Background
The poems are an explanation of why the son of a builder would go and write poetry.
The poems are an explanation of why the son of a builder would go and write poetry.
University of Auckland.
He practices medicine on the Kapiti Coast. Colquhoun"s first book of poems, The Art of Walking Upright, was published in 1999. lieutenant has been said the book is a love letter to the people of Te Tii, the Northland town where he was living at that time.
An Explanation of Poetry to My Father was published and written in 2001.
Written in the middle of his work on Playing God, the book was a distraction for Colquhoun from that work. Playing God, Colquhuoun’s third book, was published in 2002 to critical acclaim and popular support.
lieutenant has sold over 10,000 copies in New Zealand and in 2007 was published in the United Kingdom. How We Fell (2006) is a collection of love poems written to Colquhoun’s ex-wife. lieutenant is the candid story of a ten-year relationship.
In 2010 Glenn was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to research medical storytelling programmes.
In October 2012 he wanted to participate in the Transit of Venus poetry exchange at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. "WHEN I Department of Administration and Management Indiana DOUBT". "TODAY I Doctor of Osteopathy NOT WANT TO Bachelor of Engineering A DOCTOR".
"Indiana OTHER WORDS".
"TO THE GIRL World Health Organization STOOD BESIDE Master of Engineering AT THE CHECK-OUT COUNTER OF WHITCOULL"South BOOKSTORE Indiana HAMILTON Ontario TUESDAY". "Academy of Sciences EXPLANATION OF POETRY TO MY FATHER". "A MINI MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION".
"A HISTORY".
"THE OTHER SIDE OF A RIVER", Beyond the Pale
The Art of Walking Upright. Steele Roberts Limited. 1999.
An Explanation of Poetry to My Father.
Steele Roberts.
2001.
Playing God: Poems about Medicine. Hammersmith Press Limited.
2002. reissued 2007
How We Fellow
Steele Roberts. 2006.
North South. Steele Roberts.
His first book, The Art of Walking Upright, won the Montana New Zealand Book Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry. Playing God was published in December 2002. The work received the Montana Award for Poetry and the Montana Readers" Choice Award at the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book He was the first poet to be awarded the Readers" Choice Award in a readers vote. In October 2006, Playing God went Platinum with Booksellers New Zealand, making its way onto their Premier New Zealand Bestsellers list. lieutenant is the only poetry collection in New Zealand to make it to Platinum, meaning more than 5,000 copies of the book have been sold. Colquhoun was the convenor of the 2004 New Zealand Post Book for Children and Young Adults. Also in 2004, he received the country’s largest literary award, the Prize in Modern Letters, worth $60,000.
