About the Book: Winner, Michael Gifkins Prize, New Zealand, 2022 Laura is tired of being asked where she’s really from. Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for four generations, and she’s ambivalent at best about her Chinese heritage. But when she’s asked to write about the Chinese New Zealander experience for a work project, Laura … Continue reading Book Review: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam #AYearofNZLit
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Book Review: My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown #AYearofNZLit
About the Book: While Stella Miles Franklin took on the world, her beloved sister Linda led a short, domestic life as a wife, mother and sister. In a remarkable, genre-bending debut novel Amy Brown thrillingly reimagines those two lives – and her own – to explore and explode the contradictions embedded in brilliant careers and … Continue reading Book Review: My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown #AYearofNZLit
Book Review: Lioness by Emily Perkins #AYearofNZLit
About the Book: From humble beginnings, Therese has let herself grow used to a life of luxury after marrying into an empire-building family. But when rumours of corruption gather around her husband's latest development, the social opprobrium is shocking, the fallout swift, and Therese begins to look at her privileged and insular world with new … Continue reading Book Review: Lioness by Emily Perkins #AYearofNZLit
A Year of New Zealand Literature
Australia and New Zealand share a similar history when it comes to literature. A rich oral tradition that predates European settlement, early colonial writing, and then in the 20th century, the emergence of a literature distinct from English literature and the writing of First Nations authors. There are common themes too: unique landscapes, geographical isolation, … Continue reading A Year of New Zealand Literature
Theresa Smith Writes 