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Poetry Shelf: Emma Neale’s ‘Threat’ — NZ Poetry Shelf

Posted on June 18, 2022 by ejneale

I’m tinkering away at a poetry collection that looks at lies, falsehoods, cheats and cons, from various angles. This is one of the poems that I hope to include one day, when the ms feels ready. ‘Threat’ was published last … Continue reading →

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Poetry Shelf celebrates 2021: Emma Neale picks favourite books

Posted on December 13, 2021 by ejneale

Originally posted on NZ Poetry Shelf:
The Pink Jumpsuit, Emma Neale, Quentin Wilson Publishing, 2021 Rather than do my annual list where I invite loads of poets to pick favourite books, I opted for a much smaller feature. I have…

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The Pink Jumpsuit, book trailer

Posted on October 4, 2021 by ejneale

I’m delighted that we have this book trailer, designed by animation student Emily Kleiner, in Melbourne, and with music by jazz student Abe Baillie, in Wellington. One of the great things about this collaboration is that young people have been … Continue reading →

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The Pink Jumpsuit

Posted on October 1, 2021 by ejneale

My first collection of short fiction has just been published by the attentive, energetic, good-humoured and independent press, Quentin Wilson Publishing —under their Litteratura [fine writing] imprint. The title story was prompted by a tumult of competing responses I felt … Continue reading →

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Out for the Count

Posted on August 7, 2021 by ejneale

Originally posted on Fictive Dream:
by Emma Neale WE’RE TRYING to explain the size of atoms to a child who himself is the size of someone who needs help to reach the middle shelf in the fridge: the round of…

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Poetry Shelf Monday poem: Emma Neale’s ‘Wanting to believe in the butterfly effect’

Posted on July 6, 2020 by ejneale

Originally posted on NZ Poetry Shelf:
? Wanting to believe in the butterfly effect ? I collect a box of groceries from cold storage, take it to the drop-in centre, break open bread rolls ? fill them with salad, cheese,…

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What are our words coming to?

Posted on July 3, 2019 by ejneale

I recently took part in an event which was a video interview with Manus Island refugee Behrouz Boochani – the prize-winning author of No Friend but the Mountain – and his translator Omid Tofighian. Neil Vallelly, author, academic and the … Continue reading →

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Poetry Shelf review: Landfall 237

Posted on June 26, 2019 by ejneale

Originally posted on NZ Poetry Shelf:
Landfall 237 edited by Emma Neale ? Landfall 237 offers rich pickings for the poetry fans: familiar names (Peter Bland, David Eggleton, Elizabeth Smither, Ria Masae, Lynley Edmeades and Cilla McQueen) to emerging poets…

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Mystery Envelope

Posted on June 25, 2019 by ejneale

My new poetry collection was launched – sent out hitching on the information highway – earlier this month. David Eggleton gave a rocking, almost chanting speech that felt like a performance work in its own right, and which I revisit … Continue reading →

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Poetry Shelf audio spot: Emma Neale reads ‘Affidavit’

Posted on June 20, 2019 by ejneale

Originally posted on NZ Poetry Shelf:
? ? ? ‘Affadavit’ was published in the most recent Poetry NZ Yearbook and also appears in To the Occupant. ? ? ? Emma Neale is the current editor of Landfall. Her new collection,…

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