Tina Makereti writes novels, short fiction and creative nonfiction. Her latest work is the internationally published novel, The Mires, and a collection of personal essays, This Compulsion in Us. She is also author of The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings and Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa. She is co-editor of Black Marks onthe White Page, an anthology that celebrates Māori and Pasifika writing. In 2016 her story ‘Black Milk’ won the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize, Pacific region. Tina teaches a Masters of Creative Writing workshop at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University.
Tina Makereti writes novels, short fiction and creative nonfiction. Her latest work is the internationally published novel, The Mires, and a collection of personal essays, This Compulsion in Us. She is also author of The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings and Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa. She is co-editor of Black Marks onthe White Page, an anthology that celebrates Māori and Pasifika writing. In 2016 her story ‘Black Milk’ won the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize, Pacific region. Tina teaches a Masters of Creative Writing workshop at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University.
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