About me

Elizabeth Barton is an artist and poet from New Zealand, with work featured in Pink Plastic House, Fevers of the Mind, Black Bough Poetry’s Rapture and Christmas/Winter Edition 2021 and Vita Brevis Literature, Nothing Divine Dies. A winner of the 2020 White Label Cinq competition, she has a forthcoming poetry collection to be published by Hedgehog Poetry Press. Her art is in private and public collections worldwide, including the V & A Prints Collection, London.

SPOTLIGHT ON WRITERS – ELIZABETH BARTON

About the artist

Elizabeth Barton

Elizabeth Barton is a poet and artist residing in New Zealand. Descended from Celtic ancestry, she found the poetic Muse shortly after her mother died, a mythic journey not uncommon among poets.

Since she began her writing journey, Elizabeth’s work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Amphora, Hyacinth Review, Pink Plastic House, Black Bough Poetry and Vita Brevis Literature. She is also showcased with Fevers of the Mind and has a presence on Spillwords Press, a New York e-zine.

Press releases

Praise for the Hooghly Review
Hooghly Review's Issue 3: Global Talent Takes Centre Stage
Accolade for Icarus Flies from a renown poet
Hooghly Review Comments by poet Sanjeev Sethi