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Kathleen Grattan Award
The Kathleen Grattan Award is one of New Zealand's top poetry awards. It is named after Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, who died in 1990. The award was first made in 2008. History The Kathleen Grattan Award is a prestigious poetry prize for an original collection of poems or a long poem by a New Zealand or Pacific resident or citizen. It is named after Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, journalist and former editor of the ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly''. Her work was published in ''Landfall'' and elsewhere, including ''Premier Poets'', a collection from the World Poetry Society. She was a member of the Titirangi Poets. Kathleen Grattan died in 1990 and her daughter Jocelyn Grattan, who died in 2005, left ''Landfall'' a bequest with which to establish an award in her mother's name. She also left another bequest to fund the Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems. The inaugural award was made in 2008 and for some years it was given annually, but is now biennial. Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Woman's Weekly
The ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly'' is a weekly New Zealand women's magazine published by Are Media. , it had a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after ''TV Guide'' and ''New Zealand Woman's Day''. History On 8 December 1932, journalists Otto Williams and Audrey Argall launched the magazine, with 7,000 copies on newsprint. Williams took the role of managing director, and Argall was the first editor. Due to financial difficulties, they were forced to sell the magazine after three months. Ellen Melville ran the magazine for a few weeks, before the magazine's printer, F. S. Proctor, and his wife, took over. Early in 1933, solicitor Vernon Dyson bought it, anhis wife Hedda became the second editor At the end of the year it was sold again to Brett Print and Publishing Co., later New Zealand Newspapers, which also published the ''Auckland Star''. Hedda Dyson was retained as editor. In the early 1980s, ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly''s circulation peaked at around 250,000, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landfall (journal)
''Landfall'' is New Zealand's oldest extant literary magazine. The magazine is published biannually by Otago University Press. As of 2020, it consists of a paperback publication of about 200 pages. The website ''Landfall Review Online'' also publishes new literary reviews monthly. The magazine features new fiction and poetry, biographical and critical essays, cultural commentary, and reviews of books, art, film, drama, and dance. ''Landfall'' was founded and first edited by New Zealand poet Charles Brasch. It was described by Peter Simpson in the ''Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'' (2006) as "the most important and long-lasting journal in New Zealand's literature". Historian Michael King said that during the twentieth century, "''Landfall'' would more than any other single organ promote New Zealand voices in literature and, at least for the duration of Brasch's editorship (1947–66), publish essays, fiction and poetry of the highest standard". Background Denis Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Grattan Prize For A Sequence Of Poems
The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems is an annual award for a cycle or sequence of poems with a common link or theme. It is named after Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, who died in 1990. The award was first made in 2009. History The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems is funded by a bequest from the Jocelyn Grattan Charitable Trust. Jocelyn Grattan was the daughter of Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, journalist and former editor of the ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly''. When Jocelyn Grattan died in 2005, she left ''Landfall (journal), Landfall'' a bequest with which to establish an award in her mother’s name (the Kathleen Grattan Award). She also wanted her mother’s love of poetry to be recognised by an annual competition for a sequence or cycle of poems. This competition is run by the International Writers‘ Workshop NZ Inc (IWW). The inaugural award was made in 2009 and the award is made every year. Eligibility and conditions * The award is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago University Press
Otago University Press is an academic publisher associated with the University of Otago. The press is located in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Otago University Press is the oldest academic publisher in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Otago University Press publishes non-fiction and poetry and is also the publisher of the literary journal Landfall Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact .... Otago University Press has published award-winning books, including ''Tumble'' by Joannna Preston, winner of the 2022 Ockham Award for Poetry. References University of Otago Academic publishing companies Book publishing companies of New Zealand University presses of New Zealand {{NewZealand-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Preston
Joanna Preston (born 1972) is an Australian poet, editor and creative writing tutor based in New Zealand. She has published two award-winning collections of poetry. Life and career Preston was born in Sydney in 1972, and grew up in rural New South Wales. She moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1994. In 2001 she won first place in an international haiku competition judged by Jim Kacian. From 2003 to 2006 she lived in England, where she obtained a MPhil in creative writing from the University of Glamorgan. Her first collection of poems, ''The Summer King'', was published in 2008. It won the inaugural Kathleen Grattan Award for the best original collection of poetry by a New Zealand or Pacific resident or citizen, and the Mary Gilmore Award for the best first collection by an Australian poet. The poems in the collection were mainly produced during her studies at the University of Glamorgan, and its publication by Otago University Press was part of the Kathleen Grattan Award. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Gilmore Prize
__NOTOC__ The Mary Gilmore Award is currently an annual Australian literary award for poetry, awarded by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Since being established in 1956 as the ACTU Dame Mary Gilmore Award, it has been awarded in several other categories, but has been confined to poetry since 1985. It was named in honour of writer and journalist Mary Gilmore (1865–1962). History The Mary Gilmore Award was established in 1956 by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) as the ACTU Dame Mary Gilmore Award to encourage literature "significant to the life and aspirations of the Australian people". Over the years it has been awarded for a range of categories, including novels, poetry, a three-act (full-length) play, and a short story. In 1959 it was organised by the May Day Committees of Melbourne, Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Davis
Leigh Robert Davis (20 June 1955 – 3 October 2009) was a New Zealand writer who created long poems and large-scale, mixed-media projects in which he worked with painters, designers and composers. He was known for the highly experimental nature of his creative work. Life Davis was born in Raetihi. He completed an M.A. Honours degree in English at Auckland University (including a thesis on the poetry of Allen Curnow), then studied Commerce subjects towards an M.B.A. at Victoria University of Wellington. In 1980 he married Susan Unwin whom he had met as a fellow student and they had four children together. Davis worked for several years as a analyst for the New Zealand Treasury, then in 1985 joined the merchant bank of Michael Fay and David Richwhite. He became a principal of their company in 1993, before forming his own venture, Jump Capital, a private equity fund, in 1999. He was active as a patron of the arts, becoming a Trustee of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Compton
Jennifer Compton (born 1949) is a New Zealand-born Australian poet and playwright. Biography She was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1949 and attended Wellington East Girls' College. In the 1970s she emigrated to Sydney, Australia with her husband Matthew O'Sullivan. They now live in Carrum in Melbourne. After attending the NIDA Playwrights Studio, her play ''No Man's Land'' (later Crossfire) jointly won the Newcastle Playwriting Competition (with John Romeril's ''A Floating World'') in 1974. It was premiered at the Nimrod Theatre in Sydney in 1975 and published by Currency Press in 1976. Compton returned from Australia to Wellington for several years at the end of 1975 and in August 1976 appeared in the play 'Fanshen' at Unity Theatre. In October 1976 Compton was awarded a $4000 bursary (for 1977) by the New Zealand Literary Fund. This bursary was awarded by the Literary Fund to enable writers to write full-time. Her stage play ''The Big Picture'' was premiered at the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Neale
Emma Neale (born 2 January 1969) is a novelist and poet from New Zealand. Background Neale was born in Dunedin and grew up in Christchurch, San Diego, and Wellington. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria University of Wellington and was awarded an MA and PhD from University College London. Following her graduation she returned to New Zealand to work for Longacre Press, working for ten years as editor then senior editor. Works Neale's first work was published in 1998 and her writing has been featured extensively in magazines, newspapers and journals, and several anthologies. Novels * ''Night Swimming'' (Penguin Random House, 1998) * ''Little Moon'' (Random House, 2001) * ''Double Take'' (Random House, 2003) * ''Relative Strangers'' (Vintage, 2006) * ''Fosterling'' (Vintage, 2011) * ''Billy Bird'' (Penguin Random House, 2016) Poetry * ''Sleeve-Notes'' (Random House, 1999) * ''How to Make a Million'' (Godwit, 2002) * ''Spark'' (Steele Roberts, 2008) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siobhan Harvey
Siobhan Harvey (born 1973) is a New Zealand author, editor and creative writing lecturer. She writes poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. In 2021, she was awarded the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry. Early life Harvey was born in Staffordshire, England in 1973. She graduated from the University of London, Sheffield Hallam University (MA in Creative Writing, 2001) and Auckland University of Technology (PhD in Creative Writing, 2021). Career Harvey is the author of eight books. Her first New Zealand collection was ''Lost Relatives'' (Steele Roberts, 2011). Her second collection, ''Cloudboy'' (Otago University Press, 2014) won New Zealand's richest prize for poetry, the Kathleen Grattan Award, in 2013. In 2021, a collection of Harvey's poetry and creative nonfiction, ''Ghosts'' (Otago University Press) was launched at the Auckland Writers Festival. Poems in the book had been awarded the 2019 Kathleen Grattan Award for a Sequence of Poems, the 2020 Robert Burns P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Harlow
Michael Harlow (born 1937) is a poet, publisher, editor and librettist. A recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship (1986) and the University of Otago Robert Burns Fellowship (2009), he has twice been a poetry finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards. In 2018 he was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, alongside playwright Renée and critic and curator Wystan Curnow Harlow has published 12 books of poetry and one book on writing poetry. Life Michael Harlow was born in the United States of America. He is of Greek and Ukrainian heritage. Harlow came to New Zealand in 1968. His work has been translated into French, Italian, Greek, Spanish, German and Romanian. Literary work Michael Harlow's first collection, ''Poems'', appeared in 1965. A second collection, ''Edges'', followed in 1974. In an author's note at the collection's start, Harlow writes, "A poem writes me as much as I it. A simple enough but political idea, too. I'm fairly certain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Glenny
Alison may refer to: People * Alison (given name), including a list of people with the name * Alison (surname) Music * ''Alison'' (album), aka ''Excuse Me'', a 1975 album by Australian singer Alison MacCallum * "Alison" (song), song by Elvis Costello * "Alison (C'est ma copine à moi)", a 1993 single by Jordy * "Alison", 1994 single by Slowdive Places * Alison, New South Wales, suburb of the Central Coast region in NSW, Australia * Alison Sound, an inlet on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada * Point Alison, Alberta, a summer village in Alberta, Canada Other uses * ''Alison'' (film), a South African documentary film * ALISON (company), an educational technology company * Alison, common name for plants of the genus ''Alyssum'', including: ** Sweet alison, a decorative plant * ''Alison'' (katydid) a genus in the Hexacentrinae subfamily of bush crickets See also * Alisoun (other) * Alisson (other) * Allison (other) * Allisson (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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