A first: finally got something published in Landfall. My poem Facebook sends a memory is in Landfall 236, from November 2018.
Category Archives: Writing
The Friday Poem
Pleased to have my poem The Hierarchy appear in this stonking anthology, out now from Luncheon Sausage Books.
Reykjavik!
Very happy to be included in this Reykjavík City of Literature project. A real buzz.
A chance encounter
I entered the Given Words competition again this year, and although not placed, the organizers are kind enough to publish the entries anyway.
Ōtepoti Micro Fiction Challenge 2018
A successful entry ‘The Mandarin’ into this small but perfectly formed event organized by Iona Winter.
Street Talk
New Zealand Books, Winter 2018
Alternative titles for an imaginary airport bookstore
A new poem published in Takahe 92 and available online
The Plastific Ocean
The Plastific Ocean made it over the line for third prize in the Seaweek / World Oceans Day Poetry Competition 2018, organized by the National Aquarium in Napier.
Life in the Permian: a new poem in Cordite
Poetry Review: David Merrit’s Crisis & Duplication
via Poetry Review: David Merrit’s Crisis & Duplication
Location, location: Meniscus
I have had three poems published in the new edition of the Australasian journal Meniscus. One of which Location, location received the Copyright Agency Ltd Best Poem for this issue award. The journal is available free online.
Hierarchies and Minarets
My new poem The Hierarchy has just been published in NZ journal Min-a-rets Issue 8.
Ambient Terror reviewed in New Zealand Poetry Yearbook 2018
The writer Laura Solomon has written a very generous review of Ambient Terror for the just released Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2018. Published by Massey University Press and edited by Jack Ross, the revamped magazine also features a wide range of work from New Zealand poets including a substantial feature on the work of Alastair …
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People Control
A response to the madness of the contemporary world.
Ambient Terror – a forthcoming review from Takahē
Takahē magazine and Shelley Chappell have kindly given permission for this review by Shelley to appear in advance of publication in the forthcoming issue 92 of Takahē. Victor Billot is a Dunedin writer of poetry and short stories, also known for his work as a parliamentary candidate. A publicist for Otago University Press, he also …
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