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THWUP jumps on the Barbie bandwagon this week with a poem by James Brown, from his collection Floods Another Chamber. We're looking forward to a new James Brown collection in 2024, but for now we enjoy the classic hits. James Brown, from Palmer

On Wednesday 23 Feb, against all odds, we celebrated a fantastic new poetry collection by Frances Samuel: Museum. Frankie was even able to persuade James Brown to give a speech. Here he is:Kia ora tātouA few weeks ago Frances and I were part of

A review by Pania Brown*Some advice. Calling your sixth book of poetry (apparently it’s possible to write that many poems) Floods Another Chamber is maybe not such a good start? All I can think of is the Titanic and the arguments about the third o