Mark Pirie's Bloghttp://markpirie.comumbracoThoughts and news from Mark Pirie: poet, writer, publisher. enMark Pirie publishes 17 Football Poemshttp://markpirie.com/blog/mark-pirie-publishes-17-football-poems/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:33:56 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/mark-pirie-publishes-17-football-poems/This month, I released a chapbook 17 Football Poems.

The poems were mostly published before in the anthology Boots (HeadworX, 2017).

There is the addition of 6 more poems written since that anthology appeared, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The book covers the New Zealand All Whites, my club Nottingham Forest F.C., World Cups, the FA Cup and injury time as well as my own playing days as a teenager.

It is available at Lulu online bookstore.

]]>Mark Pirie releases Songs for Her in new print editionhttp://markpirie.com/blog/mark-pirie-releases-songs-for-her-in-new-print-edition/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:28:45 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/mark-pirie-releases-songs-for-her-in-new-print-edition/In March 2022, I published an eBook of love poems written between December 2021 and February 2022. It was available as a free EP like Indie bands do at Lulu.com Bookstore.

In September, I decided to make the book available in print as well. The new edition can now be bought from Lulu.com Bookstore.

]]>Mark Pirie releases new book Black Gold with Earl of Seacliff Art Workshophttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/9/9/mark-pirie-releases-new-book-black-gold-with-earl-of-seacliff-art-workshop/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:14:15 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/9/9/mark-pirie-releases-new-book-black-gold-with-earl-of-seacliff-art-workshop/In September, I released a new book of poems with Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop called Black Gold after a break of four years. The book is important to my body of work as it is mostly written in the local New Zealand tradition of poets and poetry and dedicated to James K Baxter who died early at age 46.

Previously my early poetry had been innovating away from this local tradition. 

Poets Hone Tuwhare, Kevin Ireland, Clive James, John O'Connor, Michael Duffett (USA), Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Meg Campbell and songwriter Mahinarangi Tocker receive elegies. 

Poet and editor Tony Beyer says of the book: "[Pirie's] poems have real depth and maturity, and I applaud their consistent respect for and celebration of the life of poetry. Respect and compassion for people, too. Pirie’s work always seems to have been headed this way, with an accurate ability to make the personal universal.”

 

]]>The Night Press publishes Margaret Jeune's The Monk's Chairhttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/9/4/the-night-press-publishes-margaret-jeunes-the-monks-chair/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:27:36 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/9/4/the-night-press-publishes-margaret-jeunes-the-monks-chair/In September, The Night Press published a new collection of Margaret Jeune's poems written since the publication of her Selected Poems in 2021.

It's published as part of a continuing series of chapbooks by The Night Press that includes Alex Jeune, Mark Pirie, Jeanne Bernhardt and MaryJane Thomson.

Jeune's book is available online at lulu bookstore: Shop the Indie Online Bookstore | Lulu

]]>Mark Pirie published in New Yorkhttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/mark-pirie-published-in-new-york/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:13:41 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/mark-pirie-published-in-new-york/Recently I was published in New York in the journal Shabdaguchha, January-December 2023, Volume 25, Number 3/4, poets from 25 countries.

The journal is an international bilingual poetry magazine edited by Hassanal Abdullah, the author of more than 50 books. He has appeared at poetry festivals in China, Poland, Greece, Mexico, Canada and India.

Abdullah recently edited a World Poetry Anthology on Amazon. See the publisher's website: World Poetry Anthology / Edited by Hassanal Abdullah — Darklight Publishing LLC

He approached me to be included as a NZ poet known overseas to Professor Nicholas Birns of NYU. I served on the advisory board of Antipodes (USA). When the copy arrived, I found myself alongside many distinguished poets, including the 2020 Nobel Prize winning poet Louise Glück, Australian John Kinsella and the Arab poet Adonis.

]]>broadsheet 30 features Tony Beyerhttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/broadsheet-30-features-tony-beyer/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:53:34 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/broadsheet-30-features-tony-beyer/The latest issue of my journal broadsheet, no.30, November 2022, features the poet and editor Tony Beyer.

The issue includes a selection of his new poems.

I have published Tony’s poetry for many years, including two of his books through HeadworX, and it’s an honour to feature him and some of his friends in broadsheet.

Others included are: Peter Bland, Alistair Paterson, Piers Davies, Siobhan Harvey, Janet Charman, John Gallas (NZ/UK), Michael Harlow, Annie Klier Newcomer (USA), Vaughan Rapatahana, Ron Riddell, Tim Saunders, Jenny Powell, Gill Ward and Mark Young.

Link: http://broadsheetnz.wordpress.com

This will be the final issue of broadsheet that I have edited since 2008. I have decided to call it a day editing journals. I started off doing JAAM in 1995 and continued with broadsheet till 2022, a 27-year service to the New Zealand literary scene.

Thanks to all those who supported and subscribed to broadsheet. It was great to work with so many poets established and new over the years.

The archive remains online for future use.

]]>Mark Pirie translated into Bosnian and Turkishhttp://markpirie.com/blog/mark-pirie-translated-into-bosnian-and-turkish/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:41:48 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/mark-pirie-translated-into-bosnian-and-turkish/In 2024, I was translated into Bosnian and Turkish in the anthology, Close Encounters of the Poetic Kind: A Collection of Poetry by Poets from Australia and New Zealand eds. Vesna Suljić and Mehtap Őzer-Isović, University of Sarajevo, 2024.

It is an anthology of translations selected from the anthology Notes for the Translators that was published in 2012.

The poem of mine translated was 'Progress'.

It is an honour to be included in this University of Sarajevo project.

]]>Mark Pirie publishes Tiebreaker: Tennis Poemshttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/mark-pirie-publishes-tiebreaker-tennis-poems/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:32:05 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/mark-pirie-publishes-tiebreaker-tennis-poems/I am proud to announce that I have published a chapbook of tennis poems called Tiebreaker. The poems are written on famous players and the subject of tennis, including Wimbledon.

Players include Djokovic, Borg, Nadal, Kyrgios, and the Williams sisters.

There is also an addenda on Roger Federer by Bill Sutton, 1944-2025.

It is available at Lulu online bookstore.

 

 

]]>Mark Pirie included in Catching the Light: A New Anthology of Cricket Poetryhttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/mark-pirie-included-in-catching-the-light-a-new-anthology-of-cricket-poetry/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:24:18 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/2026/8/23/mark-pirie-included-in-catching-the-light-a-new-anthology-of-cricket-poetry/This year a poem of mine 'Summer Days' was included in the new cricket anthology Catching the Light published by Fairfield Books in the UK, and edited by Nicholas Hogg and Tim Beard.

The book also includes about 10 poems from my anthology A Tinging Catch back in 2010, including Nelson Wattie, Nicola Easthope, James Brown, Nick Whittock, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Anne Louise Philpott, and Cyril Childs. 

It is good recognition for my work as a cricket poet and editor in England.

The book is available online at Amazon and at Fairfield Books:
Catching the Light - Fairfield Books

 

]]>broadsheet 29 features Kevin Irelandhttp://markpirie.com/blog/2022/3/19/broadsheet-29-features-kevin-ireland/Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:55:14 GMThttp://markpirie.com/blog/2022/3/19/broadsheet-29-features-kevin-ireland/The latest issue of my journal broadsheet, no.29, May 2022, features the distinguished Auckland poet and writer Kevin Ireland.

The issue prints a selection of his poems, mainly from his latest book, Just Like That (2021).

I have enjoyed Kevin’s poetry for many years and it’s an honour to feature him and some of his long-standing friends in broadsheet.

Others included are: Peter Bland, Petrus Borel (trans.), Bernard Brown. Johanna Emeney, Riemke Ensing, Kevin Ireland, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Brian Turner, Vincent O’Sullivan, Bill Manhire, Dorit Weisman (trans.), and C K Stead.

Link: http://broadsheetnz.wordpress.com

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