We are so excited to talk about this new short story collection - it has been a real passion project from the OneTree House team, from concept to design to seeing it into the world! Lit: stories from home contains 16 short stories from home-grown literary heroes, established contemporary authors, and award-winning emerging writers. It explores identity, activism, coming-of-age, society, and family from the Aotearoa New Zealand perspective. Including:
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
Available now online and in stores in paperback, or ebook here on our site or at meBooks and Amazon. For a taster, read the Foreword by Mandy Hager, the introduction by editor Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod and the bios of contributors in this sample booklet.
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