Ian Reid Ian Reid i(A12794 works by) (a.k.a. Ian William Reid)
Born: Established: 1943 Wellington, Wellington (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1967
Heritage: New Zealander
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1 A Drama of Distance i "Some neighbours shun some outlooks.", Ian Reid , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Catchment — Poetry of Place , 21 December no. 1 2023;
1 Position, Position i "What it lacks in structural elegance, this house", Ian Reid , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Catchment — Poetry of Place , 21 December no. 1 2023;
1 y separately published work icon Breaking the Surface Ian Reid , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 26939566 2023 selected work poetry 'Praise from reviewers of Ian Reid’s previous books
'Rhumbs, Woods Hole, Mass. (USA), Pourboire Press
‘I like best his tough humorous approach and nearly epigrammatic style, his intelligence in using words and his width of focus – taking in not just the immediate situation but its context too. That’s rare, now that so much verse is self-preoccupied, concentrating on the personal at the expense of thinking and feeling outwards, and without bringing up enough to justify the inwardness. Reid has always been able to relate in the opposite direction. To be humble and humorous about oneself is a lost art, but he has it. To look at the not-me with love and real interest and say something valid - Reid knows what poetry’s for.’ - Judith Wright
'Undercover Agent, Adelaide, Adelaide University Union Press
‘Throughout Undercover Agent Reid places this uneasiness about living up to the Romantic ideal of man and poet insistently at the centre of his poetry, till we recognise in his procedure a dogged honesty. He becomes a keen and hard quester after what makes opportunities for poetry…a series of startling and versatile prose poems…an assured and authoritative syntax.’ - Christopher Pollnitz in Southerly
The Shifting Shore, Grange Press (Vancouver, Canada) and Mattoid (Geelong)
‘There’s a great deal of verbal flair, at times almost pyrotechnics, but the poems also have a terrific sense of place, of being located in a physical world inhabited by real people. All this gives the collection a human and physical solidity which is very appealing, and all the more because the language is full of tricks and surprises.’ - Andrew Taylor
‘Reid approaches his subject with humour, precise imagery, and an emphasis on the aural... The poems discuss the self through extended metaphors so thoroughly that self and seashore merge, diverge and merge again. This is poetry of the littoral regions. In reading it one finds oneself standing on the physical, wet sand or in the conceptual territory of the individual psyche, depending on the tidal movements of each stanza and line... Not only a fine sense of the interstices between self and world, but an exceptional sense of imagery [moving] towards the fascinating territory that Reid calls “the ruffled edges of the real”.’ - Michael Wiley in Antipodes (USA)' 

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1 Reflecting i "Any closed window is now a looking glass", Ian Reid , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , September no. 62 2023;
1 Matrimonial Trigonometry i "Their marriage was as three-sided", Ian Reid , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , 1 July vol. 67 no. 7/8 2023; (p. 102)
1 Vital Signs i "There’s always a sly irony", Ian Reid , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , 1 July vol. 67 no. 7/8 2023; (p. 102)
1 Coming to Our Senses Ian Reid , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry d'Amour 2022 2022;
1 The Olive Grove (after a Painting by Jill Kempson) i "At first glance, almost Arcadian: the last", Ian Reid , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Saltbush Review , no. 2 2022;
1 Chip to Old Block i "On the sloping paddocks where you grew up", Ian Reid , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , June no. 57 2022;
1 The Escape i "What is he rushing away from, the scrawny frog?", Ian Reid , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 66 no. 4 2022; (p. 28)
1 Turnings Ian Reid , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry for the Planet : An Anthology of Imagined Futures 2021;
1 All Thumbs i "The cleverest human features", Ian Reid , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 65 no. 12 2021; (p. 7)
1 The Company of Milk i "Each morning, music would rise up to the office", Ian Reid , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , September no. 54 2021;
1 y separately published work icon The Madwoman's Coat Ian Reid , Ardross : Framework Press , 2021 22779820 2021 single work novel historical fiction

'1897: Isabella Trent is found murdered in a Fremantle asylum cell. Why did she die? Who is the killer? What is the meaning of the ornate motifs that she has secretly embroidered on a man’s frock coat? And who, really, is Isabella?

'Years earlier, young Lucy Malpass leaves her home in Staffordshire for London, where she is drawn into a community of artists and socialists around William Morris and his family. Before long there is not only a prospect of fulfilling work but also a glimpse of reciprocal passion. Then her high hopes gradually begin to unravel.

'There seems to be a link between Lucy and Isabella, related in some way to an old Icelandic tale. But what exactly is this link, and what can it explain about their closely held secrets?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Consequences at Fibonacci Cemetery i "Take", Ian Reid , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 102 2021;
1 2 y separately published work icon A Thousand Tongues Ian Reid , Ardross : Framework Press , 2019 17524640 2019 single work novel historical fiction

'Ian Reid's fourth historical novel is a gripping story about the twists and turns of conscience, racial and sexual tensions, the limits of historical enquiry, and legacies of guilt and shame.

'Released from Dartmoor Prison in 1889, a black man breaks back into it soon afterwards. Interned in the same gaol during World War 1, a conscientious objector seems to invite trouble and seek harsh punishment. On a modern Australian university campus, a Turkish student is mysteriously killed. The suspenseful action of A Thousand Tongues gradually reveals how these enigmas are interlinked.' (Publication summary)
1 Going Under i "Itching to be big, the stick-thin kid", Ian Reid , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 5 2019;
1 So Long i "Things that hook their talons in memory's gut", Ian Reid , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ear to Earth : An Anthology of Australian Poetry 2017 2017; (p. 25)

This poem is in two numbered parts.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Mind's Own Place : A Novel Ian Reid , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2015 8392373 2015 single work novel historical fiction

'Two women and three men, displaced in different ways by the rapid transformation of Victorian England, travel separately to a small settlement on Australia’s western rim. With them they carry social ambitions and psychological wounds. As their lives intersect in the Swan River Colony, what they encounter is not quite what they expect. Who will struggle, who will thrive, and how will each react when secrets emerge?

'Though fictional, The Mind’s Own Place is partly based on the actual experiences of historical figures: a pair of convicts from respectable backgrounds, talented and enterprising but troubled; two female immigrants, free settlers, not equally fortunate or resilient; and the first detective in Western Australia, who eventually uncovers more than he intends.

'Like Ian Reid’s previous acclaimed novels, this powerful story explores intricate relationships between the shaping of character and the pressure of adversity. It reveals damaged families, mixed motives, and the long shadows thrown by the past.' (Publication summary)
1 The Sea Eagle Ian Reid , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 27 no. 2 2013; (p. 124-128)
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