New Zealand Poetry Yearbook 2019

I’m happy to have – for the first time – a poem printed in the New Zealand Poetry Yearbook. The … More

Poetry at the Waitati Music Festival 2019

A first: finally got something published in Landfall. My poem Facebook sends a memory is in Landfall 236, from November 2018.

Pleased to have my poem The Hierarchy appear in this stonking anthology, out now from Luncheon Sausage Books.

Very happy to be included in this City of Literature project. A real buzz. The text exhibition Read the World … More

I entered the Given Words competition again this year, and although not placed, the organizers are kind enough to publish … More

A successful entry into this small but perfectly formed event organized by Iona Winter.

Originally posted on Tararua District Library (NZ) : Te Whare Pukapuka o Tararua:
School Day The clang of the bell, an antique gong ringing amongst standards and apps, casts…

New Zealand Books, Winter 2018

A new poem published in Takahe 92 and available online How to read your future doom in cloud tops Curdle … More

The Plastific Ocean made it over the line for third prize in the Seaweek / World Oceans Day Poetry Competition 2018, … More

Landfall’s position as New Zealand’s pre-eminent literary and art journal is being celebrated in a unique way by the Otago Arts Society.

Republished on the Spinoff: The Friday Poem: ‘The Hierarchy’ by Victor Billot