Landfall 225: My Auckland

Description

Verbal and visual snapshots of Auckland open this exciting and exuberant Landfall issue and a strong Auckland strand runs through to the review section. We go to Bethells with Paula Green and Anna Jackson, Otara with Daren Kamali, Glen Eden with Murray Edmond, visit St Lukes with Stephanie Christie, explore Remuera's northern slopes with John Horrocks and Greenlane with Michael Morrissey, and Martin Edmond's 'Akarana Triptych' takes us to three streets in old Ponsonby. The issue is essay-rich, and includes Landfall Essay Competition 2012 runner-up Majella Cullinane. As well, there are poems or fiction from Peter Bland, Riemke Ensing, Cilla McQueen, Owen Marshall, Emma Neale, and others. Landfall 225 features photography portfolios from Harvey Benge and emerging artist Greta Anderson, and back-page graphic art by Samantha Michell: all Auckland-based artists. And The Landfall Review features a number of recent books, including a poetry collection by the German refugee Karl Wolfskehl, an Auckland-based contemporary of Frank Sargeson, which has been published by Holloway Press.

David Eggleton is a prolific poet, writer and critic. His many awards include six times Book Reviewer of the Year in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, PEN Best First Book of Poetry in 1987 and the Robert Burns Fellowship.