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“Imagining a new work always feels more like a haunting to me than an act of creation” — the brilliant @pipadam.bsky.social
Thanks to The Arts Desk for supporting me to write this on the sound of injustice. I write about how my interest in the jurisprudence of noise gave life to Audition theartsdesk.com/books/first-...
I know it rattles me, so I try to prepare for it. But I am never fully prepared for the noise.
My programme has a position for a Lecturer in Māori Literature and Creative Communication - it would be fantastic if this ad could be shared widely across academic and Ao/NZ bluesky #kikorangiwww.wgtn.ac.nz/about/workin...
Our beautiful new issue is live! Showcasing guest work by James Brown, Alice Tawhai, Michael Armstrong, Andrew Paul Wood, Cadence Chung, and Pita Mei, alongside book reviews, poetry and prose by some incredible new and established writers 💜 takahē 109 is free to read and share online, so enjoy!
Earlier this year I ran a Boosted Campaign and was humbled by everyone's generous support. Thanks to you all I've been able to book flights to Ōtepoti and will be at the Robert Lord Cottage in late 2024 for novel writing and car hire and research. THANK YOU ❤️
My chat with Shehan Karunatilaka at the Auckland Writers Fest is up here player.fm/series/auckl...
I've a new YA sci-fi fantasy book coming out next year which deals with colonisation and how it's good to fight oppression, but it's also good just to ignore it and carry on being indigenously wonderful. Ngā mihi, bitches. 📚🇳🇿
Huge congratulations to Shelley Burne-Field on her appointment as the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and Creative NZ Emerging Māori Writer in Residence for 2024. It's a special moment for us too, as we were the first publication to feature Shelley's work:
“Racism is wearisome. Literally tiring. It does not create a pearl after years of grinding. It creates sickness, fear, anxiety, sadness, resentment, and worry.” — Shelley Burne-Field.
Tusiata Avia's got a substack! Also Nadine Anne Hura, delicious writers both
“Year after year, I wrote and performed and did the astonishing amount of admin it requires. And stayed broke. I perform at festivals and win awards and look fab in sparkling red dresses at the open...
This new approach to covid is working really well. We have staff off with covid and just cancelled half our bookings for the week because other people also have covid. So glad it's finally over.