"Why have we in these isles no fairy dell?", warbled Alexander Bathgate. Colonial poets, blind to the pre-existing mythic landscapes around them, lamented the absence of magic in the New Zealand setting. It is difficult for Pākehā writers to do the spiritual, although they have often felt the need to. Jane Stafford on the novel that won the 2023 Ockham fiction prize on Wednesday night ReadingRoom All hail the book of the year
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