North South
Glenn Colquhoun with Nigel Brown

	Art & Poetry Maori, Fiction, Poetry, Art Price: $34.99 Availability: now Format: 280 x 210mm, soft cover with flaps, 64 pages (all colour) ISBN: 9781877448638 Add this book to your shopping bag

About the Book

Award-winning poet Glenn Colquhoun imagines the northern gods of his Celtic heritage engaging with the atua Maori of the south, and creates a new mythology for those in this country who "have in their arms both ways".

Nigel Brown has handwritten and illustrated Glenn's words to bring to like the story of Tama, a child of the gods who is linked both to Europe and to the landscape of Aotearoa.

The poems sprawl across the pages to clash, bend and ultimately fuse traditional Celtic and Maori motifs, song forms and poetry. The result is a feast for the eyes, ears and tongue.

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About the Author

Nigel Brown's distinctive paintings blend symbolic and expressionistic approaches with a deep social concern. He creates a unique vision of Aotearoa New Zealand while revisiting and reinterpreting its past.

Glenn Colquhoun's The Art of Walking Upright won the 
2000 Montana NZ best first book award for poetry. He 
has also published a children's book and An Explanation 
of Poetry to my Father, which sold over 1000 copies.

Other books by Glenn:
* Playing God   
* An Explanation of Poetry to my Father
* The Art of Walking Upright
* How We Fell
* Mr Short, Mr Thin, Mr Bald and Mr Dog (children's)
* Suburban Shaman (introduction)