Lynn Jenner

Read and listen on pinklight.nz Writer of hybrid texts - sometimes essay, sometimes memoir, sometimes poetry. Teacher/mentor of memoir, and essay writing.


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Northland

Location:

Paraparaumu

Publications:


Lost and Gone Away

A collection of four investigations of loss. Shortlisted in the non-fiction section of the Ockham NZ Book awards in 2016.

Dear Sweet Harry

Poems and found text telling the stories of Harry Houdini, Mata Hari and my grandfather at the time of World War One. Published 2010. Won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry 2010.

Peat

A collection of essays and poetic glossaries describing the community's attitude to the construction of the McKays to Peka Peka Expressway, juxtaposed to the aesthetic ideas of Charles Brasch, founder of Landfall, poet and conservationist. Published by Otago University Press 2019.