The Glass House: Stories & Poems by J C Sturm
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
In her first collection since 2000, award-winning writer J. C. Sturm (Jacquie Baxter) presents short stories that are full of honesty, intimacy and subtle humour. A coda of poems aptly complements each story. This is a marvellous new offering from one of our most talented writers. First published July 2 ...Show more
How We Fell (a love story) by Glenn Colquhoun
$30.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
Faster than a speeding simile! Able to leap hyperbole in a single bound! Can Poetryman rescue the damsel from catastrophic cliches Award-winning poet Glenn Colquhoun's innovative new collection describes his ten year relationship with his former wife through all its highs, cries, lies and sighs. Vivid i ...Show more
Poetry Reading at Kaka Point by Peter Olds
$10.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
First published October 2006.
How to Survive the Morning - New Poems by Kevin Ireland
$24.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
This is the 18th book of poetry from award winning poet Kevin Ireland.
Painted Poems : One artist - 20 Poems by Eion Stevens
$35.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
In Painted Poems painter Eion Stevens has responded to 20 New Zealand poems -- poems from poets as diverse as Jenny Bornholdt and Katherine Mansfield, James K Baxter and Cilla McQueen -- with an intelligent playfulness. Encountering the paintings alongside their companion poems is a thought-provoking an ...Show more
Man of Stone by John Irvine
$23.00 NZD
Category: World poetry
Stunningly crafted, lively, readable and accessible, Man of Stone offers a compelling mix of intimacy, alcoholism, writing, love and despair. Share the essence of John Irvine?s soul through these free-spirited poems. John Irvine's poems have a strong sense of narrative, painting a kind of poetic self-po ...Show more
The Summer King by Joanna Preston
$30.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
The inaugural winner of the Kathleen Grattan Award, The Summer King tells stories, exploring the world we inhabit and our relationships with the other. Myth, catastrophe, family, strangers, sex, sport all feature in this fine and fierce first collection (Gillian Clark). Preston is a new Australasian po ...Show more
The Dark Lord Of Savaiki - Collected Poems by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell
$40.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Having just turned 80, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell presents the best of his early and middle period poems, as well as his latest collections, Gallipoli and other Poems, Maori Battalion and an autobiographical poem in letters, Poets in Our Youth. Few New Zealand poets have treated the natural world with g ...Show more
Airports and Other Wasted Days by Kevin Ireland
$25.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Kevin IrelandÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs sixteenth book of poems takes a wry, comic-serious look at the glorious ways we fritter away our days. It opens with reflections on airports ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàthose necessary yet infuriating hijackers of our time and patience ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàthen re ...Show more
Laughing Mirror by Douglas Wright
$20.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Following much-acclaimed memoirs Ghost Dance (winner Montana best first non-fiction work) and Terra Incognito, is Douglas Wright's first book of poetry, laughing mirror. Richly illustrated with his own drawings, Douglas's poems contain a raw truthfulness that will be a revelation for those unfamiliar wi ...Show more
Open Book Poetry & Images by Claire Beynon
$50.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: very good
The alphabet is a primitive yet sophisticated instrument of communication. Here it provides a rhythmical structure . People, landscapes, memories of Africa and recent adventures on continents as far-flung as Europe and Antarctica are juxtaposed and brought to life in this first collection.