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. 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. 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.
10. "Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.