Bill Nelson
@billmnelson
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I use Bluesky now, it’s so much better. Look me up there.
Wellington
Joined June 2010
Isla Huia, Megan Kitching, Bill Nelson and Grace Yee discuss their debut collections and the unsettling and subversive in this illuminating poetry round table @GiramondoBooks @OtagoUniPress @DeadBirdBooks @thwupbooks @billmnelson @nolotusblossom
anzliterature.com
‘I assumed no publisher would be interested’
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Terrific #VerseNovel ROOT LEAF FLOWER FRUIT by @billmnelson, finalist Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. A review and audio poems at https://t.co/KkxTMCqBCP Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc @Welly_Library @LibrariesNZ @ReadinAustralia @mvlibraries @melblibrary
nzpoetryshelf.com
To celebrate the inclusion of Root Leaf Flower fruit by Bill Nelson (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2023) on the Ockham NZ Book Award Poetry short list, I am reposting a reading Bill did for Poe…
Poetry Shelf Ockham NZ Book Award Feature: Bill Nelson - a poem, a reading, a review
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And now RLFF is on the book awards shortlist! What a lovely surprise.
Announcing this year's Ockham NZ Book Awards finalists! Congratulations to you all! https://t.co/yWG2Ib06iC.
@AUPBooks @PenguinBooks_NZ @BWB_NZ @OtagoUniPress @DeadBirdBooks @GiramondoBooks @text_publishing @thwupbooks @BloomsburyBooks @masseyunipress @dunedinartgallery
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RLFF is on the Ockham Book Award long list. Go little book, go!
We are all so happy to see four of our fabulous poets on the Mary and Peter Biggs Award Longlist. Congratulations @billmnelson @RubySolly @CravenJaney and Tusiata Avia!!
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Was incredible having Renée teach a class I was in at Whitireia. So lucky. Her bullshit detector was off the scale. https://t.co/RssaCy6LFk
rnz.co.nz
Renée only started writing seriously after she turned 50 - using her first name as "the only one she felt was hers".
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RLFF in the @nzlistener top 10 poetry books. Whoop! The genre bending continues!
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Lovely review of RLFF from Paula Green. “this sublime book, exquisitely crafted, fertilised with profound love and connection”
nzpoetryshelf.com
Root Leaf Flower Fruit, Bill Nelson Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2023 On some summer evenings my grandparentswould let me sleep on the porch of this garage.An old camp stretcher, a sleeping ba…
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See y'all at Litcrawl on Saturday. I'm reading at short story event, which means I know have poetry, novels and short story categories covered in one book. Now all I need to do is to work the non-fiction and YA angles.
verbwellington.nz
Award-winning poet and editor Bill Nelson with Joan Fleming.
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Just tried to wash a freckle off my forehead. Which I’m sure is the first sign of someone losing a hold on reality.
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My hot take on recovering from a brain injury in The Listener. https://t.co/5JAv33xUcU
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Congrats to @billmnelson, on the bestseller list this week!
newsroom.co.nz
The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias
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SUBLIME taste of a sublime book: Poetry Shelf Cafe: Bill Nelson reads from Root Leaf Flower Fruit
nzpoetryshelf.com
Root Leaf Flower Fruit, Bill Nelson, Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2023 Excerpt from Root Leaf Flower Bill Nelson is the author of Root Leaf Flower Fruit (2023) and Memorandum of Understanding …
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Thanks again to everyone who came along to @billmnelson's book launch yesterday at Good Books! Here is the launch speech in case you missed it. 💚 https://t.co/oyHi3dyZJU
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Book launch for RLFF is tonight! 6pm at @GoodBookshopNZ . See ya there.
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RLFF release day! It's in the shops! And it's a 'fruit' day today with a new moon tomorrow! Which means it's time to start sowing those seeds. Go forth little book and grow, grow, grow.
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