Nā Paula Morris i ētita me Darryn Joseph. Nā Mikaia Leach I arotake.

‘Ko tā Hiwa he pōhiri i te kaipānui ki te ao o ngā kaituhi (Māori) tautōhito, tautata hoki.’

’Hiwa beckons the reader to the world of both known and new Māori writers.’

Author: Maddie Ballard. Editors: Lynley Edmeades and Emma Neale. Publisher: Otago University Press.

Extract: ‘When I was asked as a child what my middle name was, I gave the German middle name my parents had chosen, Elisabeth, which already seemed unusual enough for its spelling. I pretended often to have no other middle name. Now, I consider the love promised in naming a child and the hurt of rejecting such a gift.’

July 2023 release

Editor: Ashlee Sturme. Publisher: Māia Publishing House.

Te Moko Kākāriki, a short story from Inhale, a collection of writing from wāhine Māori – women whose words offer the world an escape, a breath of motivation and a thoughtful questioning of our priorities.

2023 release

Author: Emma Hislop. Reviewer: Jane Lowe.

Emma Hislop’s debut collection of short fiction, Ruin and Other Stories, is a sharp observation of the power dynamics that run through relationships, deftly twisting and turning from exploitation to revenge.

09 March 2023 release

Author: Evana Belich. Reviewer: Ruth Spencer.

Evana Belich’s collection of stories, How To Get Fired, gives a voice to what is usually quietly but deeply felt: the clumsily transcendent process of moving on.

February 2023 release

Author: B. G. Rogers. Reviewer: Imogen Gadd.

The short stories in Kaleidoscopes in the Dark are a must read for fans of the horror genre.

October 2022 release