Serie Barford is a performance poet from Auckland, New Zealand. [1] [2]
Her poetry collection, Tapa Talk, was published in 2007 [3] to critical acclaim. [4] [5] She has published four other books of poetry (in 1985, 1989, 2015, [6] and 2021 [7]). Her poems and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies, among them Mauri Ola, [8] Whetu Moana, [9] Niu Voices, Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, Dreadlocks, Writing the Pacific, Trout, Blackmail Press, Snorkel and Best New Zealand Poems. [1] Sleeping with Stones was shortlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. [10]
She has Samoan, European and Algonquin Indian ancestry. [4]
Serie Barford is a performance poet from Auckland, New Zealand. [1] [2]
Her poetry collection, Tapa Talk, was published in 2007 [3] to critical acclaim. [4] [5] She has published four other books of poetry (in 1985, 1989, 2015, [6] and 2021 [7]). Her poems and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies, among them Mauri Ola, [8] Whetu Moana, [9] Niu Voices, Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, Dreadlocks, Writing the Pacific, Trout, Blackmail Press, Snorkel and Best New Zealand Poems. [1] Sleeping with Stones was shortlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. [10]
She has Samoan, European and Algonquin Indian ancestry. [4]