Short Poto: The big book of small stories Iti te kupu, nui te krero

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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 theres more! Each of the stories has been translated into te reo Mori (and some are written in te reo and translated into English) by some of this countrys most experienced translators, making this book a valuable contributor to our literary landscape that rewards repeated readings.

Author Bio

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 Zealands National Flash Fiction Day, and managing editor of the international Best Small Fictions series. Her anthologies include, most recently, Ko Aotearoa Ttou | 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 (Ngti Ranginui) is a poet and editor, and she is the publisher at Anahera Press. Anahera has worked to uplift and promote toikupu by kaituhi Mori 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 Mori literature anthology Te Awa o Kupu (Penguin Random House, 2023). Kiri lives in Whanganui.