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.
My next poetry collection, The Venetian Blind Poems, is forthcoming from the Cuba Press (July 2025).
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. In 2025, I was awarded the prestigious Margaret Mahy Medal for my work and writing in children’s literature.
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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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Kia ora Paula – First off, I hope you’re doing okay. I don’t know how you keep sharing and offering in this way, but thank you.
Second – sorry if this is the wrong avenue for events, but just wondering if you can please share an upcoming event on noticeboard? It would be really heartening if this reading at Dunedin library for World Suicide Prevention Day had a good turn out. Such good poets reading too.
Thank you again for all your support, Paula.
Kia kaha – Go well.
Lissa (Moore)
World Suicide Prevention Day
A poetry reading on 10 September
Unlatched
Poems on the theme of mental health and loss
‘The little green gate
where I entered and left
childhood is unlatched’.
– Sign Language for the Death of Meaning
by Linda Collins
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
12.30 – 1.45pm
Dunedin Central City Library
Dunningham Suite, 4th floor
Featuring
Lynda Scott Araya * Diane Brown * Liz Breslin
Linda Collins * Majella Cullinane* Clare Lacey
Mikaela Nyman * Rushi Vyas * Sophia Wilson
Introduced by Michelle Elvy
All welcome.
Koha donations will be given to Life Matters Suicide Trust, Dunedin.
https://mailchi.mp/b370b6f56210/nzsa-otago-southland-march-newsletter-14050556?e=8a335163ba
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will try and post on Monday – have had a tough few weeks and put my blogs on hold until today . Nudge me if not up on Monday
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I’m very sorry to hear that, Paula. Take best care and thank you again.
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I am sorry I have missed posting this. I hope the event went well – but had to have a big rest week and only back posting todfay. Do send me emails and I am less likely to miss- Would you like to write a write up of the event fort me to post and include a couple of poems by some of the readers with their permission. Email please paulajoygreen@gmail.com
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