Rebecca Priestley’s nonfiction writing – books, essays, and articles – deals with gnarly global issues such as climate change, sea-level rise, and the Covid-19 pandemic. She was a science columnist for The Listener for six years, launched (with Ashleigh Young) a creative science writing course at the IIML, and is an associate professor at the …
Alison Wong’s poetry collection, Cup (Steele Roberts, 2006) was shortlisted for the Jessie Mackay Award for first book of poetry at the 2007 Montana NZ Book Awards. Her work was selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2015, 2007 and 2006. An NZSA mentor, Alison was a poetry judge for the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards …
Brannavan Gnanalingam is a novelist and lawyer based in Wellington. He has written six novels, including Sprigs which was released in 2020. His fifth novel Sodden Downstream was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the 2018 Ockham Book Awards and his fourth, A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse was longlisted …
Pip Adam gained an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Victoria University of Wellington in 2007, and a PhD in 2012. Pip facilitates writing workshops with various communities. Her work has appeared in publications in Aotearoa and overseas including Sport, Turbine, Hue & Cry, Landfall, Metro, JAAM, Pantograph Punch, Five Dials and Van voor …
Gigi Fenster has a Masters and PhD in Creative Writing, and various law degrees. Her first book, The Intentions Book, was a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards and was longlisted for the Commonwealth Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award. Her second book, Feverish was published in 2018 to critical acclaim. She is currently working …
Helen Heath is a poet, essayist and academic from the Kāpiti Coast, Wellington. Her debut collection of poetry Graft was published in May 2012 by Victoria University Press to critical acclaim. Graft won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry award in 2013 and was the first book of fiction or poetry to …
Pip Adam is a prose writer who started out writing poetry but got seduced by narrative – she loves a good story. She’s published a collection of short stories, Everything We Hoped For (VUP, 2010) and three novels, I’m Working on a Building (VUP, 2013) and The New Animals (VUP, 2017) and Nothing to See …
Mandy Hager is the multi-award winning author of 11 novels, non-fiction and resources. She taught the novel for Whitireia’s Creative Writing programme for 10 years and mentored writers through the NZ Society of Authors (NZSA). She is currently President of NZSA.
Ruby Solly (Kai Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) is a writer, musician and taonga pūoro practitioner living in Pōneke. She has been published in journals such as Landfall, Starling and Sport among others. She is also a creative non-fiction writer whose essays have featured on platforms such as E-Tangata, Pantograph Punch and Newsroom. In 2020 she …
Catherine Chidgey is a multiple award-winner whose novels have attracted international acclaim.