Essays
Too Many Hāngī / Tangi Stories: A critical review of a critical review (AUDIO ONLY)
In which I call professional foul - My Most Explosive (and longest) Substack Yet!
Tips & Inspiration
Indigenous reclamation as creative practice.
Essays
The Terrible Quietness
It's dangerous to speak up, but how much more dangerous is it not to?
Audio & interviews
What is the point of art/story?
In (metaphorical) conversation with Jack Trolove and Anahera Gildea
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The only writing prompt you might ever need
I met a couple of kids on the banks of the Wairoa and we got talking.
Audio & interviews
Decolonising famous writerly advice with Anahera Gildea
Neil Gaiman says you can do whatever you like as long as you do it with enough assurance. Let's unpack that.
Tips & Inspiration
Feeling the fear and publishing anyway
A mihi + a pledge
Essays
Journals keep us honest. Is that why we always want to burn them?
The best writing skill no-one told me about
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First words: If they don’t come to you, then you might have to go out and meet them
It's not procrastination, it's not science, it's something else entirely
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The myth of 'special treatment' (how not to silence yourself)
It was like an awful, angry, bittersweet gallery of memories and stories. Never any preamble. Just a ricochet of disembodied words, unanswerable questions and occasionally a shard of poetry.
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Te Papa Tupu: Mentorship Programme
Applications close in a week - should you apply?
Essays
Writing about Writing
A stand-alone section for those interested in craft with a tikanga | Te Ao Māori lens
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I will never sit on a panel at a writer’s festival and say that the act of writing is anything but spiritual.
When I think about that day, I often think about those people. I think about how it must feel to stand on the periphery of someone else’s terror and then get in your car and drive home.