Mapping the Distance

This superb collection of poems shows the benefit of ten years' gestation. The major part of the book consists of poems coming from years spent living and studying overseas and then settling back in New Zealand and starting a family. With its broad scope and variety of lyric styles, Mapping the Distance is a landmark book.

'Horrocks writes beautifully and simply. She is not only a keen observer, but also that most fortunate of travellers – someone that things happen to.' New Zealand Listener

Ingrid Horrocks is the author of a chapbook of poems, Natsukaashi (1998); Travelling With Augusta (2003), an innovative blend of research and personal writing that has also been published in Italian; the memoir Where We Swim (2021); and the short story collection All Her Lives (2025). She has a PhD from Princeton University and lives in Wellington with her partner and twin daughters.