A collection of poetry and drawings by Bluff based poet, Cilla McQueen in which she explores the themes of homeland and loss and colonisation and displacement. Her writing also reflects the history and present reality of the Maori of southern New Zealand.
Author Biography
Cilla McQueen was the New Zealand Poet Laureate 200911. She has published 14 volumes of poetry and has won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry three times. Her work has been extensively anthologised. Cilla's most recent publication was Edwin's Egg and other poetic novellas (OUP, 2014).