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Christchurch City Libraries helps you find out about poets and poetry - in print and online. We connect you with resources and organisations that will help you learn about poetry and how to write and get it published.
Read our blog posts about poetry and poets.
Poets and Poetry in our collection
- Poetry links
- listing of sites from Christchurch City Libraries Internet Gateway including New Zealand poetry and Poems - Collections and Anthologies.
- Māori Poetry
- Māori poetry in the Christchurch City Libraries catalogue.
- New Zealand Poetry
- New Zealand poetry in the Christchurch City Libraries catalogue.
- Sound recordings of poetry
- Hear poets and others recite poetry.
New Zealand Poets
- Denis Glover
- Information about poet Denis Glover as part of our Canterbury Writers series.
- Karlo Mila
- Auckland based poet Karlo Mila headed to Christchurch in September 2008 for the Writers' Festival. Read our interview with her and listen to her poem "Inside us the dead".
- James Norcliffe
- An interview with poet/author James Norcliffe about writing poetry.
- Joanna Preston
- An interview with Christchurch poet Joanna Preston following the launch of The summer king.
- Landfall in Unknown Seas
- About the poem by Allen Curnow narrated with incidental music by Douglas Lilburn.
Poetry resources
New Zealand Poetry Day is on Friday 30 July 2010.
For the kids
- Poems on the Pulse
- Poems submitted by the Pulse teen readers.
- the Pulse Poetry Resources
- Get help with homework and school projects from these web sites.
- New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
- Electronic gateway to poetry resources in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific region. Based in the University of Auckland it aims to coordinate existing archival and publishing information, and to present some full-text electronic publication of poetry and commentary in consultation with authors and their publishers.
- New Zealand Poetry Society
- Organisation advancing education by promoting, developing and supporting poetry and poets in New Zealand. Site includes Poetry links to New Zealand poetry journals, NZ and international writing resources.
- Poetry Archive
- Listen to contemporary poets reading their own work. Also included is a wealth of background material on each poet and some filmed interviews.
Your poetry - getting published
- Getting Published
- Information from the New Zealand Poetry Society.
- Publishers
- Listing of New Zealand publishers.
Poetry groups and events in Christchurch and Canterbury
- Catalyst
- Catalyst is a literary journal that publishes poetry, prose, fiction, experimental works, song lyrics, script/screenplay excerpts as well as visual art and spoken word. It is produced by Neoismist Press in Lyttelton. It runs a 'Poetry Open Mic' on the first Thursday of every month at the Wunderbar, Lyttelton.
- Christchurch poetry events
- Listing from the New Zealand Poetry Society of Christchurch poetry events.
- Poetry Groups in Christchurch & Canterbury
- Groups in Christchurch who get together to study, write and perform poetry from CINCH.
- Takahe Magazine
- Magazine that appears three times a year and publishes short stories, poetry and art by established and emerging writers and artists as well as essays and interviews (by invitation), and book reviews in these related areas.
