marked with * are available for review. Click here. Books already reviewed are at the bottom of the page. Click here. Next deadline: 7 October.
*Anomalous Appetites ed John Irvine (e-book, 2009) An illustrated 209-page anthology of speculative poetry, available at both Lulu.com and Amazon.com I have the pdf available for an interested reviewer.
Before the Sirocco - ed Joanna Preston. The 2008 anthology of the New Zealand Poetry Society. ISBN 978-0-473-13975-9
*Richard Berengarten - Manual (the fourth 20). (ESAW, 2010)
Blackmail Press 27 Online journal, guest edited by David Eggleton. Includes contributions from: Liz Breslin, Tony Chad, Shirley Deuchrass, Vaughan Rapatahana and Mercedes Webb-Pullman.
Bravado 19 is out and on sale for $10. A 1-year subscription is $30; 2 years' $55 incl. p&p. The subscription is set to increase, so get in now. Details online at www.bravado.co.nz
Diana Bridge - Aloe: & Other Poems (AUP, 2009)
Sarah Broom - Tigers at Awhitu (AUP, 2010)
*Jill Chan - These Hands Are Not Ours (Earl Of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2009)
Geoff Cochrane - Pocket Edition (VUP 2009)
*Neroli Cottam - The Yellow Middle - a collection of poems and artwork; (self-published, 2009)
Eclecticism, the on-line magazine from Australia, is at http://www.eclecticzine.com/
*Martin Edmond and Nigel Roberts (Eds) - Steal Away Boy - Selected Poems of David Mitchell (AUP, 2010)
*Murray Edmond - Walls to Kick and Hills to Sing From, A Comedy With Interruptions (AUP 2010)
*Robin Fry - Time Traveller, (ESAW, 2010)
*Michael Harlow - The Tram Conductor's Blue Cap. Past Resident at Wellington's Randell Cottage.
the infinity we swim in - ed Joanna Preston. The 2007 Anthology of The New Zealand Poetry Society. ISBN 978-0-473-12736-7
*Lynn Jenner - Dear Sweet Harry (AUP, 2010), to be launched on National Poetry Day, 30 July.
*John Knight - letters from the asylum. (Sudden Valley Press, 2009)
*Kokako 12 is out, with editors Patricia Prime and Joanna Preston putting together their usual top-class collection of haiku, tanka, haibun and reviews.
*Jessica Le Bas - Walking To Africa (AUP, 2009)
Michele Leggott - Mirabile Dictu. (AUP, 2009)
*Vana Manasiadis - Ithaca Island Bay Leaves, a mythistorima (Seraph Press, 2010).
Frankie McMillan - Dressing for the Cannibals (Sudden Valley Press, 2009).
*Robynanne Milford - Songcatcher (White Stream Press, 2010)
Paul Millar (ed.) - Selected Poems of James K Baxter. ((AUP, 2010)
John Newton - The Double Rainbow (VUP 2009).
*John O'Connor - Cornelius & Co - Collected Working-Class Verse 1996-2009 (Post Pressed, 2010) ISBN 9781921214448
Vincent O'Sullivan - Further Convictions Pending, Poems 1998-2008 (VUP 2009)
*Mark Pirie - The Pop Artist's Garland - Selected Poems 1952-2009, F W N Wright (HeadworX, 2010)
*Kerry Popplewell- Leaving the Tableland (Steele Roberts, 2010)
Ron Riddell & Raul Henao - Selected Haiku (Fundacion Zen Montana de Silencio, 2009) In English and Spanish.
Jeanette Stace - Green Tea. This lovely book has been published posthumously by a team consisting of Jeanette's literary executor, Jane Shallcrass, and her family. It contains a great many of her haiku, for which Jeanette was well known, plus a handful of pages of tanka, and a rich and eclectic selection of her verse. There is a bonus section at the end, of Jeanette's 'Last Words'. The book is available at Unity Books, or for $27 (incl.p&p) from Hilary Stace, 58 Cecil Rd, Wadestown, Wellington 6012, or email: stacefamily@actrix.co.nz
The 2009 issue of online literary journal Turbine is online at www.vuw.ac.nz/turbine . The NZPS is represented by David Beach, along with a memoir by Pat White.
Twenty Contemporary New Zealand Poets - ed Andrew Johnston & Robyn Marsack (VUP 2009) Includes NZPS Patron Vincent O'Sullivan.
*Ian Wedde - Good Business (AUP, 2009)
*Edwin Wilson - My Brother Jim (Woodbine Press, 2009)
Reviews:
Michelle Amas - After the Dance (VUP, 2006) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/atd
Helen Bascand - into the vanishing point (Steele Roberts, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/itvp
Jenny Bornholdt - The Rocky Shore (VUP, 2008) Her latest collection, containing 6 long autobiographical poems. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutrockyshore
Broadsheet 1. A poetry periodical in chapbook form, from HeadworX publisher Mark Pirie. Mark selects and invites poets to contribute (ie submissions are not accepted). Issue 1 includes poems by Robin Fry. To purchase: email Mark: mpirie@xtra.co.nz RRP is $10, but subscriptions are $12 for 2 issues. broadsheet, 97/43 Mulgrave St, Wellington 6011. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutbroadsheet1
Amy Brown - The Propaganda Poster Girl (VUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutppg
Alistair Campbell - Just Poetry (HeadworX, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/justpoetry
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell and Meg Campbell - It's Love, Isn't It? (HeadworX, 2008). Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/ilii
Meg Campbell - Poems Adrift (Te Kotare Press, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/poemsadrift
Janet Charman - Cold Snack (AUP, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/coldsnack
Lynn Davidson - How to live by the sea (VUP, 2009). Lynn's third poetry book. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/abouthtlbts
Dear to me 100 New Zealanders Write About Their Favourite Poems - Amnesty International (Random House, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/dtm
DIY Graffiti - the 8th collection of the Re-Draft series, published by Clerestory Press for the Christchurch School for Young Writers. With selections made by co-editors James Norcliffe and Tessa Duder. Obtainable from the School for Young Writers or Clerestory Press, PO Box 2120, Christchurch 8140. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutdiyg
Stephanie de Montalk - Vivid Familiar (VUP, 2009). Stephanie's fourth. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutvf
Fiona Farrell - The Pop-up Book of Invasions (AUP, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/puboi
Cliff Fell - Beauty of the Badlands (VUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutfellreview
Oh Light ed. Anna Gilkison is "an anthology of writings and reflections to enrich the spirit". As well as work by NZPS member Trish Harris, the collection includes contributions from such significant non-members as Archimedes, Joy Cowley, Anne French, Martin Luther King Jnr, Rainer Maria Rilke, Teresa of Avila, and Hone Tuwhare. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutlight
Paula Green - Making Lists for Frances Hodgkins (AUP, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/mlffh
David Gregory - Push (Black Doris Press, 2008) is David's third poetry collection, available for $18 from Black Doris Press, David Howard, 213 Purakanui Rd, RD1, Port Chalmers 9081 or davidhoward@xtra.co.nz. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutpush
Bernadette Hall - The Lustre Jug (VUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutlj
James K. Baxter Poems selected & introduced by Sam Hunt (AUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/jameskbaxter
Tim Jones - All Blacks' Kitchen Gardens (HeadworX, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/abkg
JAAM 26 - ed Tim Jones ((2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/jaam26
JAAM 27, edited by Ingrid Horrocks (2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutjaam27
Scott Kendrick - Cold Comfort, Cold Concrete: Poems & Satires (Seraph Press, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/cccc
Saradha Koirala - Wit of the Staircase (Steele Roberts, 2009). Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/wit
Richard Langston - The Trouble Lamp (FitzBeck Publishing, 2009). Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/abouttroublelamp
Michele Leggott - mirabile dictu (AUP,2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/files/Mirabile dictu review.pdf
Julie Leibrich - Shadow Friend (Rosetta Press, 2009). Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutshadowfriend
Selina Tusitala Marsh - fast talking PI (AUP, 2009) A stunning collection of poems (with CD) of all kinds, with a particularly pleasing Pacific presence. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutftpi
Jim McNaughton - I Want More Sugar (Steele Roberts, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/iwms
Harvey Molloy - Moonshot (Steele Roberts, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/moonshot
Emma Neale - Spark (Steele Roberts, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/spark
James Norcliffe - Villon in Millerton (AUP, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/vim
John O'Connor - Parts of the Moon: Selected Haiku & Senryu 1988-2007 (Post Pressed, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/potm
Bob Orr - Calypso (AUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutcalypso
Chris Orsman - The Lakes of Mars (AUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/lakes
Our Favourite Poems (Craig Potton Publishing, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutofp
Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand ed Mark Pirie & Tim Jones(Interactive Publications, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutvscifi
Joanna Preston - The Summer King (Otago University Press, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/summerking
Chris Price- the blind singer (AUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutblindsinger
Helen Rickerby My Iron Spine (HeadworX, 2008) My personal pick for poetry book of the year. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutironspine
Brian Turner - Just This (VUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutjustthis
CK Stead Collected Poems 1951-2006 (AUP, 2008) What it says - the collected poems of a master at work. Reviews: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutsteadpart1 and http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutsteadpart2
Bryan Walpert - Etymology (Cinnamon Press, 2009) . Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutetymology
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