Alexandra Fraser
Alexandra Fraser is an Auckland poet who has been published in magazines and anthlogies both in NZ and overseas.
She was placed first in the NZPoetry Society's International competition 2017 for her poem After the Cyclone, and runner up in the 2016 competion with her poem Penguin Days.
She is a member of the Isthmus group of poets (all AUT alumni) which is a critique and collaborative publishing group (Poetry in the Garden, Cityscapes)
She has degrees in Zoology (Otago), Anthropology (Auckland) ,and Master Creative Writing (AUT).
Alexandra's many years working as a science teacher have strongly influenced her writing, and she has a special interest in environmental science and science fiction.
She has published two collections of poetry, and a third - dealing with both human, and plant and animal colonisation, is nearing completion
Genre:
- Poetry
Skills:
- Poetry Readings
Branch:
Auckland
Location:
Auckland
Publications:
Star Trails (Steele Roberts)
Star Trails
Nicholas Reid Listener March 14 2020
‘Good poems about science are a rarity but Alexandra Fraser brings subtle skill to the task.
Her father was a photographer and amateur astronomer who spent long Waikato nights stargazing with self-devised equipment. When she was a child, he showed her how he captured “star trails”
From these experiences - and her later life as a science teacher - Fraser draws complex webs of imagery.
The telescopic lens is related to memory, just as the fragility of a beam of light is related to the brevity of life.’
Conversations by Owl-light (Steele Roberts)
Siobhan Harvey: (In NZ Poetry Shelf 2014)
‘Conversations by Owl-Light is the first collection by Auckland author, Alexandra Fraser who is one of the finest contemporary writers engaging with scientific themes in New Zealand. Chemistry, love, botany, family, astronomy, tarot and ancestry: this heady mix of themes is delicately and decidedly well handled by Fraser’s evocative language, pinpoint accuracy and sumptuous concern for human interaction.’