Thom Conroy
Thom Conroy is the author of The Salted Air and The Naturalist (Penguin Random-House) and the editor of the personal essay collection Home (Massey University Press). The winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize, he has published short fiction widely in literary journals in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. In 2025, he served as the Convenor for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction. Thom is currently a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University, where he also serves as Chief Editor of Headland.
Turning into a mosquito: An interview with Laura Jean McKay
Laura Jean McKay is the author of The Animals in That Country (Scribe 2020) - winner of The Victorian Prize for Literature 2021, The Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction…
Writing First for Māori Readers: An Interview With Whiti Hereaka
Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) is a playwright, novelist, screenwriter and lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University. She is a trustee of the Māori Literature Trust.
