Swings and Roundabouts: Poems on Parenthood by Emma Neale

$14.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: near fine

Eighty of the finest poems on parenthood brought together in an endearing, intelligent and accessible anthology by editor Emma Neale. Attractively packaged to be of gift-book quality, this anthology is beautifully illustrated with outstanding photographs of babies and young children. Editor Emma Neale's approach is to bring together around 90 wonderful poems, both by New Zealand and international poets, which are accessible but also strong and important. Beautifully packaged, this volume features stunning photographs by well-known photographer Mark Smith. The Southern Ocean Review had this to say: "Any book of parenthood is going to be welcome anywhere and this one certainly should be. Edited by Emma Neale, and with welcome photos by Mark Smith, this is a carefully presented volume of poems that will certainly be of great interest. I particularly like the work of Ruth Arnison and Joanna Paul, showing a side of them not many would know. Poems of a subject seem to draw out the best of some pretty well known poets familiar to us in different subject matter. Peter Bland's poems are mature and interesting - a sure hand here. And the photos are nothing short of brilliant. I am grateful for the biographical material too, to show who's who etc. Quite often in anthologies like this, it is left out. One has many memories of youth and this brings it all out for me. In 'Birdlings' the late Ruth Pettis shows some very deft technique which should be a lesson to all aspiring poets. I cannot find a single dud poem in all of these and thoroughly recommend this book for everyone to read." ...Show more

The Mechanics of Popular Music - A New Zealand Perspective by Mike Chunn; Jeremy Chunn

$12.00 NZD

Category: Music | Reading Level: very good

The Scenic Route by Fleur Adcock

$15.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: very good

The Bone Chanter Unpublished Poems 1945-72 by James K. Baxter; John E. Weir (Editor)

$25.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: good

Surrender by Janet Charman

$14.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: very good

"As one of eight writers, poet Janet Charman was invited in 2009 to take part in a hectic, immersive literary residency in Hong Kong. Written out of this time of stimulating buzz, 仁 surrender chronicles the tensions, translations and literary crushes that ensue, with ever-present comedy. From this inten se hothouse and these privileged constraints flow narrative poems that capture the creative and cultural dislocation of travel, with its petty irritants and constant surprises. " ...Show more

Unmooring by Bridget Auchmuty

$12.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: near fine

"The work of a poet who knows how important people and places are… I kept thinking, too, about life’s voyagings. I found the whole very affecting — touching, tender, rueful at times… And all the more impressive for being unsentimental." - Brian Turner We are unmoored by circumstances that set us adrift from our normal lives into unknown waters. The poems in this debut collection range from the luxury of certainty, through the loss of a partner, to establishing a new life in a different part of the country. But nothing is secure, and a global pandemic again threatens to disrupt the familiar. Through it all, there is reassurance in recognising the perfection in arising and passing away. About the author: Bridget Auchmuty was born in Britain in 1951, came to New Zealand to visit her sister, and never went home. She spent more than thirty years in the Nelson region, where she and her partner lived on ten acres in the Motueka Valley. After his death, she shifted to the Ida Valley in Central Otago, where she lives in a yurt. The core of this collection formed one component of the author’s Master’s degree in Creative Writing at Massey University, and several of the poems have appeared in prominent poetry journals. ...Show more

Udon by the Remarkables by Harvey Molloy

$10.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Series: Hoopla | Reading Level: very good

Withstanding by Helen Jacobs

$10.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Series: Hoopla | Reading Level: very good

How We Talk To Each Other by Victoria Broome

$10.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: very good

"In Victoria Broome's long-awaited ?rst collection of poems, against the darkly-lit gloss of past and present Christchurch, Mum and Dad whirl in a dance at The Latimer. Myra and Cissy pose in Cathedral Square, Myra in a white hat, gloves and pearls, and Cissy: 'All I needed was one good frock.' A little girl goes ?shing with a knitting needle and a length of wool and a little boy makes aviaries out of tea chests for his canaries. There are lines here that wring the heart with hurt and loss. And lines that reassert hope and the prospect of healing. A lovely opening psalm locates us inside life: 'Eyes that will ?nd you / a throat that will let you sing / ears that listen for the sound of mercy.' And as for death, here we go, 'Back in time, forward in time / until you are tucked up again and uterine.' ...Show more

Bad Appendix by Jen Crawford

$10.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: very good

Dop 2008, Auckland 72pp Jen Crawford's bad appendix may be the most daring book of poetry published anywhere this year. Crawford often writes about everyday, apparently uncomplicated subjects - a walk down the road, a kiss, a patch of grass with sun on it - but her language is dense and mysterious. Reading bad appendix is like walking through a formal garden that gradually becomes a tangled forest. ...Show more

Wellington Letter by Lauris Edmond

$20.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: very good

Erebus: A Poem by Bill Sewell

$12.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: very good

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