I’m excited to announce the publication of my third poetry collection, Native Bird, with Makaro Press. It officially launches this week with events in Palmerston North, Wellington and Dunedin as part of Makaro’s Press’s Hoopla Series, alongside excellent collections by Carolyn McCurdie (Bones in the Octagon) and Jennifer Compton (Mr Clean & The Junkie).
About Native Bird
In his third poetry collection, award-winning poet Bryan Walpert—who arrived in New Zealand from the U.S. a decade ago—writes of what it’s been like to be an observer or “birdwatcher” in a land whose physical and cultural geographies he is still learning to name. With his trademark precision and insight, Bryan weaves meditations on the life and songs of birds into his observations on living as a new settler in wind-charged Manawatu. Working at the shifting borders between homes and hearts, prose and poetry, call and song, this is an arresting collection that speaks to us all.
The book is available to purchase online here.
Or if you’re in NZ, come along to one of the three Hoopla Series Launches:
Palmerston North
Thursday, 16 April, 6:30 p.m.
Palmerston North Central Library
Wellington
Sunday 19 April, 4 p.m.
Poetry at the Fringe
The Fringe Bar, Allen Street
See: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Poetry-at-the-Fringe/331943986831
Dunedin
Wednesday 22 April, 5:30 p.m.
Dunedin Public Library
Bryan Walpert 