
‘The spaceship of our ancestors’
Gina Cole on writing Pasifikafuturism and discovering a ‘galaxy of islands’
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Gina Cole on writing Pasifikafuturism and discovering a ‘galaxy of islands’
Catherine Robertson on commercial fiction.
‘Each book decides how it wants to be written’ – Elizabeth Knox
Tom Moody on the winners, surprises and new waves.
‘What good is this story?’
‘I heard a lot about this story from Frank Sargeson’
Paula Morris asks the writing mentors of the new Aotearoa NZ Review of Books what they really, really want.
Tusiata Avia and the Pasifika Festival take centre stage.
Who's in - and how you can read extracts
Go dark or go home: Tracey Slaughter and Sarah Strickley dive deep.
Owen Marshall in Conversation with John McCrystal - 28 June 2016
John McCrystal talks to Owen Marshall about his recent work and the landscape of his imagination.
‘We search for fellows to hold hands with in the surging progress that is human experience.’
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on June 8, 2023
Published by Otago University Press on April 13, 2023
Published by Auckland University Press on April 13, 2023
Published by RHNZ Vintage on April 18, 2023
Published by Otago University Press on March 29, 2023
Published by RHNZ Vintage on April 4, 2023
Published by Penguin on April 4, 2023
Published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand on March 14, 2023
Published by Auckland University Press on March 9, 2023
Published by Otago University Press on February 22, 2023
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on February 9, 2023
Edited by Linda Burgess & Maggie Rainey-Smith
Published by The Cuba Press on December 7, 2022
Published by Quentin Wilson Publishing on November 9, 2022
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