Tina Makereti writes essays, novels & short stories. Her novel, Where the Rekohu Bone Sings has been long listed for the Dublin Literary Award and won the 2014 Ngā Kupu Ora Book Award for Fiction, also awared to her short story collection, Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa in 2011. ‘Black Milk’ was written in response to a series of Fiona Pardington photos from the exhibition ‘A Beautiful Hesitation’ for a www.litcrawl.co.nz event. www.tinamakereti.com
‘Despair sat on her shoulders where her wings should have been. Darkness consumed her, the quivering lip of a dying abalone, grease in the barrel of a gun.’ 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – regional winner for the Pacific.
Granta magazine is run by the Granta Trust (charity number 1184638)
The copyright to all contents of this site is held either by Granta or by the individual authors, and none of the material may be used elsewhere without written permission. For reprint enquiries, contact us.