It is a time of fear and confusion. Dramatic events threaten the maræ. Potiki is Patricia Grace’s best-selling novel about a coastal community in danger. It is a work of spellbinding power that weaves myths of older times into the political realities of today.

Patricia Grace - “An extraordinary storyteller” -Christchurch Star

Patricia Grace is the author of five novels, four short story collections and several children’s books. Born in Wellington in 1937, Patricia Grace lives in Plimmerton on the ancestral land of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa in close proximity to her home maræ at Hongoeka Bay.

Kirsty Gunn - Kirsty Gunn is the author of five novels, The Boy and the Sea, Featherstone, Rain, The Keepsake and This Place You Return to Is Home, and a collection of writing and poems, 44 Things. She lives with her family in London and Scotland.

Please visit British Council Contemporary Writers for more details about Kirsty Gunn.

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By the same author or foreword writer:
The Green Hat By Michael Arlen;  Kirsty Gunn (Foreword)
The Aloe By Katherine Mansfield;  Kirsty Gunn (Foreword)