Stephen Oliver b. 1950. Stephen is a
transtasman poet and writer who lives
in Sydney. He grew up in Brooklyn-west, Wellington, New Zealand.
Author of eleven titles of poetry, including 'Night of Warehouses:
Poems 1978-2000' (HeadworX Publishers, 2001). One year magazine
journalism course, Wellington Polytechnic. Radio NZ Broadcasting
School. Casual radio actor. Lived in Paris, Vienna, London, San
Francisco, Greece and Israel. Signed on with the radio ship, ‘The
Voice of Peace’ broadcasting in the Mediterranean out of
Jaffa. Freelanced as production voice, newsreader, announcer, voice
actor, journalist, copy and features writer. Poems widely represented
in New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, USA, UK, South Africa, Canada,
etc. Recently published poetry chapbook, 'Deadly Pollen' (Word
Riot Press, Middleton NJ, USA, 2003) and 'Ballads, Satire and Salt:
A book of diversions' with illustrations by Matt ottley (Greywacke
Press, Sydney, 2003) Forthcoming: a CD of poems for international
release called 'King Hit: Selected Readings', written and read
by Stephen Oliver to original music composed by Matt Ottley. Web
site: http://people.smartchat.net.au/~sao/;
email: sao@smartchat.net.au
Sites where you can find his work:
http://headworx.eyesis.co.nz
http://www/thylazine.org/directory/Directop.html#o
http://www.hazard.co.nz
http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/trout/about.htm
http://www.nzwriters.co.nz
http://www.nzlitfile
http://www.tassie.net.au/Poetry/poets.html
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/turbine/oliver.html
NZEPC (New Zealand Electronic Poetry
Centre)
http://www.wordriot.org/
'Night of the Warehouses'
This
collection covers five volumes
of poetry and spans two decades. See book review
by Tim Thorne on the next page
'Night of the Warehouses' is published by HeadworX
Publishers / Wellington, 2001
ISBN 0-473-07388-9
192 pp [paperback]
RRP NZ $26.00; Aust $22.00
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