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Michèle A'Court (born 1961), comedian, memoirist and non-fiction writer; Avis Acres (1910–1994), artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist; Pip Adam (living), fiction writer and reviewer
2011: Malcolm McKinnon (The 1930s Depression in New Zealand) and Melissa Williams (Maori Urban Migrations from North Hokianga to Auckland 1930–1970) Other finalists: Dr Lee Davidson (Mountain Feeling : The Lives of Climbers and Other Stories), Bradford Haami (Ka Mau Te Wehi : May the Force Be With You) and Janet Hunt (Dick Henry and the Birds) [6]
His Penguin History of New Zealand was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004 and was named by The New Zealand Herald in 2009 as the best book of the preceding decade. [69] Recent essay collections by Asian New Zealand writers include All Who Live on Islands (2019) by Rose Lu and Small Bodies of Water (2021) by Nina Mingya Powles. [70] [71]
Awarded biennially by the New Zealand Society of Authors to writers of poetry and imaginative fiction. Poetry Fiction 2008 2016 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize: Awarded annually by the New Zealand Society of Authors for new writing with a "unique and original vision", in memory of author Laura Solomon. [41] General writing 2020 Extant
Tim Upperton, in his 1987 review of issue 161 for The Press, observed that for New Zealand authors, publication in Landfall "is, literarily speaking, to have arrived". He praised a number of the contributions, and noted that Landfall was a good place to "find out what is being done in New Zealand literature right now".
Renée was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 19 July 1929. She was of Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu), Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. [1] Her mother was Māori and her father was Pākehā (New Zealand European); he committed suicide when she was four years old. [2] [3] Renée's mother taught Renée to read at an early age. [2] [4]
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After discussions with many people in the New Zealand book industry, Sisterson decided to launch the Ngaio Marsh Award at the Christchurch Writers Festival in 2010, honouring both contemporary crime writers and New Zealand's most famous mystery writer in her own hometown. [5]