{"title":"Caitlin Maling","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaitlin Maling's work offers an evocative exploration of identity and place, weaving delicate narratives that resonate with emotional honesty. Her books often delve into the nuances of cultural boundaries and personal transformation, inviting readers into richly textured worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for the arts and culture, Maling's stories are marked by lyrical prose and thoughtful reflection. Whether through intimate character studies or broader societal themes, her writing captures the subtle intersections of history, memory, and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fish-song-by-caitlin-maling-9781925591484","title":"Fish Song","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Maling's third collection, \u003cem\u003eFish Song\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the effects of climate change in the Western Australian coastal sites of Cervantes and Grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaling's new work is rich and diverse, exploring physical landscapes as well as historical and socio-cultural aspects of place. In her latest, deeply personal, collection, Maling travels the coast of Western Australia writing about what the ocean provides - fish, livelihoods, sand and the ever-present sea breeze. In doing so, she questions what poetry might offer by way of solace and reconnection in an age of climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362580480236,"sku":"9781925591484","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16240173482873.jpg?v=1772894361"},{"product_id":"spore-or-seed-by-caitlin-maling-9781760992590","title":"Spore or Seed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten out of distinctively Western Australian settings, \u003cem\u003eSpore or Seed\u003c\/em\u003e is a narrative of pregnancy, birth and the early years of motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpore or Seed\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully written and deeply moving exploration of the loss of self and the discovery of a new, expanded self. It traces themes of pregnancy, birth and childrearing against the backdrop of environmental threat, addressing the intersections of environmental care and caretaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to become a parent in a time of climate crisis? How do we decide whether or not to have children in a time of constant uncertainty amplified by the pandemic years? And how does motherhood change us? These are the questions that \u003cem\u003eSpore or Seed\u003c\/em\u003e raises and uses all the tools of poetry to explore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47420748169452,"sku":"9781760992590","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61rfwuy85SL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774394490"},{"product_id":"border-crossing-by-caitlin-maling-9781925164367","title":"Border Crossing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaitlin Maling's second volume, \u003cem\u003eBorder Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e, continues to showcase the development of an exciting new voice in Australian poetry. Now, Maling's poems shift from the first volume's gritty treatment of childhood and adolescence growing up in WA, to a consideration of what it is to be an Australian in America, where the conflicting voices and identities of home and abroad jostle against and seek their definitions from each other. In this volume, as in the first, her emphasis on place—geography and environment—is as strong as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595846861036,"sku":"9781925164367","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5ddd5bd43767d7f26f6b8d0d2edb369c.jpg?v=1777937227"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/caitlin-maling.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}