PUBLICATION

Traces of Aotearoa: Poetry, Prose & Visual Art

Traces of Aotearoa is a multidisciplinary anthology of poetry, prose, and visual art by women writers and artists responding to contemporary life in Aotearoa New Zealand. The collection reflects on the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, environmental uncertainty, and shifting identities, offering a thoughtful archive of women’s creative practice at the southern edge of the Pacific.

Contributors include Commonwealth Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh; leading visual artists Janet Lilo, Ayesha Green, Alex Scott, Fa‘amele Etuale, Penny Howard, and the intergenerational Tongan mother and daughter duo Sulieti Fieme‘a Burrows and Tui Emma Gillies; acclaimed Pacific writer Courtney Sina Meredith; writer and gallerist Kim Meredith; emerging Rotuman/Pākehā voice Jane Lowe; Aotearoa born diaspora writer Shannon Huse Caldwell, based in Houston, Texas; and artist, designer and publisher Sally Greer, whose return to studio practice marks a powerful creative homecoming.