Letter from Cape Town
Selina Tusitala Marsh on coconuts and colonialism.
02/08/2016
Selina Tusitala Marsh on coconuts and colonialism.
Features and Interviews
The Interview – Owen Marshall
John McCrystal talks to Owen Marshall about his recent work and the landscape of his imagination.
30/06/2016
‘We search for fellows to hold hands with in the surging progress that is human experience.’
Pacific Writing in New Zealand: The Niu Wave
Victor Rodger wonders where all the Pasifika novelists are.
30/06/2016
Victor Rodger wonders where all the Pasifika novelists are.
Letter from St Petersburg
Rosetta Allan goes to Russia in search of monsters.
30/06/2016
Rosetta Allan goes to Russia in search of monsters.
Back to the Book Awards
The last sponsor abandoned them, but David Larsen finds that reports of the death of our national literature awards have been greatly exaggerated.
16/05/2016
The last sponsor abandoned them, but David Larsen finds that reports of the death of our national literature awards have been greatly exaggerated.
Not (Yet) in Our Neighbourhood
Our local crime novelists are finding success overseas, but Rosabel Tan asks why more people aren’t reading them here?
15/05/2016
Our local crime novelists are finding success overseas, but Rosabel Tan asks why more people aren’t reading them here?
The Interview – Patricia Grace
Patricia Grace talks to Adam Dudding about finding her voice, learning to love research, and why character is at the heart of everything she writes.
10/05/2016
‘I’d always been interested in writing without really knowing what real invented writing was’.
Such noise! So many voices!
Steven Toussaint investigates the contemporary New Zealand poetry scene, and discovers much more than a tale of two cities.
09/05/2016
Steven Toussaint investigates the contemporary New Zealand poetry scene, and discovers much more than a tale of two cities.
Sacred Turf
Christchurch writers are still explaining the earthquakes to the rest of the country, and to themselves, writes Philip Matthews.
09/05/2016
Christchurch writers are still explaining the earthquakes to the rest of the country, and to themselves, writes Philip Matthews.
'There’s a kind of heaven that comes from hearing another writer interpret the mysteries of process' - Tracey Slaughter