Manhire at 60: A book for Bill by Fergus Barrowman
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Out of print February 2007. Memoirs, essays, poems, stories and extracts from work-in-progress have been contributed by over 40 writers who have been inspired by Bill as writer, teacher and friend: Michele Amas, Barbara Anderson, Angela Andrews, Hinemoana Baker, Fergus Barrowman, Rachel Barrowman & ...Show more
Blame Vermeer by Vincent O'Sullivan
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Vincent O'Sullivan delights his many enthusiastic readers with another fine collection of poems, playfully entitled Blame Vermeer. He is the author of two novels - Let the River Stand, which won the 1994 The Montana NZ Book Awards, and Believers to the Bright Coast, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Ta ...Show more
The Ponies by Bernadette Hall
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
The poems in this collection range from the hazardous beauty of Antarctica to the urban nightmare of London, July 7, 2005. From love in the 60s to WellingtonÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs lively contemporary scene.
After the Dance by Michele Amas
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
After the Dance is a superb first collection of poems.
One Shapely Thing: Poems and Journals by Dinah Hawken
29.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Dinah Hawken's new book is a bold and innovative extension of her previous work. At its heart is a collection of superb new poems. To them, Dinah Hawken has added two prose journals: the first covering the month immediately after 9/11 when she remained in Wellington while her husband traveled to work at ...Show more
Like Love Poems: Selected Poems by Joanna Paul
29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Joanna Margaret Paul, best known for her art, was preparing her writing for publication at the time of her early death. In these 75 luminous poems, edited by poet Bernadette Hall, readers can see the scale of her literary achievement for the first time.
The Year of the Bicycle by James Brown
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In the year of the bicycle, James Brown cycled to the International Institute of Modern Letters every morning to work as the Victoria University Writer in Residence, and in the weekends took to the hills. These exuberant, intelligent poems are the result.
Lifted by Bill Manhire
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: VUP Classics | Reading Level: very good
Description: The last lines of Bill Manhire's astonishing poem 'Kevin' lie at the heart of this book. These poems want urgently to know how the secular spirit can lift itself in the face of mortality and human violence. They are full of richness and courage and surprise, turning from grief to curiosity; ...Show more
Beauty Sleep by Kate Camp
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Yes, sleep treats her bad like a man in a country song and it never stays long so says established poet Kate Camp in this, her third collection. It's her best so far, and will both excite existing admirers and win new ones.
A Box of Bees by Emily Dobson
17.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
A first book from the writer who secured the 2005-6 Schaeffer Fellowship to Iowa University's Creative Writing Program. "Childhood memories and the routines of beekeeping are interspersed among the incidents of immediate and extended family and the writer's own broadening independence... the poems are ...Show more
Afternoon of an Evening Train by Gregory O'Brien
24.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Gregory OÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂBrien is a poet, anthologist, art writer and painter. Born in Matamata in 1961, he trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland before returning to study art history and English at Auckland University. In ...Show more
The Merino Princess by Bernadette Hall
29.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Bernadette Hall is one of the most widely admired contemporary New Zealand poets, with a range that extends from the wickedly funny to the hauntingly beautiful. The Merino Princess brings together the best of her five previous collections. First published 2004.