‘The Windwhistle Gate’ is the debut book from poet Brydie Walker Bain. Full of breathtaking poems to uplift and inspire, this pocket poetry book would make a gorgeous gift for the creative in your life, or for anyone searching for solace in these challenging times.

The poetry is accompanied by stunning photographs from around New Zealand, taken by the author, and her husband, photographer Corin Walker Bain.

Brydie Walker Bain is a high country poet from Waitomo Caves whose work has been published in the Dominion Post, Stuff and Calico Publishing.

Her Substack and social media is known for wise and insightful writings on diverse topics such as motherhood and grief; she also finds magic in the mundane and crafts charming portraits of people in poetry.

She has been short-listed for the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award and her plays have enjoyed sell-out seasons and readings in Hamilton, Auckland and London.