Who’s in – and how you can read extracts

David Geary and Alice Te Punga Somerville on the ‘Long-Distance Māori writer’

Emma Neale on Landfall’s Strong Words #3 and thinking aloud about New Zealand culture.

A new anthology named for Hiwa, the ninth star of Matariki, celebrates Māori short fiction.

Pip Adam on not liking theatre, scrutinising comedy and questioning realism.

  A tribute by Johanna Emeney

Gina Cole on writing Pasifikafuturism and discovering a ‘galaxy of islands’

Catherine Robertson on commercial fiction.

 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

Writers Celebrate Writers

‘Outside Person’: Four writers navigate Japan

‘Validation is a funny beast’: writers on their first books – and first awards.

‘I’m not really interested in trying to re-create the past.’

Stephanie Johnson and James Norcliffe on this year’s Prime Minister Literary Awards.

‘My father would be so disappointed in me.’ Rachael King, Paula Morris, Sarah Shieff and Philip Temple on NZ literary legacies.

‘In rude health’: Stephanie Johnson on NZ writing, publishing, and genres that refuse to die.

Go dark or go home: Tracey Slaughter and Sarah Strickley dive deep.