Serie Barford

Serie Barford is a performance poet from Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2]

Her poetry collection, Tapa Talk, was published in 2007[3] to critical acclaim.[4][5] She has published four other books of poetry (in 1985, 1989, 2015,[6] and 2021[7]). Her poems and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies, among them Mauri Ola,[8] Whetu Moana,[9] Niu Voices, Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, Dreadlocks, Writing the Pacific, Trout, Blackmail Press, Snorkel and Best New Zealand Poems.[1] Sleeping with Stones was shortlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.[10]

She has Samoan, European and Algonquin Indian ancestry.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Academy of New Zealand Literature. "Serie Barford". Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ Read-NZ.org. "Serie Barford". Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ Barford, Serie (2007). Tapa Talk. New Zealand: Huia Books. ISBN 9781869693190. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b Dunsford, Cath Koa. "Review of Tapa Talk Poetry Collection by Serie Barford". Edition. Asia and Pacific Writers Network. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ Robert Sullivan (2010). "Reviewed Work(s): Tapa Talk by Serie Barford; A Well Written Body by Karlo Mila and Delicia Sampero". The Contemporary Pacific. 22 (2): 488–491. JSTOR 23724841. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ Anahera Press. "'Make your hair like a Pālagi' by Serie Barford". Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ^ Anahera Press. "Book launch: Sleeping with Stones by Serie Barford". Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ Wendt, Albert; Whaitiri, Reina; Sullivan, Robert, eds. (September 2010). Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English. Auckland: Auckland UP. ISBN 9781869404482.
  9. ^ Wendt, Albert; Whaitiri, Reina; Sullivan, Robert, eds. (December 2002). Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English. Auckland Univ Press. ISBN 9781869402730.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  10. ^ "Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.