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The Guardian - Culture Edit Unfollow 'A really good sign': New Zealand book prize nominees distinguished by diversity by Eva Corlett in Wellington Mar 1, 2022 Māori women are represented in every category and two Māori writers are among the four shortlisted for the fiction prize From an acerbic novel about queer Māori-Russian-Catalan siblings to a self-published portrait of 100 indigenous women, the books in line for New Zealand’s top literature prizes are some of the most diverse yet, with Māori women represented in every category and emerging authors claiming their seat at the table of established writers. “Within that field of New Zealand writers, there is tremendous diversity of points of view, style and of experience,” said Paula Morris, the spokesperson for the New Zealand Book Awards Trust. A Good Winter by Gigi Fenster (Text Publishing) Entanglement by Bryan Walpert (Mākaro Press) Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly (Te Herenga Waka University Press) Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka (Huia Publishers) Continue reading... Continue Reading

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