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Mark Pirie included in The Verse Novel, Australia & New Zealand

Posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Linda Weste, Verse Novel

In February I was excited to be included in an Australasian collection of interviews relating to the subject of the verse novel in New Zealand. The book is published by Australian Scholarly Publishing in Melbourne. I was interviewed in 2021 by the Australian academic Linda Weste on my 2009 verse novel TOM.

“In these thirty-five interviews with verse novelists from Australia and Aotearoa–New Zealand, Linda Weste explores the uniqueness of storytelling through poetry and the genre of the verse novel. Her subjects are notable representatives of a region where verse novels for Adults, Children and Young Adults thrive; among them is Steven Herrick, winner of the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2019; and what they have to say enriches our understanding of the verse novel across each of its publishing categories.”

Weblink: The Verse Novel: Australia & New Zealand – Australian Scholarly Publishing

Recommended to order online.

Mark Pirie included in More than a Roof, a housing anthology

Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2021 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Poetry by Mark Pirie, Housing in New Zealand, Landing Press

In November I was included in a special volume of poetry and prose relating to the subject of housing in New Zealand. The book is published by the Landing Press team in Wellington. They received 450 poems for it and I was lucky to have a poem included. Here is some info about it from their website:

“More than a roof is about housing.

It’s about nostalgia, anger, contentment, longing, fear and much more. It brings together voices from across the spectrum – from those with no homes, those in emergency accommodation, in caravans, in cars, on boats, in rentals, or in their own houses.

Drawing together well-known writers and first-time poets, it’s a unique and timely collection.”

Weblink: https://www.landingpressnz.com/.

Recommended to check out at your local bookstore or order online.

I attended the launch at St Peter’s Church in Willis Street, Saturday 20 November 2021.

broadsheet 28 features Jenny Powell

Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2021 by Mark Pirie
Archived as broadsheet: new new zealand poetry, Jenny Powell

The latest issue of my journal broadsheet, no.28, November 2021, features the Dunedin poet and writer, Jenny Powell.

The issue prints a selection of her poems on birds and marine life. I have published Powell’s poetry for many years in journals and have known her since 1996 when I was editing/publishing JAAM magazine. Back then she was known by her former name of Jenny Powell-Chalmers.

Others included are: Nick Ascroft, Jeanne Bernhardt, Kay McKenzie Cooke, David Eggleton, Michael Harlow, Roger Hickin, Carolyn McCurdle, Martha Morseth, James Norcliffe, Peter Olds, Michael O’Leary, Mark Pirie, Richard Reeve and Annie Villiers.

Here's the link:
http://broadsheetnz.wordpress.com

Mark Pirie edits Basim Furat's Visions New Arabic poems in translation

Posted Friday, July 30, 2021 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Arabic poetry in translation, Basim Furat

In July 2021, I edited a new collection of translations from the Arabic by Iraqi poet/travel writer Basim Furat, Visions.

The book contains new poems written on Furat's travels in Japan, South America and the Sudan.

The title is included in the ESAW Mini Series (being No. 43). Furat was also the first title in the ESAW Mini Series back in 2005.

It is an honour to be able to collect more of Furat's poetry in translation for readers in English. Furat is a highly regarded and award winning writer in the modern Arab world of travel writing and literature.

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