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:

    Skills:

    • Poetry

    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

    Between

    Poetry  The Cuba Press   2025