by admin | Jul 25, 2024 | Competition, News
HAIKU results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024 HAIKU JUDGE’S REPORT – HAZEL HALL I want to thank the New Zealand Poetry Society for inviting me to judge this important contest, and all contestants for placing their trust in me. In particular, I am...
by admin | Jul 25, 2024 | Competition, News
OPEN results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024 OPEN JUDGE’S REPORT – JANET NEWMAN This is the second year I’ve had the pleasure of reading the entries in the adult Open section–last year as anthology co-editor and this year as...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Tracey Slaughter Poetry Yearbook 2023: Afterburn (Massey: Massey University Press, 2023) ISBN: 9781991016355. RRP: $37.00. 392 pp. Poetry can haul us from our collective weariness, the bitter ashes of the pandemic, and strike a match in the darkness. Sculpted by the...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Elizabeth Smither My American Chair (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2022). ISBN: 9781869409609. RRP: $24.99. 88pp. Reading a new Elizabeth Smither collection is always a source of anticipation and relish. My American Chair is her eighteenth poetry collection and...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Dani Yourukova Transposium! (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2023)ISBN 9781776711000. RRP $29.99. 108pp. Dani Yourukova’s debut, Transposium, is a cool book. A smooth book. It’s got it together. Using Ancient Greek philosophy and modern popular culture, it...
