Episode Details

On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way Gregory chats to Hera Lindsay Bird about children’s literature, writing long poems and her fandom of the writer Mark Leidner.

Hera Lindsay Bird is a writer based in New Zealand. She has published two books including her self-titled debut collection Hera Lindsay Bird and her pamphlet Pamper Me to Hell & Back was a Laureate’s choice. She has won awards including the Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award and has been profiled in VICE, The Guardian and other publications too. She regularly writes an agony aunt column for The Spinoff.

You can buy Hera’s book here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/307929/hera-lindsay-bird-by-bird-hera-lindsay/9780141987408

You can buy Hera’s pamphlet here: https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/pamper-me-to-hell-and-back/

(We’d also recommend enquiring with your local bookshops or libraries as well.)

Here is Hera’s advice column for The Spinoff: https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/hera-bird

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