Here you will find out about the latest events Elizabeth has been involved in, any media coverage of her work, and access sneak peaks at her books as they develop. February 12, 2020: An essay by Elizabeth about her poetry collection Family Instructions Upon Release has appeared on Newsroom. You can also read the essay…

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Elizabeth (Libby) Kirkby-McLeod is an Auckland author whose poetry and writing have appeared in a range of New Zealand publications, including takahe, Landfall, Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Newsroom, and the NZPS 2018 anthology The Unnecessary Invention of Punctuation. She was long-listed for the 2008 Six Pack 3 authors anthology and her poem ‘Her Warning Signs’…

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For information on work published in New Zealand across a range of journals and publications view the news page. Family Instructions Upon Release “… I still don’t own any original words to explain our story, and all that will undo.” Elizabeth’s father took his own life in 2012. Unable to find words of her own…

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Elizabeth reviews and publishes writing for online and print publications.  Once published you can read the articles here.

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Elizabeth is proud to produce the New Zealand Society of Authors Oral History Podcast.  Information on each episode is available here. Read her article about the project in the NZ author magazine. For a background to the podcast read this NZ Herald article. Season 2: Season 1:

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