Poet-in-Residence Chris Tse guides you on an exploration and analysis of New Zealand poetry, to help you learn to improve your own craft.

Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia are only separated by a few thousand kilometres, but the distance between our respective literary worlds is arguably greater. Why don’t we read more of each other’s writers? And what would we learn if we did? In this workshop, the Trans-Tasman rivalry is put on hold while participants embark on a literary exchange through close readings of, and creative responses to, the work of New Zealand poets.

Format

This is an in-person workshop with a focus on craft; it will be held at State Library of Queensland. This workshop is suitable for poets of all levels and writing backgrounds.

About Chris

Chris Tse is Aotearoa New Zealand’s Poet Laureate for 2022-24. He is the author of three poetry collections published by Auckland University Press: How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes (winner of the 2016 Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry), HE’S SO MASC, and Super Model Minority (longlisted for the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and shortlisted for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry). He and Emma Barnes edited Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa (AUP, 2021).

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