Oscar Upperton
photograph: Russell Kleyn
Oscar Upperton was born in Christchurch in 1991, and grew up in Whangārei and Palmerston North. He now lives in Wellington. In 2019 he was awarded the Creative New Zealand Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary. His work has featured in Sport, The Spinoff, Metro and Best New Zealand Poems.
Oscar on Standing Room Only with Lynn Freeman
Poetry Shelf in Conversation with Oscar Upperton
Oscar Upperton as one of the Pantograph Punch's Top Ten Moments in Aotearoa Literature 2017