Fly Boy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Fly Boy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781877577123
ClassificationsDewey:821.2
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
Imprint Steele Roberts & Associates Ltd
Publication Date 1 November 2010
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Fly Boy - poems about planes and the people who fly them - celebrates a lifelong fascination with flight.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman is an acclaimed poet, historian and teacher. His first major collection of poems, As Big as a Father, was shortlisted in the 2003 Montana NZ Book Awards, and his next, The Late Great Blackball Bridge Sonnets, was warmly received by reviewers and readers alike. Jeffrey's most recent work of history is Best of Both Worlds: The Story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau (Penguin 2010). He lives in Christchurch and is a senior adjunct fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Canterbury. He has just been announced as the writer-in-residence at the University of Waikato for 2011.