Essays

Comments from the judges of the 2023 National Flash Fiction Day competition Flash fiction should emphasise compression, concision and language working at maximum force to convey a situation or scenario, or best of all some insight or epiphany transcending the mundane and the quotidian. Flash fiction needs to be good at suggesting the allusive, the […]

Brooke Singer writes and performs in the band French for Rabbits, called ‘pioneers’ of atmospheric, delicate dream-pop and have received international acclaim for their emotionally evocative music.

How does the short story situate itself in Aotearoa's literary history and how will this new publishing arrangement further support the development of short stories in our culture? 

This year (2023), AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU will see the publication of an anthology with ‘languages of Aotearoa’ as the theme. Vaughan Rapatahana writes from a behind-the-scenes view on this forthcoming book.

Hybrid seems to be the form that eludes definition – breaking down boundaries and finding its own way. We asked David Eggleton to weigh in with his views on hybrid writing.

Flash fiction is defined, yes, by word count – usually up to 1000 words. People always ask about that first. But let’s not be focused only on word count.