publications, appearances, other stuff
Poetry
- ‘pure expression of colour’ in Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2026
- ‘playing house’ in Landfall Tauraka 250
- ‘forehead kiss at turtle pond’ in Sweet Mammalian Issue 11
- ‘muscle memory’ in Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023
- ‘fake plastic whale heart’ in Poetry Yearbook 2023 – Afterburn
- ‘I have the money, I’ve been working nights’, ‘DARK ADULT ITALIAN STYLE’, ‘I could never have a sugar daddy because I don’t look after myself’ in Starling Issue 15
- ‘The past is another planet’ in Sweet Mammalian Issue 9
- ‘After, you buy pears and rolled oats, as if your world hadn’t split open then sealed itself up with a new glow and no scar’ in Pantograph Punch
- ‘oh, the places I won’t go!’ in The Spinoff
- ‘soulmates’ in Turbine | Kapohau
- ‘the things I would do for a Pizza Hut classic cheese right now’ in Stasis
- ‘marry me (on runescape)’ in Sweet Mammalian
- ‘guided meditation’ in Sweet Mammalian
- ‘I am the ghost of the IKEA futon couch’ in Food Court zine S08E01
- ‘all the leaves are brown and my heart is a free range egg’ in Mayhem
- ‘Country Music’ in Starling Issue 12
- ‘Spawning Season’ in Starling Issue 12
- ‘Last Call Nigel’ in Starling Issue 12
- ‘bus poem #2’ in Milly Magazine
- ‘clucky’ in Milly Magazine
- ‘‘Patched gang members in the Māori Affairs Committee Room’, 1979’ National Library
- ‘the mice and I’ in Stasis
- ‘tether’, ‘ruination’ in Starling Issue 11
- ‘Freedom’s mum stole our Stephen King books’ in Given Words competition 2020
- ‘brain block’ in Starling Issue 9
- ‘do androids dream of gender equality?’ in Starling Issue 9
- ‘edge’ in Starling Issue 9
- ‘hi-vis’ in Starling Issue 3
- ‘soft cotton mornings’ 2015 National Schools Poetry Award
Activities and appearances
• Reading at the 2026 Poetry in the Garden at Katherine Mansfield House
• Highly commended in the 2025 Sargeson Prize Award for short story ‘Pond Scum’
• Judge of creative writing category for the 2025 Aotearoa Student Press Awards
• Reading at STARLING: RELAY, a Verb event celebrating ten years of Starling, including a reflection on an earlier poem
• WOMAD 2025 Poetry Slam Judge & Performer, podcast interview for Access Radio Taranaki
• Performance at Great Sounds Great 2025
• Freya Daly Sadgrove’s Test Kitchen at Bookhound, September 2025
• National Poetry Day reading, August 2025, ‘THWUP and the P is for poetry’
• Convener of Pegasus Poetry readings since October 2023
• Reading at Brent Kininmont’s book launch for ‘The Companion to Volcanology’, April 2025
• Reflecting on ‘tether’ for Starling Issue 20
• Sweet Mammalian Issue 11 launch at Verb Wellington’s Litcrawl 2024
• Writers on Mondays: Ōrongohau – Best New Zealand Poems reading August 2024
• Panellist at Red Dirt Poetry Festival 2024
• The Time Machine: A youth poetry workshop in collaboration with Landing Press and Newtown Library
• ‘I can’t stop thinking about the woman with the goldfish bowl’ – essay published in The Spinoff
• Poetry Shelf reading
• ‘What I’m Reading’ in Stuff
• Author interview for Time Out Bookstore
• Writers on Mondays alongside Joy Holley and Rijula Das, chaired by Tina Makereti
• Co-convener of a masterclass with Morgan Bach for the National School’s Poetry Award 2023
• Reading at Good Books alongside Jordan Hamel, NZ Poet Laureate Chris Tse and Claire Mabey
• ‘Ocean Bards’ poetry reading at National Young Writer’s Festival, held in Newcastle NSW, Australia
• Digital reading for Starling Issue 15’s launch
• Audio reading for Porirua Library’s National Poetry Day spotlight series
Past Lives reviews and mentions
• Olivia Wallace for Read NZ Te Pou Marama
• Paula Green on Poetry Shelf
• Remy Rusk for Read NZ Te Pou Marama
• Genevieve Scanlan for Landfall NZ
• Nicholas Reid on Reid’s Reader
• Mini review in NZ Herald Viva
• Blurb in Issue 89 of Capital Magazine
• Mention from Joy Holley for Christchurch City Libraries
• Mention from Melody Thomas for Capital Magazine
• Past Lives in NZ Herald’s Books for Mother’s Day
• Ella Borrie’s best books on Motherhood for The Spinoff
• Mention on Poetry Shelf Postcards 2023
Leah Dodd 