Poetry Shelf: Brian Turner (1944 – 2025)

By Poetry Shelf - Paula Green | Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025

With much sadness, with collective sadness, we are mourning the loss of Brian Turner, a poet, writer, conservationist, who gifted us much, whether we are writers, readers, guardians of the earth, lovers of nature.

Over the coming weeks, Poetry Shelf will assemble a tribute, but today my heart goes out to family and friends, to our writing communities, and in particular to his beloved partner, Jillian Sullivan.

Paula Green

Read Poetry Shelf's tribute here: Poetry Shelf: Brian Turner (1944 – 2025) | NZ Poetry Shelf