Fale Aitu Spirit House

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Speaking from Samoa, Christchurch, Gaza, and New York - Avia's fearless voice combines mythic with the everyday stories, never shying away from moments of pain nor strange wonder.

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Tusiata Avia was born in Christchurch in 1966, of Samoan descent. She is an acclaimed poet, performer and childrens book writer. Her previous poetry collections are Wild Dogs Under My Skirt (VUP, 2004; also staged as a one-woman theatre show around the world from 20022008) and Bloodclot (VUP, 2009). Tusiata has held the Fulbright Pacific Writers Fellowship at the University of Hawaii in 2005 and the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at University of Canterbury in 2010. She was also the 2013 recipient of the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award. She teaches creative writing and performing arts at Manukau Institute of Technology.