Author(s): Mary-Jane Duffy, Mary Cresswell, Mary MacPherson, Kerry Hines

Poetry

Millionaire's Shortbread is both book and cake. Meeting at a cafe table in downtown Wellington, sustained by their favourite treat and gathering in an illustrator along the way, the poets put together this selection of their work over three years. It seemed inevitable that the book should be named after the cake, and the distinctive voices of the poets become its flavoursome ingredients Co-authored by Mary-Jane Duffy, Mary Cresswell, Mary Macpherson, and Kerry Hines, the book not only showcases the work of these four increasingly well-known Wellington poets but is also beautifully produced and illustrated with Brendan O'Brian's collages. There is an afterword by Gregory O'Brien. Otago University Press, 2003; 96 pp