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Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2026

TRACEY SLAUGHTER
Format: Soft Cover
$39.99

Raw, essential new collection from established and emerging voices

For this 75th anniversary edition of Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, editor Tracey Slaughter rounds up essential new poetry, reviews and essays from both established and emerging New Zealand poets. Another packed issue, #60 showcases the raw and vital in 138 new poems — including from this year’s featured poet, Josiah Morgan — and 29 reviews.

Its publication marks 75 years since poet Louis Johnson established New Zealand Poetry Yearbook in 1951, and it’s still as important and relevant now as it was then. It’s the ideal way to catch up with the latest poems and reviews by some of this country’s best-known poets and literary critics.

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Pre-order now — books will be shipped 13 August 

Key Information

Category:
All books, Poetry
ISBN:
9781991309235
Publisher:
Massey University Press
Imprint:
Massey University Press
Published:
13/08/2026
Page Extent:
336
Format:
Soft Cover

About The Editor

Tracey Slaughter

Dr Tracey Slaughter is an award-winning poet and short story writer. Her books include Her Body Rises, The Longest Drink in Town, Deleted Scenes for Lovers, Devil’s Trumpet and The girls in the red house are singing. She has been the editor of the Poetry New Zealand Yearbook since 2020.

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