Peter Bland Explained

Peter Bland (born 12 May 1934 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire)^[1] is a British-New Zealand poet and actor.

Life

He emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 20 and graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington.

He worked as a radio producer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.

He became closely associated with the Wellington Group which included James K. Baxter and Louis Johnson. He worked in theatre, as co-founder and artistic director of Downstage Theatre from 1964–68.^[2]

He returned to Britain in 1970 for a short time but now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.^[3]

Awards and honours

• 1977 Cholmondeley Award
• Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition, England
• 2011 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement^[4]

Works

Poetry

• Book: Title 3 poets: I. Habitual fevers, by Peter Bland. II. The watchers, by John Boyd. III. The sensual anchor, by Victor O'Leary . Capricorn Press. 1958 .
• Book: My Side of the Story: Poems 1960–1964 . Mate Books. 1964 .
• Book: Domestic Interiors . Wai-te-ata Press. 1964 .
• Book: The Man With the Carpet-Bag. Caxton Press. 1972 .
• Book: Mr. Maui . London Magazine Editions. 1976 .
• Book: Primitives . Wai-te-ata Press. 1979 .
• Book: Stone Tents . London Magazine Editions. 1981. 978-0-904388-40-4 .
• Book: The Crusoe Factor. London Magazine Editions. 1985 .
• Book: Selected Poems . McIndoe. 1987 .
• Book: Paper Boats . J. McIndoe. 1991. 978-0-86868-130-6 .
• Book: Selected Poems . Carcanet. 1998. 978-1-85754-357-5 .
• Book: Let's Meet: poems 1985-2003. Steele Roberts. 2003. 978-1-877338-07-6 .
• Book: Ports of Call . Steele Roberts. 2003. 978-1-877338-04-5 .
• Book: The Night Kite: Poems for Children. Illustrator Carl Bland. Mallinson Rendel. 2004. 978-0-908783-83-0 .
• Book: Mr Maui's Monologues . Steele Roberts. 2008. 978-1-877448-27-0 .
• Book: Loss . Steele Roberts. 2010. 978-1-877448-97-3 .
• Book: Starkey the Gentle Pirate . Illustrator Nikki Slade Robinson . Steele Roberts. 2010. 978-1-877-577-03-1 .
• Book: Coming Ashore . Steele Roberts. 2011. 978-1-877577-49-9 .
• Book: Collected Poems: 1956–2011 . Steele Roberts. 2013. 978-1-877577-99-4 .
• Book: Breath Dances . Steele Roberts. 2013. 978-1-927242-11-7 .
• Book: Hunting Elephants . Steele Roberts. 2014. 978-1-927242-53-7 .

Plays

• Father’s Day (Wellington, 1966; the first locally-written production at Downstage Theatre)
• George the Mad Ad Man (Wellington, 1967, and Coventry, England, 1969).

Film Acting

• A Touch of the Other (1970)
• Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974)
• Dangerous Orphans (1985)
• Came a Hot Friday (1985)
• Queen City Rocker (1986)

Memoir

• Book: Sorry, Im a Stranger Here Myself . Vintage. 2004. 978-1-86941-632-4 .

External links

• "Bland, Peter", New Zealand Book Council
• "Bland, Peter", doollee

Notes and References

1. Book: Lambert, Max . Who's Who in New Zealand . 1991. 12th . Reed, Auckland . 61 . 0-7900-01306 .
2. Book: The Cambridge guide to literature in English . registration . 92 . Peter Bland poet. . 978-0-521-44086-8 . Ousby . Ian . 1993. Cambridge University Press .
3. Web site: Peter Bland. Carcanet Press . 30 October 2020.
4. Web site: Previous winners . . 24 October 2013.