Vā: Stories from Women of the Moana (Va)
Author(s): Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Young (eds)
Creative fiction from thirty-eight Oceania women writers, including Wahine Maori.
Stories that tell Covid how we really feel, where a Centipede God watches on with wry humour and wrath, where a sexy Samoan goes on a hot Tinder date in Honolulu, where a New Zealand doctor is horrified to be stuck at her cousin’s kava drink up in Fiji, where Moana people travel the stars and navigate planets, stories where Ancestors and Atua live and breathe. Stories that defy colonial boundaries, and draw on the storytelling and oratory that is our inheritance.
Immerse yourself in the intrigue, fantasy, humour and magic of beautiful strong stories by 38 writers from across the Moana. Chimamanda Adichie speaks about the danger of the single story. In this book you will travel across oceans and meet diverse and deep characters in over 50 rich stories from Cook Island, Chamorro, Erub Island (Torres Strait), Fijian, Hawaiian, Māori, Ni-Vanuatu, Papua New Guinean, Rotuman, Samoan and Tongan writers.
Compiled and edited by award-winning writers Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Wendt Young, this anthology is the first of its kind. Never before have so many Moana women writers gathered together to share their stories. Contributors - Amy Tielu, Arihia Latham, Ashlee Sturme, Audrey Teuki Brown Pereira, Caroline Matamua, Cassie Hart, Courtney Leigh Sit-Kam Malasi Thierry, Dahlia Malaeulu, Denise Carter Bennett, Emmaline Pickering Martin, Filifotu Vaai, Dr Gina Cole, Isabella Naiduki, Dr Karlo Mila, Kiri Piahana-Wong, Lani Wendt Young, Laura Toailoa, Lauren Keenan, Lehua Parker, Lily Ann Eteuati, Mere Taito, Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche, Nadine Anne Hura, Nafanua PK, Nichole Brown, Nicki Perese, Dr Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati, Ria Masae, Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen, Dr Salote Timuiapaepatele Vaai Siaosi, Shirley Simmonds, Sisilia Eteuati, Stacey Kokaua, Steph Matuku, Sylvia Nakachi, Tanya Kang Chargualaf, Tulia Thompson, Vanessa Collins.
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Lani Wendt Young is an international bestselling author of YA fantasy, contemporary romance, speculative, and literary fiction. The 2018 Pacific Laureate, her work is inspired by the diverse mythology of Oceania and the richness of her cultural heritage as a Samoan and Maori woman. She is the author of the Telesā World books, the Scarlet Lies series, the Afakasi Woman collection, Mata Oti, and the non-fiction book Pacific Tsunami Galu Afi. She’s also a writer of stories for children and has worked as a script writer for Disney. Sisilia Eteuati is an award winning writer and poet whose work has been published in various publications across the Pacific including Landfall, TheSapling, Blackmail Press, Samoa Observer and Samoa Planet. Sisilia and her poem Mauga features in Mana Moana: Pacific Voices series to amplify and support the Pacific to drive global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. She has a Masters of Creative Writing from the University of Auckland where she was the recipient of the Sir James Wallace Scholarship based on the strength of her writing portfolio. To support her writing habit Sisilia currently works as a Chief Legal Counsel in a Government Department in New Zealand and is very grateful to have been able to serve the public as a lawyer in Samoa, Australia and now Aotearoa where she lives with her two children.
General Fields
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- : University of Samoa
- : UNKNOWN
- : 01 January 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Young (eds)
- : Paperback
- : 820.80899
- : 373