One form that my writing and publication takes is connected to my enjoyment of writing, reading and sharing poetry.
This image is of me with essa ranapiri (Māori) and Mere Taito (Rotuma) during the recording of a ‘NZ Poetry Day’ episode of the ‘Writing the New World’ podcast (2020).
In May 2023 Always Italicise was awarded the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
published poetry
My first collection of poetry, Always Italicise: how to write while colonised, was published by Auckland University Press in Sept 2022.
In Dec 2023 it will be available to North American readers via University of Hawai’i Press.
Reviews
NZ Booklovers (Chris Reed)
Kete Books (Elizabeth Heritage)
NZ Poetry Shelf (Paula Green)
Woman Magazine (Waverly Taylor)
Landfall Review Online (Erik Kennedy)
UC Berkeley reading – with Michael Wasson (Eva Whitney)
Media
UBC English announcement of Ockham Poetry prize.
“Alice Te Punga Somerville and the politics of italics” RNZ Oct 2022
“Celebrating the poetry winners from the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards” Spinoff May 2023
“What I’m reading” Stuff April 2023
“Reading, writing questions for Ockham NZ book award winners” Waikato Times May 2023