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Blue Hour by Jo McNeice
JO MCNEICE Blue Hour (Dunedin: OUP 2024 ISBN 978-1-99-004882-1). RRP $30.00. 68pp. The 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award winner Jo McNeice’s debut collection Blue Hour takes place in the spaces in-between – the flash of a camera, thunder before rain, one...
Meantime by Majella Cullinane
MAJELLA CULLINANE Meantime (Dunedin: OUP 2024 ISBN 9781990048807). RRP $30.00 82pp. There are deep-seated expectations around death. The dying person never alone. Family and close friends attending. Physical contact, a hand held, a body embraced a last time....
Fleur Adcock: A Message from NZPS President, Robert Sullivan, on her passing.
Fleur Adcock, CNZM OBE 1934-2024A message from our president, 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧, about the passing of beloved poet, 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤.
Mythos: edited by Cadence Chung
Cadence Chung Mythos (Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press, 2024). ISBN: 978-1-877159-32-9. RRP: $35.00. 92 pp. Fresh off the printers at Wai-te-ata Press, MYTHOS is lovely to look at: Hannah Hitchcock’s cover art makes me feel as if I’m peering...
OPEN JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024
OPEN JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024 OPEN JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - CADENCE CHUNG It was really special to judge the Open Junior section of the NZPS competition this year. It was only a few years ago that I was entering these...
HAIKU JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024
HAIKU JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024 HAIKU JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - OLIVIA ARK Firstly, thank you to the New Zealand Poetry Society for inviting me to judge this year’s competition. It is an honour to be trusted with the role and the...
HAIKU results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024
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...
OPEN results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024
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 judge. One of the most...
Vale Sir Vincent O’Sullivan
It is with sadness that I note the passing of Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, co-patron of the New Zealand Poetry Society. Vincent was a much-loved poet of Aotearoa who contributed richly to our literature in multiple fields, including Katherine Mansfield Studies, New...