Memberjoannasephine(she, her)

Collections
Tags
poetry (1,064), women poets (382), British poetry (374), New Zealand poetry (251), American poetry (242), anthologies (187), dining room bookcase (168), mystery (158), crime (152), scifi/fantasy (126), Australian poetry (97), detective (97), essays (96), poetics (94), food (90), first book (80), recipes (74), fiction (71), cooking (64), formal poetry (59), gardening (58), humour (54), Discworld (50), fantasy (49), New Generation poets (47), PBS Choice (46), Glamorganistas (43), haiku (42), history (40), manuals (39), animal husbandry (39), eco-living (38), check (38), chickens (36), Next Generation poets (36), reference (35), Cymraeg (34), Irish poetry (33), murder mystery (32), Australia (30), small bookcase (30), poetry manuals (30), science (29), Australian (28), Regency Romance (26), historical (26), romance (26), PBS Recommendation (25), pop science (24), baking (23), canon (23), travel (23), vegetables (21), cover (21), haibun (21), speculative fiction (20), New Zealand (19), animals (19), writing exercises (19), translations (19), poultry (19), words (19), check cover (19), Amerasian poetry (18), language (17), comics (17), TV tie-in (17), satire (17), agriculture (16), add cover (16), historical fiction (16), social commentary (14), trivia (14), Dilbert (14), business (13), creative writing (13), fruit (13), short stories (13), British history (13), how-to (12), Deverry series (12), Christmas present 2009 (11), miscellanea (11), guidebooks (11), chicken porn (10), permaculture (9), fiction. fantasy (9), comedy (9), Cadfael (9), sustainable living (9), psychology (9), review (8), bread (8), prosody (8), Family Circle series (8), cakes (8), Siopcoffistas (8), alternate reality (7), dystopian fantasy (7), dystopia (7), Eliot award (7), sonnets (7), memoirs (7), self-sufficiency (7), Indigo series (7), popular science (7), natural history (6), Anglo-American poetry (6), farming (6), linguistics (6), Red Moon anthologies (6), sewing (6), biography (6), philosophy (5), pedagogy (5), aromatherapy (5), young adult (5), River Cottage (5), TV series (5), phrasebooks (5), Singer sewing reference library (5), ecology (5), herbs (5), Canadian poetry (5), religion (5), Thursday Next series (5), DIY (5), eco living (4), Stewart's (4), housekeeping (4), crime detective (4), poems-in-progress (4), handbooks (4), Kathleen Grattan Award (4), Russian poetry (4), plants (4), verse novel (4), Clarkson (4), Tiffany Aching series (4), memoir (4), quotes (4), marketing (4), Shakespeare (4), ethics (4), culture (4), scripts (4), classics (4), noir (4), Johnny Maxwell series (3), lists (3), writing (3), made-up words (3), horticulture (3), autobiography (3), feminist (3), Axis Trilogy (3), Discworld spinoff (3), scifi (3), literary fiction (3), propogation (3), nature (3), comparative religion (3), Polynesian poetry (3), formalist poetry (3), mythology (3), home economics (3), biology (3), Farseer Trilogy (3), teaching (3), coffee (3), English (3), politics (3), New Zealand fiction (3), film (3), comment (3), moochable (3), Scottish poetry (3), household hints (3), New Zealand author (3), sport (3), German poetry (2), Australian Women's Weekly series (2), parody (2), poets on poetry (2), symbolism (2), Australian fiction (2), cars (2), exercises (2), art (2), love poems (2), architecture (2), alternative (2), Liveship series (2), Chinese poetry (2), fairytales (2), folklore (2), Poetry (2), Science (2), Poetry Book Society Choice (2), Greek poetry (2), Otherland series (2), Poetry School (2), literary criticism (2), Curry Club series (2), chooks (2), economics (2), birds (2), River Cottage series (2), mathematics (2), linked verse (2), cricket (2), Asian food (2), oddities (2), cognitive science (2), Ars Poetica (2), criticism (2), elegies (2), literature (2), New Zealand authors (2), brain (2), medical case studies (2), formalism (2), spoof (2), home brewing (2), preserving (2), mash-up (2), TIOLI (2), reviews (2), cartoons (2), sustainability (2), incubation (2), Nursery Crime series (2), yoga (2), idiom (2), drinks (2), rengku (2), garden design (2), brewing (2), Japanese poetry (2), to review (2), etymology (2), editing (2), versions (2), Arabic poetry (2), cognition (2), grammar (2), dream analysis (2), zymergy (1), woemen poets (1), Forward Prize (1), Pacifica poetry (1), coics (1), women poets first book (1), feminism (1), New Zealand books (1), TS Eliot winner (1), Artist's Book (1), paranormal (1), popular scinece (1), ornithlogy (1), relish (1), pop psychology (1), anthropology (1), beer (1), Tiffany Aching (1), coops (1), garden projects (1), homecrafts (1), wildlife (1), pastry (1), hints (1), weather (1), desserts (1), chutney (1), women’s studies (1), woodworking (1), clouds (1), jargon (1), earthquakes (1), cheese (1), debunking (1), morality (1), atheism (1), jam (1), sociology (1), gender (1), social satire (1), Diamond Jubilee (1), letters (1), Irish poets (1), livestock (1), consumerism (1), renga (1), astronomy (1), lesbian (1), cosmology (1), sexism (1), mountaineering (1), motherhood (1), Pasifika poetry (1)
Clouds
Tag Cloud, Author Cloud, Tag Mirror
Media
Groups
Joined
Apr 25, 2007
Real Name
Joanna Preston
About My Library
Welcome to my library. (Well, the bits of it I've catalogued so far anyway.)
As you can see, it's mostly poetry so far, but I am slowly adding books from my other life ...

Are you a poetry fan?
Scifi buff? Fantasy nut?
Lifestyler?
Barbara Good?
Want to trade recommendations?
About Me

I'm a writer and an unrepentant, recidivist book fiend. My other half is a scientist.

We're both huge fans of Terry Pratchett, keen home bakers/brewers/gardeners/chicken keepers, and are interested in sustainable living and permaculture (probably inevitable – I was once thrown off a horse at Bill Mollison's feet).
We have a diverse and eccentric set of life skills.

My first poetry collection, The Summer King, was published in July 2009 by Otago University Press, and won both the 2008 Kathleen Grattan Award and the 2010 Mary Gilmore Prize for Poetry. My second, tumble (Otago University Press, 2021) won the Mary & Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Location
Canterbury, New Zealand
Homepage
https://joannapreston.com
Also On
Currently Reading
Favorite Authors
Local Favorites

Bookstores: Foyles (old Charing Cross branch), Heffers Bookshop, MCB Madras Cafe Books, Scorpio Books, The Poetry Bookshop, UBS University Bookshop on Campus, University Book Shop (Otago)

Libraries: Christchurch Central City Library, Scottish Poetry Library, South Christchurch Library

Member Connections

Friends
Interesting Library