About the Author

David Eggleton is a performance poet and writer. Part Polynesian, he grew up between Fiji and New Zealand. Eggletons many awards include six times Book Reviewer of the Year in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, PEN Best First Book of Poetry, the Robert Burns Fellowship and, uniquely among New Zealand poets, he was London Time Outs Street Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He also writes non-fiction, and has produced several documentaries, CDs and short films. In 2016 his collection 'The Conch Trumpet' won the Ockham New Zealand Book Award for poetry and he received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in poetry.