Short — Poto
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Short — Poto
One hundred short short stories in English and te reo Māori
Short, short stories, sometimes known as flash fiction or microfictions, are one of the trickiest forms to write. Create a resonant world in fewer than 300 words? Not so easy! In this collection of 100 stories, a range of New Zealand writers, both well known and emerging, deliver emotionally charged stories that punch well above their weight and length.
And there's more! Each of the stories has been translated into te reo Māori (and some are written in te reo and translated into English) by some of this country's most experienced translators. This makes Short — Poto a valuable contributor to our literary landscape, rewarding with repeated readings.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781991016249
Publisher: Massey University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 June 2025
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Massey University Press
Contributors:
- Edited by Michelle Elvy
- Edited by Kiri Piahana-Wong
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 147.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Michelle Elvy is a writer, editor, writing tutor and mentor. She is founding editor of the literary journal Flash Frontier: An adventure in short fiction and Aotearoa New Zealand’s National Flash Fiction Day, and managing editor of the international Best Small Fictions series. Her anthologies include, most recently, Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha and Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages. She is the author of the everrumble and the other side of better, both with Ad Hoc Fiction.
Kiri Piahana-Wong (Ngāti Ranginui) is a poet and editor, and she is the publisher at Anahera Press. Anahera has worked to uplift and promote toikupu by kaituhi Māori since 2011, and the press has also published Pasifika/Moana poets. Kiri is the author of two full-length poetry collections of her own, Night Swimming (2013) and Tidelines (2024), both published by Anahera Press. She is co-editor of the Māori literature anthology Te Awa o Kupu (Penguin Random House, 2023). Kiri lives in Whanganui.
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