Kirsty gunn biography of martin
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Reviewed by Harriet
‘Alright’ I said, ‘I’ll try’…’But I’ve never done this kind of thing before’ is what I would have said next, I’m sure, as it still seems a strange thing to do, be involved in this kind of writing, the sort of project that was being suggested to me by Evan now.
‘I really need you to write this story down for me, Nin’, he was saying, in no uncertain terms, if I think about it fully. ‘Really I do…’ – and yes, it did feel like a new kind of idea for me, this, a different way to spend my time. It did. It felt new.
Emily Stuart, the narrator of this book which is both a novel and not a novel as you’ve ever met one before, is a writer, but though she’s had a few short stories published, she spends most of her life writing advertising copy and book reviews. So when her childhood friend Evan asks her to take on a most unusual project, she’s unde
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BWB Texts: Writers' Lives
Martin Edmond was born in Ohakune and grew up in small North Island towns. After university study, and a stint touring internationally with Red Mole theatre, he moved to Sydney, where he lives and writes. In 2013 he received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Non-Fiction.
Maurice Gee is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s greatest authors, for both adults and children. He has received numerous awards, nominations and grants for his adult fiction, including the Wattie Award and the Montana Award, and also for his young adult and children’s books. In 2004 he received a Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement. His adult novels include the Plumb trilogy, Going West, Prowlers, Live Bodies and Blindsight.
Kirsty Gunn is the author of seven works of fiction including a collection of short stories and a compendium of poetry, essays and fragments, and is published in the UK by Faber and Faber and in over twelve
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Biography
Anakana Schofield won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for her debut novel Malarky. Malarky was also nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick and named on many Best Book of the Year lists for 2012 and 2013. Martin John, her critically acclaimed second novel, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Schofield contributes criticism and essays to the London Review of Books Blog, The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Globe and Mail and more.
More Info
- Read more about Martin John.
- Anakana Schofield writes hilariously for the LRB blog about applying for jobs, here.
- Read a CBC Q&A with Anakana Schofield here.
- Anakana Schofield’s debut novel Malarky won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction in 2013.
Reviews
Eimear McBride
The New York Times
‘Deploying some serious lite