Lawrence Patchett

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Lawrence Patchett is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and editor. [1] [2] His book of short stories, I Got His Blood on Me, won the Best First Book award at the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards. [3] Following this Patchett released his debut novel, The Burning River in 2019. [4] [5] Patchett has held several writing residencies in New Zealand, [6] [7] [8] including the Michael King Emerging Writer's Residency. [9] [10] [11]

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Biography

Lawrence Patchett was born in Canterbury, New Zealand. [12] He is Pākehā with ancestors from Shetland, Ireland and the UK. He studied English at the University of Canterbury and completed a Masters, and then a PhD, in Creative Writing at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, finishing in 2012. [13] He is a member of the Institute of Professional Editors [1] and the New Zealand Society of Authors. [14]

Awards and prizes

Bibliography

Critical reception

I Got His Blood on Me received positive reviews [15] [16] and Michael Larson in the New Zealand Herald described it as a "remarkable collection". [17] Reviews of The Burning River at the time of publication were generally favorable, [18] [19] [20] although one critic's viewpoint was that it did not go far enough to address issues of colonisation in New Zealand. [21]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Lawrence Patchett Products – Te Herenga Waka University Press". teherengawakapress.co.nz. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Past Winners | New Zealand Book Awards Trust". www.nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Burning River". Te Herenga Waka University Press. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Woulfe, Catherine (16 November 2019). "Welcome to the jungle: The Burning River, reviewed". The Spinoff. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Recognition for Creative Writing graduates | International Institute of Modern Letters". Victoria University of Wellington. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Q&A with UC 'Writer in Residence' Lawrence Patchett". The University of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Lawrence Patchett – Writer New Zealand". NZ Pacific Studio. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Michael King Writers' Centre 2018 Residency Recipients Announced : Booksellers Aotearoa". www.booksellers.co.nz. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Writers Owen Marshall and Lawrence Patchett at the National Library – Randell Cottage Writers Trust" . Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Lawrence Patchett: 2018 Emerging Writers Residency". Michael King Writers Centre. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Q&A with UC 'Writer in Residence' Lawrence Patchett". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "LAWRENCE PATCHETT". LAWRENCE PATCHETT. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "2020 NZSA Writer Mentorships announced | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa" . Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  15. ↑ Books, N. Z. (1 September 2012). "That foreign country the past, Nicholas Reid". New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Blood on the Tracks". Landfall. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "Book Review: I Got His Blood On Me". NZ Herald. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Ko Wai Tātou?". Landfall. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  19. ↑ Woulfe, Catherine (16 November 2019). "Welcome to the jungle: The Burning River, reviewed". The Spinoff. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "Book review – The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett". RNZ. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  21. ↑ "Good intentions are not enough: Pākehā writing on Māori". Newsroom. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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