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Send us Fan Mail Concrete Box by Ingrid Horrocks has been selected from her collection All Her Lives (Te Herenga Waka University Press) which won the prestigious Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. She is also the author of the memoir Where We Swim, a literary history, Women Wanderers and the Writing of Mobility, and two collections of poetry. Michelle Langstone is an award-winning actor and writer. She has appeared in many film, tv a...
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Send us Fan Mail Frank Sargeson (1903–1982) was one of New Zealand’s most important and influential short fiction writers. He lived most of his life in Takapuna in Auckland where this story An Affair of the Heart is set, and his modest home there is now an historic place that can be visited. Actor and director Michael Hurst is known for his powerful stage performances, and innovative direction (especially in Shakespeare and the Greeks) and, internationally, for his role as Iolaus in the...
Send us Fan Mail Bluey has been selected from Maria Samuela's collection Beats of the Pa’u published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Maria was born in Wellington and her writing is predominantly centred on the Cook Island diaspora. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and Beats of the Pa’u (THWUP) is her first collection. Her story Bluey was shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2019, with a second story, Peach Tree, was longlisted in 2022, and We...
Send us Fan Mail The Baddest Toroa in Town is selected from the Airini Beautrais' prize winning collection Bug Week which was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Airini won the Best First Book of Poetry in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards in 2007 for Secret Heart. Her subsequent books include Western Line, Dear Neil Roberts, Flow: Whanganui River Poems and in 2021, she won the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for her short story collect...
Send us Fan Mail Keri Hulme's story Hooks and Feelers won the 1975 BNZ Katherine Mansfield prize and set her on the writing path that led to her becoming our first ever Booker Prize winner with The Bone People. Selected from the anthology Oh, to be a writer, a real writer with the kind permission of Te Herenga Waka University Press. Rutene Spooner (Ngāti Porou, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a musician, theatre artist, creative producer, kaihaka, and dad. He has lent his voice to...
Send us Fan Mail Emergency Procedures by Amy Head has been selected from the stunning collection Signs of Life, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press - which is set amidst the rubble of post-quake Christchurch. Amy is also the author of the novel Rotorua and the collection Tough, which won the Best First Book of Fiction at the NZ Book Awards. Donna Brookbanks is an actor, comedian, writer and improviser. She has appeared on Madam, 7 Days, Creamerie and co-founded cult hit improv...