Terry Locke: New Zealand Poetry Reviews
The reviews below have been published over a number of years. Many have beenwritten for English in Aotearoa, the professional journal of New Zealand English teachers. Those particular reviews were targeted especially at secondary English teachers and were aimed at encouraging them to read and buy contemporary New Zealand poetry. Sometimes, these reviews are directly concerned with suggesting ways of introducing these contemporary New Zealand poetic voices into secondary school classrooms (in an educational environment that is probably not conducive to such an agenda. But that's another story.).
- Africa: //Kabbo, Mantis and the Porcupine's Daughter by Alistair Paterson. Auckland: Puriri Press, 2008. RRP: $35.00. [English in Aotearoa, 68]
- AUP New Poets 2 (Stu Bagby, Jane Gardner, Sonja Yelich). Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002. RRP: $21.95. [English in Aotearoa, 47]
- Axis: Poems and Drawings by Cilla McQueen. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2001. RRP: $34.95.[ JAAM, 17]
- The Ballad of Fifty-one by Bill Sewell. Wellington: HeadworX, 2003. RRP. $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 50]
- Ballads, Satire & Salt by Stephen Oliver. Sydney: Greywacke Press, 2003. RRP. $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 54 ] [HPT]
- Beauties of the Octagonal Pool by Gregory O'Brien. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2012. RRP. $27.99. [English in Aotearoa]
- The Bells of St Babel's: Poems 1997-2000 by Allen Curnow. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 44]
- The Black River by C. K. Stead. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007. RRP. $25.00. Collected Poems 1951-2006 by C. K. Stead. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008. RRP: $59.99. [English in Aotearoa, 67] [HPT]
- Boat People by Tim Jones. Wellington: HeadworX. 2002. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 49] [HPT]
- The Book of the Black Star by Albert Wendt. Auckland: Auckland University Press (2001). RRP: $34.95. [English in Aotearoa, 50] [HPT]
- Book Self: The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic by C. K. Stead. Auckland: Auckland University Press (2008). RRP: $39.99. [English in Aotearoa, 64]
- Bullet Poems by Mark Pirie. Paekakariki: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop (2004). RRP: $19.95. [Engllish in Aotearoa, 55] [HPT]
- Captain Cook in the Underworld by Robert Sullivan. Auckland: Auckland University Press (2002). RRP: $21.95. [Jaam] [HPT]
- Cassandra's Daughter by Michael Harlow. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005. RRP: $24.99.
- Catullus for Children by Anna Jackson. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 56]
- Chantal's Book by Jack Ross. Wellington: HeadworX, 2002. RRP: $19.91. [English in Aotearoa, 52]
- Chrome by Paula Green. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000. RRP: $22.95. [English in Aotearoa, 43]
- Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance, edited by Jack Ross and Jan Kemp. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2006. RRP: $45.00. [English in Aotearoa, 59]
- Clung by Sonja Yelich. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 56]
- Cold Snack by Janet Charman. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007. RRP: $25.00 [HPT]
- The Commonplace Odes by Ian Wedde. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 44]
- Contemporary New Zealand Poets in Performance, edited by Jack Ross and Jan Kemp. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007. RRP: $45.00. [Journal of New Zealand Literature, 25]
- Crosswind by Paula Green. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004. RRP: $27.99. [English in Aotearoa, 56]
- Dear Sweet Harry by Lynn Jenner. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 71]
- The Devil in my Shoes by Phil Kawana. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa]
- Dialectic of Mud by Richard Reeve. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2001. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 46]
- Dog by C. K. Stead. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002: RRP: $21.95 [English in Aotearoa, 50]
- Dream Boat: Selected Poems by Tony Beyer. Wellington: HeadworX, 2007: RRP: $34.99 [English in Aotearoa, 64]
- Earth Colours by L E Scott. Wellington: HeadworX, RRP: $24.95. [HPT]
- Fast Talker by David Eggleton. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2006. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 66] [HPT]
- Fast Talking PI by Selina Tusitala Marsh. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2009. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 67] [HPT]
- Fool Moon by Murray Edmond with photographs by Joanna Forsberg. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004. RRP: $27.99. [English in Aotearoa, 56] [HPT]
- Four French Horns by Jenny Powell-Chalmers. Wellington: HeadworX, 2004. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 58] [HPT]
- A Good Handful: Great New Zealand Poems About Sex edited by Stu Bagby. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008. RRP: $27.99. [English in Aotearoa, 64] [HPT]
- Hats by Jenny Powell-Chalmers. Wellington: HeadworX, 2000. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 44]
- Here and There by Basim Furat. Wellington: HeadworX, RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 57] [HPT]
- How to occupy our selves by David Howard and Fiona Pardington. Wellington: HeadworX, RRP: $29.95. [English in Aotearoa, 53] [HPT]
- Husk by Chris Price. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002. RRP: $21.95. [English in Aotearoa] [HPT]
- Imperial Vistas Family Fictions by Kendrick Smithyman. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002. RRP: $24.95.[English in Aotearoa, 50]
- The incomplete poems by David Howard. Lyttelton: Cold Hum Press, 2011. RRP: $49.95. [English in Aotearoa]
- James K. Baxter: Poems selected and introduced by Sam Hunt. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008, RRP $29.99. [English in Aotearoa, 68]
- Just Poetry by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. Wellington: HeadworX, 2007. RRP: $19.99. [English in Aotearoa, 64] HPT
- The Lakes of Mars by Chris Orsman. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 67] HPT
- laminations by Murray Edmond. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 41]
- Late Song by Lauris Edmond. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 42]
- Lazy Wind Poems by Graham Lindsay. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 52]
- The Life and the Dark by Richard Reeve. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 55]
- The Long Road to Teatime by Anna Jackson. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 42]
- Love in a Bookstore or Your Money Back by Sarah Quigley. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 50]
- Milk & Honey by Michele Leggott. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005. RRP: $27.99.[English in Aotearoa, 64]
- Modern Colours by Wystan Curnow. Auckland: Jack Books, 2005. RRP: $24.95. [English in Aotearoa, 60]
- Nefarious: Poems and Parables by Vivienne Plumb. Wellington: HeadworX, 2004. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 59]
- Night of Warehouses by Stephen Oliver. Wellington: HeadworX, 2001. RRP: $26.95. [English in Aotearoa, 47]
- No Joke by Mark Pirie. Christchurch: Sudden Valley Press, 2001. RRP: $22.95. [New Zealand Books 11, (5)] [HPT]
- Our Bay of Ensigns & other "race" relations by Bernard Gadd. Wellington: HeadworX, 2001. RRP $16.95. [English in Aotearoa, 46]
- Over the Waters by Moshé Liba. Wellington: HeadworX, 2004. RRP $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 56] [HPT]
- Palaver Lava Queen by Sue Fitchett. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004. RRP $24.99.[English in Aotearoa, 57] [HPT]
- The Pastoral Kitchen by Anna Jackson. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2001. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 46]
- People With Real Lives Don't Need Landscapes by John Dolan. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 53] [HTP]
- Plume of Bees: A Literary Biography of C. K. Stead by Judith Dell Panny. Auckland: Cole Catley Ltd. RRP $39.99. [English in Aotearoa, 69]
- Porcelain by Diana Bridge. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2001. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 46]
- Postscripts by J.C. Sturm. Wellington: Steele Roberts, 2000. RRP: $24.95. [JAAM, 15]
- Reading the Will by Mark Pirie. Christchurch: Sudden Valley Press, 200). RRP: $19.95 [English in Aotearoa, 47]
- The Red Tram by C. K. Stead. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 58] [HTP]
- Recessional by Harvey McQueen. Wellington: HeadworX, 2004. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 56] [HTP]
- Red Leaves by Diana Bridge. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 64] [HTP]
- The Right Thing by C.K. Stead. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 40]
- A Safe House For A Man by Leicester Kyle. Auckland: Polygraphia, 2000. RRP: $29.50. [JAAM, 15] [HPT]
- Shift by Rhian Gallagher. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2011. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 75]
- Sing-song by Anne Kennedy. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 54]
- Slip Stream by Paula Green. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010. RRP: $24.99.
- snowing down south by Janet Charman. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002. RRP: $21.95. [English in Aotearoa, 47]
- Someone else's life by Kapka Kassabova. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: 24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 54]
- Steal Away Boy: Selected poems of David Mitchell, edited by Martin Edmond & Nigel Roberts. Auckland: Aucland University OPress, 2010. RRP: $34.99. [English in Aotearoa, 70]
- Storyteller by Simon Williamson. Wellington: HeadworX, 2002. RRP: $29.95. [English in Aotearoa, 49] [HPT]
- Summer on the Côte d'Azur by Alistair Paterson. Wellington: HeadworX, 2003. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 55] [HPT]
- Table Talk by Kevin Ireland. Auckland: Cape Catley Ltd, 2009. RRP: $25.99. [English in Aotearoa. 69]
- Talking Pictures: Selected Poems by Riemke Ensing. Wellington: HeadworX, 2000.RRP: $26.95. [English in Aotearoa, 43]
- Tidemarks by Ross Mullins. CD. Produced by Link Audio, Ponsonby, Auckland (Red Shaver Records). [Obtainable: $25 from Ross Mullins] [English in Aotearoa, 49] [HPT]
- The Time of the Giants by Anne Kennedy. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005. RRP: $27.99. [English in Aotearoa, 69]
- "A Tingling Catch": A century of NZ cricket poems 1864-2009, edited by Mark Pirie. Wellington: HeadworX, 2010. RRP: $34.99]
- The Tram Conductor's Blue Cap by Michael Harlow. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2009. RRP. $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 71] [HPT]
- Unmanned by Stephen Oliver. Wellington: HeadworX, 1999. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 42]
- Unreal City: A Chinese Poet in Auckland by Yang Lian, edited and introduced by Jacob Edmond and Hilary Chung. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2006. RRP: $24.99. [English in Aotearoa, 67]
- Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English, Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan, (Eds.). Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: $49.99. [JAAM, 20]
- Wild, by Anne French. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004. RRP: $31.99. [English in Aotearoa, 55] [HPT]
- Valparaiso by Bob Orr. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002. RRP: $21.95. [English in Aotearoa, 47] [HPT]
- Voice Carried My Family, by Robert Sullivan. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005. RRP: $21.99. [English in Aotearoa, 65] [HPT]
- The Year Nothing by Paul Hardacre. Wellington: HeadworX, 2003. RRP: $19.95. [English in Aotearoa, 55] [HPT]
- The Year of Adverbs by Elizabeth Smither. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007. RRP: $25.00. [English in Aotearoa, 68] [HPT]
- Young Knowledge: The Poems of Robin Hyde, edited by Michele Leggott. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003. RRP: $49.99. [English in Aotearoa, 55].