An anthology of 100 poems celebrating Wellington.
Gregory O'Brien is a Wellington-based writer, poet and artist. He
is a prolific writer of non-fiction and poetry, and has co-edited a
number of collections of poems, including An Anthology of New
Zealand Poetry in English, which won the 1997 Montana Book Award
for Poetry. A painter and printmaker, Gregory has held solo
exhibitions and participated in group shows. Among a number of arts
awards, in 2012 he was the recipient of the Prime Minister's Award
for Literary Achievement (Non-fiction) and was made an Arts
Foundation Laureate in the same year. In 2013 he was made a Member
of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the arts.
Louise St John lived in Wellington for twenty-five years.
Publishing under the name Louise Lawrence White, she wrote poetry
and worked as a freelance writer and editor. Her poetry was
published in various journals and in the anthology Spectacular
Babies (2001). Her editing work included the Penguin Book of New
Zealand Letters. She died in 2009.
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