The 15th edition of the magazine showcases work by an array of New Zealand writers, such as Kerrin P. Sharpe, whose third collection rabbit rabbit will be published by Victoria University Press (VUP) in 2016.
It also features work from writers further afield, such as Irish poet Vona Groarke, and a new translation of a poem by Eugenio Montale—the 1975 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Two poems from 2015 Stout Memorial Fellow Gregory O’Brien inspired by a ceramic work made by Tony Fomision are included as well as two poems from Professor Harry Ricketts from Victoria’s School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies.
Host of Radio New Zealand’s The Sampler Nick Bollinger offers up his take on a garden and a long-lost recording by the band Mammal, and Lynn Jenner uncovers the history of Kāpiti in a hybrid of essay and poetry.
The 2015 Victoria University of Wellington/Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence, Tim Corballis, offers eight short stories and is confronted with questions taken directly from his work in an interview with Master’s student Jackson Nieuwland.
IIML Senior Lecturer Emily Perkins says Turbine 15 showcases some of the sharpest new writing around, from writers near and far, in all kinds of formats.
“Some of these contributors are already highly regarded poets, fiction writers and non-fiction writers; others, it seems fair to say, soon will be.”
Turbine 15 is co-edited by Louise Compagnone, Alexandra Hollis and Jackson Nieuwland.
It can be viewed online.