Helen Rickerby

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Helen Rickerby is a New Zealand poet, writer, editor and publisher. In 2020, she won the Mary and Peter Biggs poetry prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. [1]

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Biography

In 1995, she was part of the group that founded JAAM literary journal. From 2005 to 2015 she was co-managing editor, with Clare Needham, of the journal. [2] [3] Since 2004, Rickerby has run Seraph Press, a small publishing company based in Wellington, New Zealand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Helen Rickerby". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. "Pantograph Punch - Helen Rickerby". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. "HEADWORX Author - Helen Rickerby". headworx.co.nz. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. Rickerby, Helen; Seraph Press (2014). Words that matter: 10 years of Seraph Press. ISBN   978-0-473-30686-1. OCLC   901374859.
  5. Rickerby, Helen (2014). Cinema. ISBN   978-0-473-27648-5. OCLC   875553085.
  6. Rickerby, Helen; Kilmog Press (2010). Heading north. Dunedin [N.Z.: Kilmog Press. ISBN   978-0-9864616-6-8. OCLC   657075962.
  7. Rickerby, Helen (2008). My iron spine. Wellington, N.Z.: HeadworX. ISBN   978-0-473-13596-6. OCLC   255557146.