A profile of some of New Zealand's contemporary writers: Witi Ihimaera The first Māori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel, Witi Ihimaera considers “the world I’m in as being Māori, not European,” and his fiction develops out of this perspective. He creates im...
A profile of some of New Zealand's contemporary writers: Witi Ihimaera The first Māori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel, Witi Ihimaera considers “the world I’m in as being Māori, not European,” and his fiction develops out of this perspective. He creates im...
New Zealand literature - Fiction, Maori, Pakeha: In postwar fiction the central figure was Frank Sargeson. He had begun publishing stories in the 1930s, attempting to do for New Zealand what Mark Twain had done for America and Henry Lawson for Australia
Josie Laird writes stories about New Zealand women who face real issues, such as hating their body (All About Kate) or raising a grandchild when you are barely literate (The Gift of Words).
The ANZL is a community of writers from New Zealand - authors of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction.
The Scottish settlers seek to shape a New Zealand which transforms these egalitarian ideals into a lived reality. The authors are also linked in their meditation on the legacy of Presbyterianism. For most the Kirk is a beacon of morality and equality, but others challenge the Calvinist rhetoric...
‘Sapphire’ (reprint), Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page (Random House, 2014) ‘Yayoi Kusama Goes to Iceland’, Rhysling Science Fiction Poetry anthology, (reprint), (2012) ‘Gator‘, Best New Zealand Poems (2011) ‘The Continuing Adventures of Alice Spider’ (an anomalous...
New Zealand boasts a wide range of talented authors, past and present, who write in the genre of crime and mystery. Whodunits, hard-boiled, cosy, thrillers, police procedurals, psychological, forensic, detectives, private eyes, good guys and bad guys. Heroes and villains. Noir. ...
New Zealand books are in Italics. NB I reserve the right to add any extra books that I read between now and the end of the year if I think they warrant it! The Longlists Fiction Longlist, in alphabetical order by author Yes, it’s long, ridiculously long. But, as I’ve said befor...
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