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Huia Short Stories 5: Contemporary Maori Fiction
Huia Short Stories 5 Contemporary Maori Fiction Author:Winners from the E Tuhi! Awards In early autumn, just as summer was fading, lilac would trick the senses and tell Stories about evenings so warm that the tin roof ticked with the heat of the closing day … Here is a selection of the best short fiction from the E tuhi! Get writing! Awards for Maori Writers 2003 judged by Renee, Scott Morrison and Keri Hulme. I knew sh... more »e’d sucked them in when the land around the urupa was turned into an olive grove. When polenta fried golden in olive oil began turning up on the breakfast menu. And seafood lasagne became one of the most sought-after main courses at a hui ... The contributors to this collection are : Marlene Bennetts, Anton Blank, Georgina Boyd-Kerekere, Gerry Coates, Elsa Ellison, Ann French, Anahera Gildea, Marwea Glover, Wiremu Grace, Nathan Hoturoa Gray, Eru J. Hart, Cathrene Howe, Shona Jones, Darryn Joseph, Kelly Joseph, Michelle Lowe, Michelle Manning, Joel Maxwell, Rihia Rei Kenny, Hagen Tautari, Chas Te Runa, Jan A. Vincent, Alan Wehipeihana and Fay Williams. When I sleep – now I’m back in New Zealand – I dream about London. My dreams my New Zealand dreams – sorry – my dreams in New Zealand, are always the same story. I’m catching the train home from the city: Charing Cross Station, Saint Johns Cross, Brixton, Beckenham, Elmers End. Sometimes I’m in the carriage, sometimes I’m drifting above the carriage, watching, blissfully, the endless sawtooth rows of houses and apartments, the snow curdled in the street gutters …« less