(Hardback)

From early childhood in postwar Blenheim to the remote regions of Bangladesh, from an English boarding school to 1960s Auckland, and from Jordan during the civil war of 1969-70, to family homes full of children, this dazzling book traces the many shifts in Ian Wedde's life. The Grass Catcher is at once a moving personal memoir and an engaging and reflective essay on the nature of memory.

(Paperback)

Ian Wedde has been a major presence in New Zealand poetry since his work began appearing in journals in the late 1960s. While Wedde has constantly experimented with and pushed boundaries of form and influence in his poetry, his work returns often to key themes and ideas, preoccupations and effects that this book throws into brilliant relief.