A Question Bigger Than A Hawk by Fitzgerald Jan

$25.00 NZD

Category: NZ Poetry

Questions burrow through the fourth poetry collection by Jan FitzGerald. An only child until a brother appears in a cradle one day, she wonders about the circumstances of her birth and delves into the memories she has of a childhood in 1950s Tauranga - making traps for birds that she cares for in her be Questions burrow through the fourth poetry collection by Jan FitzGerald. An only child until a brother appears in a cradle one day, she wonders about the circumstances of her birth and delves into the memories she has of a childhood in 1950s Tauranga - making traps for birds that she cares for in her bedroom, raiding feijoas, shelling peas at Christmas and befriending kuia waiting for their train. The poet marvels, too, at the world around her - from her beloved birds to the wildness of storms - and is angry at the mess we've made of it. Then, like everyone, she is aghast when nature turns, as it has done with the pandemic, and shows a different face - one we have no manual for. In 'A Question Bigger than a Hawk', Jan FitzGerald writes with urgency and compassion, allowing little to escape her keen and restless eye. ...Show more

Flying Against the Arrow by Jan FitzGerald

$10.95 NZD

Category: Poetry

First published 2005. Runner up in the Hawke's Bay Today Beattie and Forbes short story competition 2008

On a day like this by Jan FitzGerald

$19.99 NZD

Category: Penguin AU 2021

Jan FitzGerald’s poems have been widely published in leading New Zealand and overseas literary journals, and she is also a prize-winning short story writer. Her poetry collection Flying Against the Arrow was published in 2005. This, her second book, is alive with wit, fresh imagery and frank delight. Jan FitzGerald’s poems have been widely published in leading New Zealand and overseas literary journals, and she is also a prize-winning short story writer. Her poetry collection Flying Against the Arrow was published in 2005. This, her second book, is alive with wit, fresh imagery and frank delight. ...Show more

PRE_ORDER SIGNED COPY A Question Bigger than a Hawk by Jan FitzGerald

$25.00 NZD

Category: Poetry

Questions burrow through the fourth poetry collection by Jan FitzGerald. An only child until a brother appears in a cradle one day, she wonders about the circumstances of her birth and delves into the memories she has of a childhood in 1950s Tauranga – making traps for birds that she cares for in her be Questions burrow through the fourth poetry collection by Jan FitzGerald. An only child until a brother appears in a cradle one day, she wonders about the circumstances of her birth and delves into the memories she has of a childhood in 1950s Tauranga – making traps for birds that she cares for in her bedroom, raiding feijoas, shelling peas at Christmas and befriending kuia waiting for their train. The poet marvels, too, at the world around her – from her beloved birds to the wildness of storms – and is angry at the mess we’ve made of it. Then, like everyone, she is aghast when nature turns, as it has done with the pandemic, and shows a different face – one we have no manual for. In A Question Bigger than a Hawk, Jan FitzGerald writes with urgency and compassion, allowing little to escape her keen and restless eye. ...Show more

Wayfinder by Jan FitzGerald

$24.99 NZD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine