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> *Diana Brodie's debut collection **/Giotto's Circle/**is available now.** > * > > > "In Diana Brodie's gutsy first collection, the constraints and > repressions of post-war society in suburban New Zealand are brought > vividly to life. Against this atmosphere of conformity, the darker > microcosm of a family life gone sour is played out. Brodie brings an > emotional pressure to bear on this material, the poems' spare language > and formal constraints keeping the lid on simmering hurts and > resentments. But what makes the collection stand out is her > willingness to take an axe to this 'frozen sea', 'to smash our way > out'. Alongside the poems of quotidian detail are diversions into myth > and fairytale: matadors, angels and earthquakes find a place here > where the imagination is a means of 'jumping ship'. The past may seem > to trap us in its cycle of grief but in the 'poem's unravelling > circle' Brodie finds a way - if not of breaking completely free - at > least of moving forward, line by powerful line." > > Esther Morgan > > Diana Brodie was born in New Zealand. After graduating with an M.A. in > English language and literature from the University of Canterbury, New > Zealand, and also obtaining teaching qualifications and experience, > she emigrated to the United Kingdom. After two years in London and > extensive travels in Europe, she settled in Cambridge, first becoming > part of the team working for Joseph Needham, the eminent sinologist > and Master of Gonville and Caius College, and later working as > administrator for a consultancy specialising in education projects in > developing countries. /Giotto's Circle/ is her first collection. > > > > Diana Brodie: /Giotto's Circle/. 96 pp. ISBN-13 978-3-901993-41-1 > £10.50 (+ 2.00 p&p), ¤13.00 (+ 2.50 p&p), US$ 18.00 (+ 3.00 p&p) > > > For more information and for orders please visit > http://www.poetrysalzburg.com <http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/psr>. > > Wolfgang Görtschacher & Andreas Schachermayr > > > > >