Brian Turner Collection

Brian Turner (1944???2025) was born in Dunedin and lived most of his life in Central Otago. His first book of poems, Ladders of Rain (1978), won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and was followed by a number of highly praised poetry collections and award-winning writing in a wide range of genres, including journalism, biography, memoir and sports writing. Later poetry collections included Night Fishing (2016), Inside Outside (2011) and Just This (winner of the New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry in 2010). He was the Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate 2003???05 and received the Prime Minister???s Award for Poetry in 2009.