A Day Like No Other

Overview

James Norcliffe, awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2022, is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most distinguished and beloved contemporary poets. A Day Like No Other gathers poems from his remarkablecareer, which includes eleven collections spanning nearly four decades.A beautifully designed and artfully curated volume, A Day Like No Other is a fineselection of James Norcliffe’s like-no-other poems. It will be read and re-read for generations, and is a must-have for confirmed Norcliffe fans and Norcliffe newbies alike.

Author Biography

James Norcliffe is a poet, children’s writer, novelist and editor. He was awarded the 2022 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry and has published eleven poetry collections, most recently Letter to ’Oumuamua (Otago University Press, 2023). He is also the author of fourteen novels for young readers, notably the award-winning Loblolly Boy series. His first adult novel, The Frog Prince (RHNZ Vintage), was published in 2022. Norcliffe has a long association with the Canterbury Poets’ Collective, takahe, the ReDraft anthologies and Flash Frontier.