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Brian Turner
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Brian Turner

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Brian Turner is a former Te Mata Poet Laureate and one of this country's best loved poets. An ardent and accomplished sportsman, conservationist and champion of our wild places, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Otago in 2011. He is the author of several books and lives in the Ida Valley in Central Otago.

Books by Brian Turner

Landmarks

A companion volume to the remarkable Timeless Land.

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Boundaries

Brian Turner’s name is synonymous with Central Otago – albeit a different Central – one well removed from the tourist centres and vineyards.

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Somebodies and Nobodies

Honest and insightful, this memoir is a revealing picture of our recent past, of sport and poetry, the spirit of New Zealand's south and its distinctive people.

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