There are poems that halt the spin of the world, like a finger pressed to the globe, just for a moment. 

The Integrity Cure

Donelle McKinley is a writer, editor, and publisher working internationally. She is a former Manager of Hard to Find Books, Marketing Manager of Otago University Press, and National Sales Representative for McGraw Hill. Beyond publishing, she has worked in the digital space for the love of cultural heritage, the arts, and education.

Donelle holds a Diploma in Book Publishing, Editing and Proofreading from the New Zealand Institute of Business Studies, a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Art History from University of Auckland, a BA Honours from University of Canterbury, and a Master of Information Studies from Victoria University of Wellington. She studied history of the book at New College, University of Oxford.

She is author of The Integrity Cure (Thorndon Press, 2025), a contributor to the anthology Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent (Massey University Press, 2024), and was longlisted for the 2025 Katherine Mansfield competition. Find out more at donellemckinley.com

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