Sue Fitchett

Retired psychologist, conservationist & Waiheke Islander. Co-author and Editor of various books of poetry and anthologies. Authored Palaver lava queen (AUP: 2004) and On the Wing (Steele Roberts 2014).  Work has appeared in various other publications & art shows. Louis Johnson bursar 2001/2002. Co-winner 1998 NZ Poetry Society’s International Competition.

Genre:

  • Poetry

Skills:

  • Editing

Branch:

Auckland

Location:

Waiheke Island

Publications:

Palaver lava queen

Poetry AUP 2004

On the Wing

Poetry Steele Roberts 2014

Night Burns with a White Fire: The Essential Lauris Edmond

Selection of Lauris Edmonds Poetry  edited by Frances Edmond and Sue Fitchett; Steele Roberts 2017

Drawing Together

Co-author of collection Drawing Together (with Marina Bachmann and Janet Charman): Published by Spiral; Distributed by New Women's Press; 1985  Mixed prose & poetry

 

Charts & Soundings; some small navigation aids

Author of a collaborative work with photographer Jane Zusters (Charts & Soundings; some small navigation aids) Edited by Bernadette Hall & Elizabeth Allen; Published by Spiral in association with Island Bridge.  Distributed in NZ by Addenda Ltd. and in Australia by Spinifex Press: 1999

Eat These Sweet Words

Co-editor of the lesbian companion volume (Eat These Sweet Words) of The New Zealand Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Poetry (co-edited with Marewa Glover, Cary McDermott, Rhona Vickoce and Jonathan Fisher): Published by Publishing Giant Press; Christchurch; 1999