Poetry
Explore the world of poetry with lyrical library resources. This page connects you with poetry-related resources and organisations. Find poetry in our collection, poetry events, and resources on how to write and get it published.
Find poetry in the catalogue
New Zealand poets
Blog posts and interviews of New Zealand poets
WORD Christchurch 2023: Tusiata has spoken
WORD Chch 2023: Roy Montgomery & Clementine Valentine
WORD Chch 2023: An unruly evening at Te Matatiki Toi Ora
WORD Chch 2023: An evening on the rocks with the Sirens
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day is a one-day celebration of New Zealand poetry run each year since 1997. In 2023 it will take place on Friday 25 August.
- View all the Poetry Day events in Canterbury
- Like the National Poetry Day Facebook page
- Follow NZ Poetry Day on Twitter
How we have celebrated past Poetry Days
- Our National Poetry Day photos on Flickr
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- Christchurch City Libraries 2014 poetry competition winners Stephen Davies and Catherine Fitchett published on our blog.
- Christchurch City Libraries 2013 poetry competition winners Irena Tojcic and Daniel Bartlett published on our blog.
- 2010
- Montana Poetry Day 2009
Flickr Album: Poetry in Christchurch
Poetry and Short Story Reference Center
Gale Literature
Gale Literature Resource Center
Poetry groups and events in Canterbury
Catalyst
Catalyst is a literary journal that publishes poetry, prose, fiction, experimental works, song lyrics, script/screenplay excerpts, as well as visual art and spoken word. It is produced by Neoismist Press in Lyttelton. It runs a ‘Poetry Open Mic’ every month.
- Find out more about Catalyst
- Like Catalyst on Facebook
Christchurch poetry events
Listing from the New Zealand Poetry Society of Christchurch poetry events..
Poetica: The Ōtautahi-Christchurch Poetry Project
Poetica: The Christchurch Urban Poetry Project aims to bring poetry to the streets of Ōtautahi via visual art, installations, and public performance.
Poetry groups in Christchurch & Canterbury
Groups in Christchurch who get together to study, write and perform poetry. From CINCH.
Takahē Magazine
Magazine that appears three times a year and publishes short stories, poetry and art by established and emerging writers and artists, as well as essays and interviews (by invitation), and book reviews in these related areas.
- Like Takahē Magazine on Facebook.
Poetry resources
New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
Electronic gateway to poetry resources in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific region. Based at the University of Auckland, it aims to coordinate existing archival and publishing information, and to present some full-text electronic publication of poetry and commentary in consultation with authors and their publishers.
New Zealand Poetry Society
Organisation advancing education by promoting, developing and supporting poetry and poets in New Zealand. Site includes links to New Zealand poetry journals, New Zealand and international writing resources, and an annual international poetry competition for both adults and young people.
Poetry Archive
Listen to contemporary poets reading their own work. Also included is a wealth of background material on each poet and some filmed interviews.
Getting published
Getting published
Information from the New Zealand Poetry Society.
