Sailing Through My Imagination
This personal essay first appeared on GrownUps website, 21 December 2021: Grandparents give their grandchildren amazing experiences; it’s a pity … Continue reading Sailing Through My Imagination
Lit: stories from home
Originally publishes as the introduction to the short story collection Lit: stories from home, edited by Elizabeth: For years I … Continue reading Lit: stories from home
Unspooling Threads
This essay first appeared in takahē 100, released in December 2020: When we come across something beautiful, do we look at … Continue reading Unspooling Threads
Moonwalking
This essay first appeared in the online journal Love in the Time of Covid: A Chronicle of a Pandemic, on … Continue reading Moonwalking
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
It’s time for moral courage
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
Book Review: Contents Under Pressure by Gail Ingram
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
Is it fair to pass on our despair?
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?
Book Review: Back Before You Know by Murray Edmonds
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
Origins
This essay first appeared on Newsroom under the title ‘How to write about a father’s suicide’ on February 12, 2020: … Continue reading Origins
Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod - Author 