Congratulations to Nikki Hessell, whose essay "Robinson Crusoe as a Transpacific Novel: Hospitality, Recognition, Translation," has been selected as the winner of this year's Maximillian E. Novak Essay Prize. Abstract below: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #defoe #danieldefoe #transpacific #novel

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Happy publication day to Charles Ferrall! South by South: New Zealand and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration is out today. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/sou...

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Leaving my little office at Te Herenga Waka today. Thanks for having me this semester @elccprogramme.bsky.social And thanks to my wonderful students.

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‘Part autobiography of thought, part philosophical tract, part poetics, a book about chickens and family and seasons’ - Anna Jackson’s new book Terrier, Worrier will be launched at Unity Books Wellington tonight!

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What can make itself at home in the house of fiction? Houses, being at home, and neighbours all matter in Tina Makereti’s acclaimed novel The Mires, currently shortlisted for the Ockhams. You can hear Tina talk about the novel with @dougalmcneill.bsky.social in our Writers on Mondays podcast.

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