Writing CV
Poetry
Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems (Auckland University Press, 2018)
I, Clodia (Auckland University Press, 2014)
Thicket (Auckland University Press, 2011; shortlisted for the NZ Post Book Awards: Poetry)
The Gas Leak (Auckland University Press, 2006)
Locating the Madonna (with Jenny Powell-Chalmers, Seraph Press, 2004)
Catullus for Children (Auckland University Press, 2003)
The Pastoral Kitchen (Auckland University Press, 2001; shortlisted for the Montana Book Awards: Poetry)
The Long Road to Teatime (Auckland University Press, 2000)
Fiction
"When we were bread," in The Long and Short of It, Sport and Unity Books, 2011
"At home with Brigid." Glottis 9, 2003
"The bed-making competition." Glottis 7, 2002
"An aesthetics of emotion." Glottis 6, 2001
"Chicken pie." Glottis 5, 2001
"Rose and Cleis." Sport 23; Spring, 1999
"Holy Milk," in The Picnic Virgin, ed. Emily Perkins, VUP, 1999
Writing Awards
2017 Michael King Summer Residency
2016 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
2001 Writer in Residence, Waikato University
2000 Louis Johnson New Writer’s Award
Selected Readings
2016: National poetry day reading, National library, Wellington
2016: “I Clodia: I had a dream I was a ghost,” International Auto/Biography Association, Nicosia, Cyprus
2015 “Translating Gymnastics,” Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
2015 “I, Clodia: a verse romance,” Durham University, UK
2014 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2014 “I, Clodia,” Newcastle University, Australia
2012 Frankfurt International Book Fair, three readings
2012 Birkbeck College, London
2012 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2011 Auckland Writers Festival
2011 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2011 National Poetry Day, Auckland City Library
2010 “Talking Poetry,” Auckland City Library
2008 Montana Poetry Day, Women’s Bookshop, Wellington
2008 “Poetry Central,” Auckland City Library
2008 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2008 “Three New Zealand Poets,” Birkbeck College, London
2007 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
2007 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2006 Otago Arts Festival, Dunedin
2004 Wellington International Arts Festival
2004 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
2003 Taranaki Arts Festival
Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems (Auckland University Press, 2018)
I, Clodia (Auckland University Press, 2014)
Thicket (Auckland University Press, 2011; shortlisted for the NZ Post Book Awards: Poetry)
The Gas Leak (Auckland University Press, 2006)
Locating the Madonna (with Jenny Powell-Chalmers, Seraph Press, 2004)
Catullus for Children (Auckland University Press, 2003)
The Pastoral Kitchen (Auckland University Press, 2001; shortlisted for the Montana Book Awards: Poetry)
The Long Road to Teatime (Auckland University Press, 2000)
Fiction
"When we were bread," in The Long and Short of It, Sport and Unity Books, 2011
"At home with Brigid." Glottis 9, 2003
"The bed-making competition." Glottis 7, 2002
"An aesthetics of emotion." Glottis 6, 2001
"Chicken pie." Glottis 5, 2001
"Rose and Cleis." Sport 23; Spring, 1999
"Holy Milk," in The Picnic Virgin, ed. Emily Perkins, VUP, 1999
Writing Awards
2017 Michael King Summer Residency
2016 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
2001 Writer in Residence, Waikato University
2000 Louis Johnson New Writer’s Award
Selected Readings
2016: National poetry day reading, National library, Wellington
2016: “I Clodia: I had a dream I was a ghost,” International Auto/Biography Association, Nicosia, Cyprus
2015 “Translating Gymnastics,” Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
2015 “I, Clodia: a verse romance,” Durham University, UK
2014 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2014 “I, Clodia,” Newcastle University, Australia
2012 Frankfurt International Book Fair, three readings
2012 Birkbeck College, London
2012 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2011 Auckland Writers Festival
2011 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2011 National Poetry Day, Auckland City Library
2010 “Talking Poetry,” Auckland City Library
2008 Montana Poetry Day, Women’s Bookshop, Wellington
2008 “Poetry Central,” Auckland City Library
2008 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2008 “Three New Zealand Poets,” Birkbeck College, London
2007 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
2007 Best New Zealand Poems, Te Papa, Wellington
2006 Otago Arts Festival, Dunedin
2004 Wellington International Arts Festival
2004 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
2003 Taranaki Arts Festival
