Short — Poto

Name: Short — Poto
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SKU: 9781991016249
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The big book of small stories — Iti te kupu, nui te kōrero

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Brief Description

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... Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

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Short — Poto

One hundred short short stories in English and te reo Māori

Description

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

Collections

Fiction General Fiction New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Published

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.