Michael O'Leary

Michael O'Leary's work includes collections of poems, several novels and a published thesis on small press publishing in New Zealand. His most recent novels are Unlevel Crossings (Huia Publishers, 2002), a highly original work in the Irish-Maori tradition, and Straight (ESAW, 2007). HeadworX published his recent collections, Toku Tinihanga (Self Deception), Make Love and War and Sounds of Sonnets, a collaborative volume with Mark Pirie. He is also the publisher for Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop (E.S.A.W.). The final novel in his trilogy, Magic Alex's Revenge, will be published this year by ESAW.

List of Publications

Poetry

Flipside to the Ballad of John and Yoko
Surrogate Children (with Sandra Bell/Brian Hare)
Ten Sonnets, Myths and Legends of Love
Undiscovered Voyage (with Litia F. Alaelua)
Livin' ina Aucklan' (with illustration by John Pule)
Before and After
Shake Speer's Faith
Con Art: Selected Poems
Ka Atu I Koopua - Out of the Deep
He Waiatanui kia Aroha
T.A.B. Ula Rasa
Toku Tinihanga (Self Deception) (Headworx Publishing, 2003)
Make Love and War (Headworx Publishing, 2005)
Mahones: Anthology - Four Poets, with Bill Dacker, Mark Pirie and Iain Sharp (Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2005)
Sounds of Sonnets (Headworx Publishing, 2006)
Paneta Street (Headworx Publishing, 2008)

Fiction

Straight
Out of It
The Irish Annals of New Zealand
Noa/Nothing I
Unlevel Crossings
Straight (new edition, ESAW, 2007)
Magic Alex's Revenge (ESAW, 2008)

As Editor

Wrapper
JAAM 21 (JAAM in Association with HeadworX Publishers and ESAW, 2004)

Non-fiction

Gone West: Waikumete Cemetery
Grafton Cemetery

Literary Criticism

It's All in the Mind You Know
Alternative Small Press Publishing in New Zealand (Steele Roberts, 2007)