
Close Neighbours: a short story
This short-story first appeared in Takahe 98, released in April 2020: It’s impossible anything being said could be that funny. … Continue reading Close Neighbours: a short story
Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod – Author
Information on New Zealand author and poet, Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod
This short-story first appeared in Takahe 98, released in April 2020: It’s impossible anything being said could be that funny. … Continue reading Close Neighbours: a short story
This opinion piece first appeared on Newsroom, on 2 April 2020: Here’s a joke for our times: what should we … Continue reading It’s time for moral courage
I remember watching the Christchurch earthquakes from afar. In my Auckland home, a new baby at my feet, I folded … Continue reading Book Review: Contents Under Pressure by Gail Ingram
This essay first appeared on The Sapling, on March 19, 2020: In the late 1990s the world was always about … Continue reading Is it fair to pass on our despair?
Reviewed for Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2020, first published in March 2020: Back Before You Know stands out from other … Continue reading Book Review: Back Before You Know by Murray Edmonds
This essay first appeared on Newsroom under the title ‘How to write about a father’s suicide’ on February 12, 2020: … Continue reading Origins
Reviewed for Booksellers NZ, first published on June 24, 2019 Since 2018 Emma Neale has been the editor of Landfall, someone … Continue reading Book Review: To The Occupant, by Emma Neale
Reviewed for Booksellers NZ, first published on 16 May 2019 the moon in a bowl of water is a collection of … Continue reading Book Review: the moon in a bowl of water, by Michael Harlow
Originally reviewed for Booksellers NZ, reprinted in ‘English in Aotearoa, Issue 96, May 2019 In Aspiring Daybook by Annabel Wilson, … Continue reading Book Review: Aspiring Daybook, by Annabel Wilson
Originally reviewed for Booksellers NZ, reprinted in ‘English in Aotearoa, Issue 96, May 2019 I met Michael Steven in person … Continue reading Book Review: Walking to Jutland Street, by Michael Steven