I am a poet, reviewer, children’s author, NZ Book Award judge and anthologist. My most recent nonfiction book, Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand Women’s Poetry (Massey University Press, 20XX) was shortlisted for Ockham NZ Book Awards. Other books include 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry (co-written with Harry Ricketts (shortlisted for the 2011 NZ Post Book Awards) and Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems (both Random House). My latest poetry collection is The Track (Seraph Press). I have also published four collections for children: Flamingo Bendalingo (AUP), Macaroni Moon (Random House), Groovy Fish and Other Poems (The Cuba Press) and The Letterbox Cat (Scholastic) which won Children’s Choice at the New Zealand Book Awards. I also run NZ Poetry Box, a poetry blog for children (http://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com) and edited A Treasury of NZ Poetry for Children and Roar Squeak Purr: A NZ Treasury of Animal Poems.
I have a Doctorate In Italian (University of Auckland, 1996).
I was awarded The Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry and admitted to The New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Poetry in 2017.
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Heyy Paula,
How are you my dear?
I am Shayari from India, I am teacher and I also write and read poems and rhymes.
I am your fan and I love your poem also I am a regular visitor of your wonderful blog.
Keep it up, I hope one day I will visit New Zealand to see you.
God Bless you!
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Hello Paula – my local librarian suggested I ask you this question 🙂 I am looking for a copy of Janet Frame’s poem “The Road to Takapuna”. I wonder if you know where it has been published? Thanks, Lauren
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Not in either of her published books sorry so don’t know where.
Try googling it.
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Hi Paula, please do come and chat to me on WordMothers when your book on women poets comes out. I’d love to either review it or interview you about it! Cheers, Nicole
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won’t be out this year sorry – get in touch next year!
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