Edwin’s Egg and Other Poetic Novellas
Cilla McQueen was New Zealand Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2011. One of the major writing projects undertaken during her laureateship was Serial, which she described as ‘exploring a space between prose and poetry’. First published in chapters on the Poet Laureate website, the work is now presented in book form for the first time as Edwin’s Egg and Other Poetic Novellas.
This volume brings together McQueen’s evocative text with images from the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Cilla McQueen
Cilla McQueen MNZM is a poet, teacher and artist, and a three-time winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry. She received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of Otago in 2008 and was New Zealand Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2011. In 2010 she received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement (Poetry). In 2020 she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a poet. Cilla lives in Bluff, at the southern tip of New Zealand’s South Island.
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