Books by Glenn Colquhoun
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In this book Glenn Colquhoun and Rautini O'Brien tell the story of a young Pakeha boy learning Te Reo Maori. The journey takes him from the small girl who lives next door, through the landscape surrounding his town, and brings him back home to a street that will never quite seem ...the same again.
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In this collection of poetry Glenn Colquhoun writes to the young people he works with at the Horowhenua Youth Health Service. Tender and poignant, wondering and wry, here his words become small scissors, knives, bandages and balms. Gathered together they represent an inventory of... one doctor's consultations taken home, responses to those moments he might have woken in the middle of the night and wished he had said better.
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Glenn Colquhoun imagines the northern gods of his Celtic heritage engaging with the atua Maori of the south, and creates a new mythology for this country. Nigel Brown has handwritten and illustrated Glenn's words.
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This is a personal account of living in a remote Bay of Islands community that provides "rich insights into Maori and Pakeha - a vision of Aotearoa now and for the future."
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Colquhoun was the 2000 Montana best first book winner. This a new collection of poems "uses hands-on language and humour to explain poetry to his father, a builder - and anyone else not yet captivated with the magic of words."
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"Faster than a speeding simile! Able to leap hyperbole in a single bound! Can Poetryman rescue the damsel from catastrophic cliches?" This innovative collection from award-winning poet Glenn Colquhoun describes his 10 year relationship with his former wife.
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Playing God presents poems about the experience of being a doctor, for both doctors and patients.
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A wacky picture book for children. Playful, clever rhymes make the text perfect for reading aloud. This is Glenn Colquhon's third book for children.
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Another of the very popular Montana Essay Series. In this essay, award winning poet Glenn Colquhoun introduces us to Aunty Rongo, and the tiny settlement of Te Tii in Northland.
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Award-winning New Zealand poet Glenn Colquhoun is also a doctor who works with struggling young people at the margins, painfully aware of the limits of his role. In this BWB Text he offers penetrating insight into the little he feels he is able to achieve as a GP and youth worker.... It is, he says, a song of redemption.
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