The Shape We’re In: Stephanie Johnson
Ockham 2021
‘In rude health’: Stephanie Johnson on NZ writing, publishing, and genres that refuse to die.
Creative Work
‘The Last Party on Earth’
Short Fiction
A story by Alice Tawhai: ‘She shook her head in the darkness, banishing the thought like a candle flame.’
Ockham Shortlist 2020: Halibut on the Moon by David Vann
Ockham 2020
An excerpt from the novel shortlisted for this year’s Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Shortlist 2020: How I Get Ready by Ashleigh Young
Ockham 2020
A poem from the collection shortlisted for this year’s Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Shortlist 2020: Lay Studies by Steven Toussaint
Ockham 2020
A poem from the collection shortlisted for this year’s Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Winner 2020: Auē by Becky Manawatu
Ockham 2020
An excerpt from the winner of this year’s Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Shortlist 2020: Pearly Gates by Owen Marshall
Ockham 2020
An excerpt from the novel shortlisted for this year’s Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Shortlist 2020: Moth Hour by Anne Kennedy
Ockham 2020
A poem from the collection shortlisted for this year’s Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Winner 2020: How to Live by Helen Rickerby
Ockham 2020
A poem and ceremony acceptance speech from the winner of this year’s Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
'One of writing’s greatest magics is to allow us – to use Kiri Piahana-Wong’s phrase – to slide outside the trap of time.' - David Taylor