Shortlist Ockham NZ Book Award 2024
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
"all i shoot straight from the hip is hipbone. an iwi in its own right. all the world is a river. tequila sunrise, psoriasis, and peace."
Talia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te Ati Haunui a-Paparangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It is a manifesto for a future full of aunties and islands and light.
Poetry
Paperback
Isla Huia