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In his introduction to the 2005 selection, Andrew Johnston wrote, "I couldn't include a poem from Manhire's latest and best book, Lifted, because he is effectively the publisher of Best New Zealand Poems." [3] In 2011 Manhire stepped down from the series editor role, and his poem "The Schoolbus" was selected by editor Bernadette Hall. [4]
The intention of the poem is to indicate the passage of time and yet the timelessness of nature. A human lifetime passes, yet the underlying natural life - symbolised by the unchanging backdrop of the magpies' call - remains unchanging. The phrase imitating the call of the Australian magpie is one of the most well-known lines in New Zealand ...
99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry was a finalist in the General Non-Fiction category of the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards. [13]The Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand has recognised several of her children's books, three receiving the Notable Non-Fiction Book title (Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo in 2007, [14] Treasury of NZ Poems for Children in 2015 ...
Smaill was included in the Best New Zealand Poems series in 2002 [5] and 2005. [6] Her first collection of poetry, The Violinist in Spring, was published in 2006.Her first novel, The Chimes, was published in 2015 and was longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, [7] [8] but did not make the shortlist. [9]
Made for Weather: Poems by Kay McKenzie Cooke (2007, Otago University Press) Born to a Red-Headed Woman (2014, Otago University Press) "Upturned" (2020, The Cuba Press) Cooke has been published in the 2020 & 2014 Best New Zealand Poems series and her work was praised in the 2007 edition.
The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection (NZETC; Māori: Te Pūhikotuhi o Aotearoa) is a freely accessible online archive of New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts and heritage materials that are held by the Victoria University of Wellington Library. It was named the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre until October 2012. [1]
[4] [2] Also in 1997, her short story 'The Waiting' was a joint winner of the Novice Writers' Award in the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards. [4] [3] In 2001 her collection Animals Indoors won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [9]
Andrew Johnston (born 1963) is a New Zealand poet and journalist who lives in Paris.. He is associated with the "Wellington school" of poets, which prominently includes Bill Manhire and Jenny Bornholdt, and his verse has been published in "London Review of Books" and "The Times Literary Supplement" in the United Kingdom; and in "Sport" as well as other publications in New Zealand.