Hera Lindsay Bird
Hera Lindsay Bird's debut self-titled book of verse was published in 2016 to immediate and vast acclaim, and won best first book of poetry at the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Hera was born in Thames in 1987.

'She can draw a ball-sack better than anyone alive' – Hera Lindsay Bird on artist Hannah Salmon
Summer reissue: Poet Hera Lindsay Bird celebrates the work of New Zealand artist Hannah Salmon, aka Daily Secretion, and her portraits of angry 'alpha men'.