I first published James Norcliffe in Gargoyle #44 way back in 2001. The three poems featured here are from his collection Shadow Play published by Proverse Hong Kong in 2012. The press is run by Gillian Bickley. And this handsome 96-page print book is accompanied by an audio recording of all 50 poems. Here then is a taste of the “quick, clever, jinky words” by this New Zealand poet, novelist, short story writer, children’s book writer, and anthology editor.
when the heart attack came
Errol Flynn at Battery Point
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New Zealand novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, teacher and educator. His work has been widely published and he has been the recipient of a number of writing residencies. Several of his books have been shortlisted for or won awards, including The Loblolly Boy which won the New Zealand Post Junior Fiction Award in 2010. He lives at Church Bay, Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand.
As author
- Kitch A play written while teaching at Shirley Boys High. (Unpublished, 1973)
- Under the Rotunda (Hazard Press, 1992)
- Penguin Bay (Hazard Press, 1993)
- The Emerald Encyclopedia (Hazard Press, 1994)
- The Carousel Experiment (Hazard Press, 1995)
- The Fun House Mirror with Alan Bunn and Marissa Johnpillai (Clerestory Press, 2003)
- The Assassin of Gleam (Hazard Press, 2005)
- The Loblolly Boy (Longacre Press, 2009)
- The Loblolly Boy and the Sorcerer (Longacre Press/Random House, 2011)
- The Enchanted Flute (Longacre Press/Random House, 2012)
- Packing a Bag for Mars (Clerestory Press, 2012)
- Shadow Play (Proverse Hong Kong, 2012. A Proverse Prize Publication. Pbk with an audio CD of all poems in the collection)
- Felix and the Red Rats (Longacre / Random House, 2013)
- The Pirates and the Night Maker (Longacre Press / Random House, 2015)
- Dark Days in the Oxygen Café (Victoria University Press, 2016)
- Twice Upon A Time (Puffin, 2017)
As editor
- Re-Draft 2 (with Alan Bunn) (Clerestory Press/School for Young Writers, 2002)
- Re-Draft 3 (with Alan Bunn) (Clerestory Press/School for Young Writers, 2003)
- Re-Draft 4 (with Alan Bunn) (Clerestory Press/School for Young Writers, 2004)
- Cupid on a Friday Night: Re-Draft 5 (with Alan Bunn) (Clerestory Press/School for Young Writers, 2005)
- Tennis with Raw Eggs: Re-Draft 6 (with Alan Bunn) (Clerestory Press/School for Young Writers, 2006)
- The Polar Bear Ward: Re-Draft 7 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press/School for Young Writers, 2007)
- D.I.Y Graffiti: Re-Draft 8 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press/School for Young Writers, 2008)
- Fishing for Birds: Re-Draft 9 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press/ School for Young Writers, 2009)
- The Steepest Street in the World: Re-Draft 10 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press/School For Young Writers, 2010)
- The Temptation of Sunlight: Redraft 11 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press, 2011)
- Walking a Tightrope in Bare Feet: Redraft 12 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press, 2012)
- Mad Honey: Redraft 13 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press, 2013)
- Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page (with Harry Ricketts and Siobhan Harvey) (Random House / Godwit, 2014)
- The Word is Out: Redraft 14 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press, 2014)
- They Call Me Ink: Redraft 15 (with Tessa Duder) (Clerestory Press, 2015)
- Leaving the Red Zone: poems from the Canterbury Earthquakes (with Joanna Preston) (Clerestory Press, 2016)
- Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand’ (with Michelle Elvy and Frankie McMillan) (Canterbury University Press, 2018)