The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories

by Paula Morris (Editor)

Other authors: Barbara Anderson (Contributor), Eleanor Catton (Contributor), Kate Duignan (Contributor), Justin Eade (Contributor), Fiona Farrell (Contributor) — 25 more, Sia Figiel (Contributor), David Geary (Contributor), Patricia Grace (Contributor), Charlotte Grimshaw (Contributor), Kirsty Gunn (Contributor), Witi Ihimaera (Contributor), Tim Jones (Contributor), Fiona Kidman (Contributor), Sarah Laing (Contributor), Selina Tusitala Marsh (Contributor), Owen Marshall (Contributor), Carl Nixon (Contributor), Julian Novitz (Contributor), Vincent O'Sullivan (Contributor), Sue Orr (Contributor), Emily Perkins (Contributor), Jo Randerson (Contributor), Duncan Sarkies (Contributor), Tracey Slaughter (Contributor), Elizabeth Smither (Contributor), CK Stead (Contributor), Bernard Steeds (Contributor), Alice Tawhai (Contributor), Anna Taylor (Contributor), Damien Wilkins (Contributor)

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The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories provides a fascinating snapshot of New Zealand fiction in the early twenty-first century. The 31-story collection includes significant work from our foremost fiction writers - including C. K. Stead, Patricia Grace, Fiona Kidman, Witi Ihimaera, Damien Wilkins, Owen Marshall, Vincent O'Sullivan, Fiona Farrell and Emily Perkins - alongside exciting work by a strong group of new, younger rising literary stars, such as Eleanor Catton, Carl Nixon, Julian Novitz and Alice Tawhai. The stories come from a variety of previously published sources, with a handful published here for the very first time.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Morris, Paula	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Barbara	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Catton, Eleanor	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Duignan, Kate	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Eade, Justin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Farrell, Fiona	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Figiel, Sia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Geary, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grace, Patricia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grimshaw, Charlotte	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gunn, Kirsty	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ihimaera, Witi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jones, Tim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kidman, Fiona	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Laing, Sarah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marsh, Selina Tusitala	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marshall, Owen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nixon, Carl	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Novitz, Julian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Sullivan, Vincent	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Orr, Sue	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Perkins, Emily	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Randerson, Jo	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sarkies, Duncan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Slaughter, Tracey	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smither, Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stead, CK	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Steeds, Bernard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tawhai, Alice	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Taylor, Anna	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilkins, Damien	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories provides a fascinating snapshot of New Zealand fiction in the early twenty-first century. The 31-story collection includes significant work from our foremost fiction writers - including C. K. Stead, Patricia Grace, Fiona Kidman, Witi Ihimaera, Damien Wilkins, Owen Marshall, Vincent O'Sullivan, Fiona Farrell and Emily Perkins - alongside exciting work by a strong group of new, younger rising literary stars, such as Eleanor Catton, Carl Nixon, Julian Novitz and Alice Tawhai. The stories come from a variety of previously published sources, with a handful published here for the very first time.

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