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Airini Beautris: Ockham s winner on Bug Week, back-stabbing, motherhood and pole dancing
14 May, 2021 08:00 PM
9 minutes to read
Whanganui writer Airini Beautrais has won the coveted fiction prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards with a provocative collection of short stories. Photo / Marcel Tromp
Whanganui writer Airini Beautrais has won the coveted fiction prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards with a provocative collection of short stories. Photo / Marcel Tromp
By: Joanna Mathers
Airini Beautrais, this year s Jann Medlicott Acorn for Fiction winner at the 2021 Ockham awards, talks with Joanna Mathers about stepping into the limelight. They are waiting. The women are waiting. Down the lushly carpeted