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Offshore Service
and Other Stories
Brief Description
‘But I couldn’t go home just yet. I would not be a man in anyone’s eyes. That’s how I wound up working for Anton, servicing the coal ships stranded off the coast.’ —from Offshore Service In Offshore Service and Other Stories, award-winning author Craig Cliff explores...
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In Offshore Service and Other Stories, award-winning author Craig Cliff explores the emotional, economic, cultural and climatic forces that drive our decisions. Offshore Service is a beautifully written and thoroughly readable collection about life here and now.
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‘But I couldn’t go home just yet. I would not be a man in anyone’s eyes. That’s how I wound up working for Anton, servicing the coal ships stranded off the coast.’ —from Offshore Service
In Offshore Service and Other Stories, award-winning author Craig Cliff explores the emotional, economic, cultural, and climatic forces that drive our decisions.
Farmers search for purpose on holiday in Fiji. A well-heeled Dunedin suburb receives an influx of refugees. Tensions flare at an Anzac Day barbecue in Perth. Playing out in recognisable settings, these stories follow characters who find themselves beyond familiar shores, struggling to reconcile the passage of time, thwarted aspirations, and unexpected responsibilities. What unfolds is explored with humour, heart, and hopefulness through a mix of classic storytelling and innovative forms.
Offshore Service is a beautifully written and thoroughly readable collection about life here and now.
Series: Landfall Tauraka Short Story series
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781991348241
Publisher: Otago University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 August 2026
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Otago University Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 196
About the Author
Craig Cliff is the author of the novels Nailing Down the Saint and The Mannequin Makers, and the story collection A Man Melting, which won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. His work has been translated into German, Spanish and Romanian. Craig reviews books for a range of New Zealand publications and was the convenor of the judging panel for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction in the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. He was Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago in 2017 and now lives with his family in Ōtepoti Dunedin.
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