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Thirty-four short stories
213 pages.
On cover: In association with the Dan Davin Literary Foundation. Contents: The team / Gareth Lyness -- Last hope / Connie Moir -- Hierophants / Della Bowman -- Granny's story / Karen Fox -- The other side / Sara Jamieson -- The orange car / Tami Beckingsdale -- Devoid / Hayley Bowman -- Utopia / Laura Turner -- Four corners / Elizabeth Thomas -- Untitled / Louise Evans -- Lullaby / Rachel Pennicott -- Simple times / Ruari MacFarlane -- Silent country / Amber Watson -- A pantoum for autumn 1964 / Marion McLean -- Perspectives / Alice McDowell -- Home movies / Wes Lee -- The voice of a young refugee / Hannah Lobb -- Sienna / Hannah Lobb -- A day at the beach / Pooja Pillay -- The journey of the Magi / Claire Buckingham -- A nearly modern fairy tale / Robbie Grove -- Identity / Jonathan Boon -- The absence of strangers / Patricia Soper -- Both sides of love / Patricia Soper -- In my prime / Mitchell Mawhinney -- The willow and the war / Christina Grove -- Seven minutes / Ciccone Tweedie -- Tales in the rain / James Eunson -- Tweets from a music festival / David Friffin -- A new day / James Eunson -- The boy who changed my life / Kauia Asher -- The masters collection / David Dudfield -- Atomic manipulation lab / Alex Bailey -- Penny whistle / David Hinkley -- Watercolour photography / Autumn Marshall -- Dogs that bite / Autumn Marshall -- Matinee / Maddy Doherty -- The vigil / Mouse Diver-Dudfield.
Summary: 34 Short Stories is a vibrant assortment of tales from the imaginations of both established authors and emerging writers. Beginning in 1995, the Dan Davin Literary Award was launched as a competition for senior high-school students but grew to include junior student and adult sections. The award is now open to all Southland writers bold enough to take up the challenge. Within these pages, the past winners are presented for the first time in one commemorative book, a tribute to Southland's great storyteller, Dan Davin (1913 - 1990). (Back cover)