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Louise Wallace

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Louise Wallace is the author of three previous collections of poetry, with her next book This is a story about your mother forthcoming in 2023 with Te Herenga Waka University Press. She is the founder and editor of Starling, an online journal for young New Zealand writers, and she lives in Ōtepoti.

Jane Arthur and Louise Wallace (Photos: Ebony Lamb / Design: Archi Banal)

Birth, death and love poems: A conversation between Louise Wallace and Jane Arthur

Two poets explore each other's latest collections.

By Louise Wallace

& Jane Arthur | 16th May, 2023

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The Friday Poem: talk to your baby, by Louise Wallace

A new poem from poet and Starling editor Louise Wallace.

By Louise Wallace | 10th December, 2021

Wanted: poetry by writers not a day older than 25

Wanted: poetry by writers not a day older than 25

All week this week the Spinoff Review of Books devotes itself to poetry in the build-up to Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on Friday. Today: Louise Wallace, co-editor of an online journal which publishes poetry and stories by New Zealand writers under 25, reaches out to high school students.

By Louise Wallace | 23rd August, 2017

Actress Meryl Streep addresses the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

The Friday Poem: ‘Meryl Streep’ by Louise Wallace

New verse by Wellington writer Louise Wallace.

By Louise Wallace | 11th August, 2017

The Friday Poem by Louise Wallace PLUS BONUS ESSAY!

The Friday Poem by Louise Wallace PLUS BONUS ESSAY!

New verse by Starling editor Louise Wallace PLUS BONUS EXTRA essay on attending a poetry festival in Mexico. Mexico!

By Louise Wallace | 31st March, 2017