Brent Kininmont is from Ōtautahi Christchurch and now lives in Tokyo. A former journalist, he leads seminars in intercultural communication. He has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and his poems have appeared widely in Aotearoa, including in three editions of Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems. He is the author of Thuds Underneath (2015) and The Companion to Volcanology (2025).
