A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha

An anthology of new writing for a changed world

Witi Ihimaera, Michelle Elvy

• Publisher: Massey University Press
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781991016232
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Collections
• Index: Literature

Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole, of the shelter. In a series of rich conversations, those present discuss our world in the second decade of this century; they look at decolonisation, indigeneity, climate change . . . this is what they see.

Edited by Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy, this fresh, exciting anthology features poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction, as well as korero or conversations between writers and work by local and international artists. The lineup from Aoteraoa includes, among others, Alison Wong, Paula Morris, Anne Salmond, Tina Makereti, Ben Brown, David Eggleton, Cilla McQueen, Hinemoana Baker, Erik Kennedy, Ian Wedde, Nina Mingya Powles, Gregory O'Brien, Vincent O'Sullivan, Patricia Grace, Selina Tusitala Marsh and Whiti Hereaka. Guest writers from overseas include Aparecida Vilaça, Jose-Luis Novo and Ru Freeman.

Ihimaera and Elvy have curated a luminous hui, a book to return to time and again.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• He karakia ki a Papatūānuku—Hinemoa Elder
• Introduction—Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy
• Part one. The sheltered curving side of Papatūānuku
• Part two. From inside the cave
• Part three. Stepping out into the world before us
• Select bibliography
• About the artists
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright