Academy of New Zealand Literature

'There’s a kind of heaven that comes from hearing another writer interpret the mysteries of process' - Tracey Slaughter

'Character to some extent is much a construction of the reader as it is of the writer.' - Lloyd Jones

'Novels stand outside time, with their narrative structure of beginning, middle and end. They outlast politics, which are by nature ephemeral, swift and changeable and can quickly become invisible, detectable only to the skilled eye. ' - Fiona Farrell

'There’s a kind of heaven that comes from hearing another writer interpret the mysteries of process' - Tracey Slaughter