About

Gregory Kan is a writer and coder based in Wellington.

His poetry has been featured in literary journals such as the Atlanta Review, Cordite, Jacket, Landfall, The Listener, SPORT and Best New Zealand Poems. His poetry and essay works have also featured in exhibitions and publications for contemporary art institutions such as the Auckland Art Gallery, Artspace, the Adam Art Gallery, the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, and the Physics Room.

Auckland University Press published his first book, This Paper Boat, in 2016. This Paper Boat was shortlisted for the Kathleen Grattan Poetry Prize in 2013 and for the New Zealand Book Awards for Best Poetry in 2017. He was a Grimshaw-Sargeson Fellow in 2017. His second poetry collection, Under Glass, was published by Auckland University Press in March, 2019.