Kevin Ireland

Kevin Ireland lives in Devonport. As well as poetry, he has published a collection of short stories, Sleeping with the Angels, six novels, including Getting Away with It and Daisy Chains, and two memoirs, Under the Bridge and Over the Moon and Backwards to Forwards. Kevin was awarded an OBE for services to literature and has received numerous other awards, including the 2004 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement and in 2006 the AW Reed Award for his contribution to New Zealand literature. In 2000 he received an honorary doctorate from Massey University.

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