VUP OUTSTANDING NEW POETRY

Realia KATE CAMP

‘What I like about Camp's poems is their light but not weightless touch—her observations on the world we live in are recognisable, immensely enjoyable, comic, but never pointless.’—Lydia Wevers, Listener

‘the edgy, intense, experimental, charming, self-ironising of youth, aware of the contradictions and evasions of language’—Jane Stafford, Evening Post $24.95

Acetylene GEOFF COCHRANE

At the heart of Geoff Cochrane's new collection of poems is a moving sequence on the death of the poet's father. Cochrane's poetry is at once lush and severe. There is no one else quite like him. $24.95

Settler Dreaming BERNADETTE HALL

Poems that range from the wickedly funny to the hauntingly beautiful, in an elegant volume enhanced by drawings by Dunedin artist Kathryn Madill. $24.95

Taking Off BRIAN TURNER

Brian Turner's first collection of poems since 1992's Beyond (winner of the NZ Book Award for poetry). ‘Beneath the wit, the no-nonsense honesty, the rigorous clarity of sense and the sinewy rhythmic energy of the poems' surfaces runs the craft of a sophisticated, confident and well-read poet.’—Oxford Companion. $24.95

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