Poetry Archives - Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books

Asian Poetry

Clay Eaters
by Gregory Kan

A 'beautiful, clever and tender book' that maps the 'geographies of memories'.

Joanna ChoMay 22, 2025

LGBTQIA+Poetry

The Intimacy Bus
by Janet Charman

Poetry exploring grief and desire offers a 'deeply sensuous experience'

Sophie van WaardenbergApril 30, 2025

Pasifika Poetry

Black Sugarcane
by Nafanua Purcell Kersel

'Precision and provocation' in a debut collection that earns its place in a 'bold Pasifika poetry canon'.

Ruby MacomberApril 16, 2025

Poetry

Makeshift Seasons
by Kate Camp

On 'the sidelines' a poet 'notices what glimmers in the world'.

Sophie van WaardenbergApril 9, 2025

Poetry

Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit
by Emma Neale

A collection of 'sturdy' and empathetic poems that 'digs for the truth that might be buried by the lie'.

Sophie van WaardenbergDecember 6, 2024

Poetry

Faces and Flowers: Poems to Patricia France
by Dinah Hawken

Poems 'of gentle candour' exploring a connection between two artists.

Sophie van WaardenbergNovember 15, 2024

Poetry

The girls in the red house are singing
by Tracey Slaughter

A 'heady' new collection that crackles with tension and danger.

Joanna ChoAugust 30, 2024

Poetry

Still Is
by Vincent O’Sullivan

A final poetry collection that is 'a book rich with wonder'.

Sophie van WaardenbergJuly 19, 2024

Poetry

Meantime
by Majella Cullinane

Poems that chronicle 'the inhuman, uncanny experience of losing someone at huge distance'.

Sophie van WaardenbergJuly 1, 2024

Art Biography Māori Nonfiction Photography

Ans Westra: A Life in Photography
by Paul Moon

An account of a photographer who 'lived and worked in the epicentre of a cultural debate'.

James LittlewoodJune 7, 2024

Poetry

Clay Eaters
by Gregory Kan

The Intimacy Bus
by Janet Charman

Black Sugarcane
by Nafanua Purcell Kersel

Makeshift Seasons
by Kate Camp

Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit
by Emma Neale

Faces and Flowers: Poems to Patricia France
by Dinah Hawken

The girls in the red house are singing
by Tracey Slaughter

Still Is
by Vincent O’Sullivan

Meantime
by Majella Cullinane

Ans Westra: A Life in Photography
by Paul Moon

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