Lit

Sixteen short stories from home-grown literary heroes, established contemporary authors, and award-winning emerging writers are brought together in this new collection. Exploring identity, activism awareness, coming-of-age, society, and family from the Aotearoa New Zealand perspective. Includes:

Foreword by Mandy Hager

Baby Doll by Gina Cole

Fitu by Lani Wendt Young

Out of Zone by Rajorshi Chakraborti

Tent on the Home Ground by Witi Ihimaera

The Queen’s chain by Anahera Gildea

The Lake and the River by Elsie Locke

Effigies of Family Christmas by Owen Marshall

Free as a bird by David Hill

The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield

Letters from Whetu by Patricia Grace

A Good Boy by Frank Sargeson

Days of Our Lives by J.P. Pomare

the names in the garden by Tracey Slaughter

Nineteen Seconds by Russell Boey

Atul by Nithya Narayanan

Gutting by Ting J. Yiu