AUP New Poets 10

Discover fresh voices in New Zealand poetry. This anthology showcases three young poets exploring vital themes of identity, history, perception, love, and loss. Each poet brings a unique perspective, shaped by their heritage and experiences, to create a compelling and urgent collection. Perfect for readers seeking contemporary poetry that challenges and inspires.

AUP New Poets 10 features Tessa Keenan (Te Atiawa), romesh dissanayake, and Sadie Lawrence, each offering a distinct voice and style. From Keenan's exploration of landscape and ancestral connections to dissanayake's daring language collages and Lawrence's poignant reflections on rite-of-passage, this collection delivers inventiveness and beauty. Experience poetry that delves into the past, notices collisions, asks questions, and ultimately offers hope.

Sadie Lawrence is a second-year university student of creative writing and media studies. Like Human Girls / all we have is noise was written from ages seventeen to nineteen. Her autism screening was inconclusive. romesh dissanayake is a writer from Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His work has appeared in The Spinoff, The Pantograph Punch, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space and A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand (edited by Paula Morris and Alison Wong). His first novel, When I open the shop, was the winner of the 2022 Modern Letters Fiction Prize and is forthcoming from THWUP in 2024. Anne Kennedy is the author of three novels, a novella, four books of poetry, and many anthologised short stories. Her first book of poetry Sing-song was named Poetry Book of the Year at the 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. The Darling North won the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry and Moth Hour was a poetry finalist at the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Tessa Keenan (Te Atiawa) is from Taranaki and is now based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She would like to thank her whanau, partner, friends and tupuna for the constant inspiration and support during the writing of her chapbook. Her poems have appeared in Starling, a fine line, Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook and Puhia.