About the Author

Alan Roddick was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1952.
He is the literary executor for Charles Brasch and has edited numerous books including Charles
Brasch: Selected Poems (OUP, 2015). Next is Roddick's third book of poetry: his first collection,
The Eye Corrects, was published in 1967 and was followed 49 years later with Getting It Right
(OUP, 2016).