Book review: CUMULUS: an anthology of skies

Edited by Kirstie McKinnon (Caselberg Press, 2023)


Hello you beautiful thing. We’ve been looking forward to the release of this book, a hybrid of sky-themed photographs by Dunedin-based photographer Carlos Biggemann and work by some of Otago’s most exciting poets, including Megan Kitching, Claire Lacey, Rushi Vyas and Iona Winter.

The project was Carlos’ idea. A two-time winner of the Stephen Thomas Award at London’s My Perspective Photography Competition, he approached Kirstie with the idea of asking a group of poets to put words to some of his images. The result is a stunning back and forth between the eye and the mind – a sensation that mimics that feeling we have when we take the time to stop, and look up.

As Carlos writes in his forward to the book, “The beauty of the sky is pure poetry.”

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Laura Williamson
A writer, songwriter and poet based in Central Otago, Laura Williamson is the editor of 1964: mountain culture / aotearoa. She co-wrote The Blue Moments Project song and spoken word cycle, and her book The Bike and Beyond: Life on Two Wheels in Aotearoa New Zealand is out now as part of the BWB Text series.

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