Williamson, Nick

Nick Williamson (b. 1948)

Contents

Aotearoa NZ Poetry Sound Archive (2004):

CD39

1. The Blue Outboard
2. Pink Tie
3. Uncle Frank
4. Home Movie
5. Entering the Pyramid
6. Learning a Language
7. Repairing the Head
8. This Chair
9. Portrait of Betty Curnow
10. Tonight Marc Chagall
11. Broken Light
12. I Found This Plate in India
13. Historic Places
14. Untitled
15. Remembering Eric
16. Apples

Bio / Bibliography

Nick Williamson was born in Takapuna in 1948. He grew up in an old, three-storied house on a cliff that looked out on Rangitoto Island. He often went to the island with his father after fishing in the Rangitoto Channel. He was educated at Auckland and Canterbury Universities and for many years has worked as a Probation Officer. His first book of poems, The Whole Forest, was published by Sudden Valley Press in 2001. He lives in central Christchurch with his friend Madame Yeti and his dog Josh.

Biblio Data

Nick Williamson’s work has appeared in the following publications:

Frogpond (US), JAAM, Landfall, The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Love Poems, Poetry NZ, The Press, The Second New Zealand Haiku Anthology, Spin, Spirit of Kapiti (Kapiti Poems 8), Sport, Takahe, and New Zealand Poetry Society anthologies: Catching the Rainbow, climbing the flame tree, An Exchange of Gifts, The ordinary magic, Sky Falling, the whole wide world. His first book of poems, The Whole Forest, was published by Sudden Valley Press in 2001.