Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2025

Raw, essential new collection from established and emerging voices

For the 2025 edition of Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, editor Tracey Slaughter has once again hit the zeitgeist in her selection of 141 new poems from an exhaustive submissions process.

Another packed issue, #59 showcases the raw and vital — including from this year’s featured poet, Mark Prisco — and a blistering introduction from Slaughter herself. In addition there are excellent reviews of a crop of recent poetry books.

With work by both established and emerging New Zealand poets, the Yearbook is essential reading for all poetry fans.

To look inside, click here.

Pre-order now — books will be shipped 14 August

Praise for previous editions:

‘Might get you in the gut or heart or stomach, perhaps even your bones’ — Paula Green, Poetry Shelf

‘A standout anthology overflowing with resonance, craft, and emotional power’ — Chris Reed, NZ Booklovers

‘A pile-up of ideas, a ball of fire in a book’ — Hamesh Wyatt, Otago Daily Times