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broadsheet
new new zealand poetry
broadsheet is a new New Zealand poetry periodical in chapbook form edited by Wellington writer and publisher Mark Pirie.
The aim is to publish high quality New Zealand poetry at an affordable price to readers. This is emphasised by the broadsheet format, which is in between a magazine and a book.
broadsheet: new new zealand poetry is published twice yearly in May and November.
Issue 5 May 2010 - Featuring Harvey McQueen poetry and interview
The fifth issue features well-known New Zealand anthologist and poet Harvey McQueen. Also included is new work by Ian Wedde, Diana Bridge, Tony Beyer, Ron Riddell, Fiona Kidman, Jessica Le Bas, Laura Solomon, Paul Hill, Michael O'Leary and Anna Rugis. As well as an interview with Harvey McQueen, there are new translations of Anna Akhmatova by Wellington translator Margaret Borshevsky.
The fourth issue features distinguished New Zealand poet Ruth Gilbert who has recently received revived interest in her work in
Toronto, Canada. Also included is the late Alistair Te Ariki Campbell's unpublished poem 'Ode to Wellington City' along with uncollected
poems by Meg Campbell and A R D Fairburn. It includes the following poets:
Jeanne Bernhardt, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell,
Meg Campbell, Jill Chan, Bill Dacker, Lynn Davidson, Michael Duffett (USA), A R D Fairburn,
Jan FitzGerald, Ruth Gilbert, Michael Harlow, Siobhan Harvey, Leonard Lambert, Michael Steven and
Brian Turner. Plus F W N Wright looks at Ruth Gilbert's 1966 collection The Luthier.
The third issue features an interview with American poet Robert Creeley discussing Allen Curnow and New Zealand poetry of the '70s/'80s.
It includes the following poets: Tim Jones, Harvey Molloy, Paul Wolffram, Barbara Strang, John O'Connor,
James Norcliffe, Peter Olds, Rachel McAlpine, Riemke Ensing, Will Leadbeater, Laura Solomon,
Jenny Powell, Richard Langston and Kenyan poet, Wanjiku Kiarie.
The second issue remembers Louis Johnson 20 years on from his death, and includes the following poets: Peter Bland, Marilyn Duckworth,
Kevin Ireland, Louis Johnson, Miranda Johnson, Harvey McQueen, Vincent O'Sullivan,
Alistair Paterson, Helen Rickerby,
Harry Ricketts, Martyn Sanderson, Nelson Wattie and F W N Wright. (Includes feature essay on Johnson's
poetry by F W N Wright).
The first issue features the following New Zealand poets: Jeanne Bernhardt,
Tony Beyer, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell,
Meg Campbell, Gemma Claire, Evelyn Conlon, Robin Fry,
Basim Furat (translated from the Arabic), Michael O'Leary,
Victor O'Leary, Stephen Oliver, Mark Pirie and
L E Scott.
While the emphasis is on New Zealand poetry, each issue will also include international guests. The first issue features Michael Duffett
(UK/USA poet/actor) who visited New Zealand in the late 1970s where he met poets Denis Glover, K O Arvidson and Vincent O'Sullivan.
Michael Duffett (who once played a part in the TV series Magnum PI) has published his prose and verse extensively. He is currently a
Professor of Humanities at Humphreys College, Stockton, CA, USA.
Subscriptions are $NZ12.00 for two issues. Please send cheques to The Editor, broadsheet, 97/43 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon,
Wellington 6011, New Zealand. Overseas subscriptions are $NZ24.00 for two issues. Cheques payable to HeadworX.
Please Note: No submissions. Poems will be solicited by the editor for each issue.
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