Siobhan Harvey
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{{Short description|New Zealand writer (born 1973)}}
Siobhan Harvey (born 1973) is a New Zealand and UK author, editor and creative writing lecturer.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Writers File|url=https://www.read-nz.org/writer/harvey-siobhan/|access-date=7 January 2022|website=Read NZ}} She writes poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. In 2021, she was awarded the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry.{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Pamela |title=Chair of Janet Frame Literary Trust |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/social-impact-studio/news/otago832398.html |website=University of Otago |access-date=7 January 2022}}
Early life
Harvey was born in Staffordshire, England in 1973. She graduated from the University of London, Sheffield Hallam University (MA in Creative Writing, 2001) and Auckland University of Technology (PhD in Creative Writing, 2021).{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Siobhan Harvey Profile|url=https://academics.aut.ac.nz/siobhan.harvey|access-date=7 January 2022|website=AUT}}{{cite thesis |last=Harvey |first=Siobhan |year=2021 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=An Empty House |publisher=Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology |hdl=10292/14294}}
Career
Harvey is the author of eight books.{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Paula |title=Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Siobhan Harvey reads from Ghosts from |url=https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2021/05/19/poetry-shelf-celebrates-new-books-siobhan-harvey-reads-from-ghosts/ |website=NZ Poetry Shelf |date=18 May 2021 |publisher=Word Press |access-date=7 January 2022}} Her first New Zealand collection was Lost Relatives (Steele Roberts, 2011). Her second collection, Cloudboy (Otago University Press, 2014) won New Zealand's richest prize for poetry, the Kathleen Grattan Award, in 2013. In 2021, a collection of Harvey's poetry and creative nonfiction, Ghosts (Otago University Press) was launched at the Auckland Writers Festival.{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=Ghosts: Siobhan Harvey |url=https://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/event/ghosts-siobhan-harvey/1389634/ |website=Auckland Writers Festival |access-date=7 January 2022}} Poems in the book had been awarded the 2019 Kathleen Grattan Award for a Sequence of Poems, the 2020 Robert Burns Poetry Competition and the 2020 New Zealand Society of Authors Peter and Diane Beatson Fellowship.{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=Siobhan Harvey |url=https://poetryarchive.org/poet/siobhan-harvey/ |website=The Poetry Archive }}
Harvey’s fiction has been published in literary journals and anthologies, such as Asia Literary Review (Hong Kong), Griffith Review (Australia) and Best of Auckland (Writers Café, 2020). Her fiction won a 2016 Write Well Award (Silver Pen, US).
Her creative nonfiction has been published in Griffith Review (Australia), Landfall and the anthology Feminine Rising: Voices of Power and Invisibility (Cyren Press, 2019). She has been shortlisted for the Landfall Essay Competition on multiple occasions, including being placed runner up (2011) and third (2020).{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Landfall Essay Competition|url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/landfall/awards/otago065482.html|access-date=7 January 2022|website=University of Otago}}
Harvey’s poetry has been selected three times for Best New Zealand Poems series: 2012 (guest editor, Ian Wedde) 2020 (guest editor, David Eggleton) {{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=My Mother is a Ghost Living in my Mind |url=https://www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/2020-contents/siobhan-harvey/ |website=Best New Zealand Poems 2020 |publisher=Best New Zealand poems |access-date=7 January 2022}} and 2022 (guest editor, Louise Wallace) {{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=the gifted nephologist goes to school|url=https://www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/past-issues/2022-contents/siobhan-harvey/ |website=Best New Zealand Poems 2022 |publisher=Best New Zealand poems |access-date=4 September 2024}} and has been placed runner-up in 2015 and 2014 New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competitions, the 2012 Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize (Australia) and the 2012 Kevin Ireland Poetry Competition.
Harvey has served as the president of the New Zealand Society of Authors (2017–2019),{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=NZSA announces new president and delegates for 2017 to 2019|url=https://authors.org.nz/nzsa-announces-new-president-and-delegates-for-2017-to-2019/|access-date=7 January 2022|website=The New Zealand Society of Authors}} New Zealand’s National Poetry Day Coordinator (2008–2013) {{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Announcing our new National Poetry Day Coordinator Miriam Barr|url=https://www.nzbookawards.nz/national-poetry-day/news/announcing-our-new-national-poetry-day-coordinator-miriam-barr/14897?pageNum=11|access-date=7 January 2022|website=Phantom National Poetry Day|publisher=NZ Book Awards Trust}} and Poetry Editor, takahē literary magazine (2007–2014).
In 2021, she was awarded the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry.
In 2022, Harvey's book, Ghosts was longlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at 2022 New Zealand Book Awards.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=2022 Book Awards longlist|url=https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2022-awards/longlist/|access-date=4 September 2024|website=NZ Book Awards Trust}}
In 2023, Harvey won the Landfall Essay Competition for her essay, 'A Jigsaw Of Broken Things'.{{cite web|last1=Harvey|first1=Siobhan|title=Siobhan Harvey wins 2023 Landfall Essay Competition|url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/siobhan-harvey-wins-2023-landfall-essay-competition/|access-date=27 November 2023|website=Otago University Press}}
Also in 2023, Harvey was shortlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Past Competition Results Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2023|url=https://www.takahe.org.nz/past-competition-results/|access-date=4 September 2024|website=Takahe}}
In 2024, Harvey was highly commended in the Bridport Memoir Award.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Our memoir winners! Congratulations!|url=https://www.bridportprize.org.uk/news/our-memoir-winners-congratulations/?srsltid=AfmBOoqr2LDNNLlUeiXR6pGudp6OpASogWjtJJ8bpv0jMODLoHQh4KOO/|access-date=4 September 2024|website=Bridport Prize}}
Works
Poetry and Nonfiction
Poetry
- 2014 Cloudboy{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=Cloudboy |date=April 2014 |publisher=Otago University Press |location=Dunedin |isbn=9781877578809 |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/otago072803.html |access-date=6 January 2022}}
- 2011 Lost Relatives{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=Lost Relatives |date=2011 |publisher=Steele Roberts |location=Wellington |isbn=9781877577116 |url=https://www.wheelers.co.nz/books/9781877577116-lost-relatives/ |access-date=6 January 2022}}
Edited works
- 2014 Essential New Zealand Poems{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=Essential New Zealand Poems |date=August 2014 |publisher=Random House NZ |location=Auckland |isbn=9781775534594 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21863487-essential-new-zealand-poems |access-date=6 January 2022}}
- 2010 Words Chosen Carefully: New Zealand Writers in Discussion{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=Words Chosen Carefully |date=2010 |publisher=Cape Catley |location=Auckland |isbn=978-9781877346 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9407537-words-chosen-carefully-new-zealand-writers-in-discussion |access-date=6 January 2022}}
- 2009 Our Own Kind: 100 New Zealand Poems about Animals{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Siobhan |title=Our Own Kind: 100 New Zealand Poems about Animals |date=2009 |publisher=Random House NZ |location=Auckland |isbn=9781869621605 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6945785-our-own-kind |access-date=6 January 2022}}
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Category:English emigrants to New Zealand
Category:21st-century New Zealand writers
Category:21st-century New Zealand poets
Category:Alumni of the University of London
Category:Auckland University of Technology alumni