Lit: Stories from home

by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod, Mandy Hager, Gina Cole

Sixteen short stories from home-grown literary heroes, established contemporary authors, and award-winning emerging writers are brought together in this new collection. Exploring identity, activism awareness, coming-of-age, society, and family from the Aotearoa New Zealand perspective. Includes:

Foreword by Mandy Hager
Baby Doll by Gina Cole
Fitu by Lani Wendt Young
Out of Zone by Rajorshi Chakraborti
Tent on the Home Ground by Witi Ihimaera
The Queen’s chain by Anahera Gildea
The Lake and the River by Elsie Locke
Effigies of Family Christmas by Owen Marshall
Free as a bird by David Hill
The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield
Letters from Whetu by Patricia Grace
A Good Boy by Frank Sargeson
Days of Our Lives by J.P. Pomare
the names in the garden by Tracey Slaughter
Nineteen Seconds by Russell Boey
Atul by Nithya Narayanan
Gutting by Ting J. Yiu

Genres: Short Stories

137 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 27, 2021

Reviews

[Stephen Barker · Rating 4 out of 5]

How to rate a moderately interesting collection that ranges from Katherine Mansfield, through to some emerging NZ writers who are still only refining their craft? Mostly I'd give it a 3 or 4. Not the most exciting, but if you would like some shortish reads with a New Zealand /Aotearoa theme then go for it.