Books that are currently with a reviewer are marked 'Review pending'. The review will be posted after it has appeared in our magazine a fine line.

John Adams - Briefcase (AUP, 2011) Review pending

Rosetta Allan - Little Rock (Boheme, 2007) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/littlerock

Michelle Amas - After the Dance (VUP, 2006) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/atd

Angela Andrews - Echolocation (VUP, 2007) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/echo

AUP New Poets 4: Harry Jones, Erin Scudder, Chris Tse (Auckland University Press, 2011)  Review pending

Stu Bagby (ed) - A Good Handful - Great New Zealand Poems About Sex (AUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/handful

Helen Bascand - into the vanishing point (Steele Roberts, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/itvp

Airini Beautrais - Secret Heart (VUP, 2006) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/secretheart

Airini Beautrais - Western Line (Victoria University Press, 2010)  Review pending

The Best of Best New Zealand Poems - ed Bill Manhire & Damien Wilkins (VUP, 2011) Review pending.

Tony Beyer - Dream Boat (HeadworX, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/dreamboat

Claire Beynon - Open Book (Steele Roberts, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/openbook

Jenny Bornholdt - The Rocky Shore (VUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutrockyshore 

Jenny Bornholdt - The Hill of Wool (VUP, 2011) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/hillofwool

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) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutbroadsheet1

Diana Bridge - Aloe: & Other Poems (AUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aloe

Sarah Broom - Tigers at Awhitu (AUP, 2010)  Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/tigers

Amy Brown - The Propaganda Poster Girl (VUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutppg 

Diane Brown - Here Comes Another Vital Moment (Godwit, 2006) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/vitalmoment

Owen Bullocksometimes the sky isn't big enough: poems (Steele Roberts, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/sometimes

Karen Peterson Butterworth - fluid (Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2006) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/fluid

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

Tony Chad - Self-titled (HeadworX, 2006) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/selftitled

Jill Chan - Becoming Someone Who Isn't  (Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/bswi

Janet Charman - Cold Snack (AUP, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/coldsnack

Geoff Cochrane - Pocket Edition (VUP 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/pocketedition

Neroli Cottam - The Yellow Middle - a collection of poems and artwork;  (self-published, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/yellowmiddle

Mary Cresswell - Trace Fossils (Steele Roberts, 2011) Review pending.

Majella Cullinane - Guarding the Flame (Salmon Poetry, 2011) Review:http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/flame

Lynn Davidson - How to live by the sea (VUP, 2009) 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

Stephanie de Montalk - Vivid Familiar (VUP, 2009). Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutvf

Robin Fry - Portals (ESAW, 2011)  Review pending.

DIY Graffiti - eds. James Norcliffe and Tessa Duder. Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutdiyg

Martin Edmond and Nigel Roberts (Eds) - Steal Away Boy - Selected Poems of David Mitchell (AUP, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/stealawayboy

Murray Edmond - Walls to Kick and Hills to Sing From, A Comedy With Interruptions (AUP 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/walls

Andrew Fagan - Overnight Downpour (HeadworX, 2006) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/downpour

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 

Flap - the chook book 2 - the poetry chooks (The Hen House, 2010)  Review pending.

Janis Freegard - Kingdom Animalia; The Escapades of Linnaeus (AUP, 2011)  Review pending.

Robin Fry - Time Traveller (ESAW, 2010) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/tt

Bernard Gadd - End of the Snapshots - New & Selected Poems (Sudden Valley Press, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/snapshots

Oh Light - ed. Anna Gilkison. 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) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutpush

Bernadette Hall - The Ponies (VUP, 2007) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/ponies

Bernadette Hall - The Lustre Jug (VUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutlj

Dinah Hawken - The leaf-ride (VUP,  2011) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/leaf-ride

Helen Heath - Watching for Smoke (Seraph Press, 2010)  Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/smoke 

David Howard - The word went round (OUP, 2006) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/wordwentround

James K. Baxter Poems selected & introduced by Sam Hunt (AUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/jameskbaxter

Kevin Ireland - Airports and other wasted days (Hazard Press, 2007) Review:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/airports

JAAM 26 - ed. Tim Jones ((2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/jaam26

JAAM 27 - ed. Ingrid Horrocks (2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutjaam27

JAAM 28 - ed. Clare Needham and Helen Rickerby (2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/JAAM28

Helen Jacobs -  Lyric Road (Steele Roberts, 2006) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/lyricroad

Lynn Jenner - Dear Sweet Harry (AUP, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/dsh

Tim Jones - All Blacks' Kitchen Gardens (HeadworX, 2007) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/abkg

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 

Kokako 15 - eds Patricia Prime and Joanna Preston   Review pending.

Richard Langston - The Trouble Lamp (FitzBeck Publishing, 2009). Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/abouttroublelamp

Jessica Le Bas - Walking To Africa (AUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/walkingtoafrica

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

Vana Manasiadis - Ithaca Island Bay Leaves, a mythistorima (Seraph Press, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/iibl

Selina Tusitala Marsh -  fast talking PI (AUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutftpi

Frankie McMillan - Dressing for the Cannibals (Sudden Valley Press, 2009) http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/cannibals

Jim McNaughton - I Want More Sugar (Steele Roberts, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/iwms

Robynanne Milford - Songcatcher (Whitestream Press, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/songcatcher

Paul Millar (ed.) - Selected Poems of James K Baxter. (AUP, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/selectedbaxter

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

John Newton - The Double Rainbow (VUP 2009).Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/doublerainbow

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

John O'Connor - Cornelius & Co - Collected Working-Class Verse 1996-2009 (Post Pressed, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/c%2526co

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

Vincent O'Sullivan - Further Convictions Pending, Poems 1998-2008 (VUP 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/furtherconvictionspending

Vincent O'Sullivan - The movie may be slightly different (VUP, 2011)  Review pending.

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

The Poetry Chooks - Flap - the chook book 2 - Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/flap

Kerry Popplewell - Leaving the Tableland (Steele Roberts, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/tableland

Jenny PowellViet Nam: a poem journey (HeadworX, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/vietnam

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) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutironspine

Barbara Strang - The Corrosion Zone (HeadworX, 2011)  Review pending.

Brian Turner - Just This (VUP, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutjustthis

Twenty Contemporary New Zealand Poets - ed Andrew Johnston & Robyn Marsack (VUP 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/20cnzp

CK Stead Collected Poems 1951-2006 (AUP, 2008) Reviews: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutsteadpart1 and http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutsteadpart2

Jo Thorpe - in/let (Steele Roberts, 2010) Review pending.

Brian Turner - Inside Outside (VUP, 2011) Review pending.

Bryan Walpert - Etymology (Cinnamon Press, 2009) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutetymology

Ian Wedde - Good Business (AUP, 2009)  Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/goodbusiness

Keith Westwater - Tongues of Ash (Interactive Press, 2011)  Review pending.

The Pop Artist's Garland - Selected Poems 1952-2009, F W N Wright - ed Mark Pirie (HeadworX, 2010) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/popartist

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