Anna Scaife
@whatelseanna.bsky.social
Writing
Short fiction in Landfall, ReadingRoom, Flash Frontier, At The Bay | Te Kokuru, Turbine | Kapohau
Short fiction in Landfall, ReadingRoom, Flash Frontier, At The Bay | Te Kokuru, Turbine | Kapohau
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When Malcolm saw his wife Susan in a burgundy bathrobe at Tony's townhouse
Short story: The jeweller's replacement, by Anna Scaife
newsroom.co.nz
September 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
When Malcolm saw his wife Susan in a burgundy bathrobe at Tony's townhouse
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The ROI on the guest of honour programme has been proven so why did MCH deny funding for NZ to be guest of honour programme at the biggest children’s book fair in the world? How can they value literacy if they don’t value the industry that makes children’s books!
www.thesapling.co.nz
www.thesapling.co.nz
www.thesapling.co.nz
June 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The ROI on the guest of honour programme has been proven so why did MCH deny funding for NZ to be guest of honour programme at the biggest children’s book fair in the world? How can they value literacy if they don’t value the industry that makes children’s books!
www.thesapling.co.nz
www.thesapling.co.nz
Never posted this here … ReadingRoom published my creepy arachnid story late last year which made me very happy. Another coming soonish 🤞
newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/28/s...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/28/s...
Short story: Final Notice, by Anna Scaife
"Virginia found more baby spiders every day for the next week..."
newsroom.co.nz
June 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Never posted this here … ReadingRoom published my creepy arachnid story late last year which made me very happy. Another coming soonish 🤞
newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/28/s...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/28/s...
2024 highlight.
At the book signing after a WORD festival event, I asked Richard Ford what he imagines happens at the end of his incredible short story Under The Radar … and he told me! Settled a longstanding writing group debate
At the book signing after a WORD festival event, I asked Richard Ford what he imagines happens at the end of his incredible short story Under The Radar … and he told me! Settled a longstanding writing group debate
December 21, 2024 at 2:46 AM
2024 highlight.
At the book signing after a WORD festival event, I asked Richard Ford what he imagines happens at the end of his incredible short story Under The Radar … and he told me! Settled a longstanding writing group debate
At the book signing after a WORD festival event, I asked Richard Ford what he imagines happens at the end of his incredible short story Under The Radar … and he told me! Settled a longstanding writing group debate
2024 writing wrap up 🧵
Plenty of this:
Plenty of this:
December 18, 2024 at 10:17 AM
2024 writing wrap up 🧵
Plenty of this:
Plenty of this:
Kete books 2024 reviewer favourites!!! My choice was too easy. It’s a cracker. Put these on the reading/gift list
#nzwriters #nzfiction
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reading-l...
#nzwriters #nzfiction
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reading-l...
Reviewers' Favourites: Books from 2024
Who better to ask for their favourite books from Aotearoa now that 2024 has entered its final chapter? Kete reviewers give their thoughts. ...
www.ketebooks.co.nz
December 11, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Kete books 2024 reviewer favourites!!! My choice was too easy. It’s a cracker. Put these on the reading/gift list
#nzwriters #nzfiction
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reading-l...
#nzwriters #nzfiction
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reading-l...
I am always very happy to be asked by Kete Books to read something new and say what I think.
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...
Review: The Pets We Have Killed, by Barbara Else
Accomplished storyteller Barbara Else has a wide-ranging body of work. Anna Scaife considers how the attention-grabbing title reflects this collection of short fiction. ...
www.ketebooks.co.nz
November 28, 2024 at 5:50 AM
I am always very happy to be asked by Kete Books to read something new and say what I think.
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...
Finally. I have made a Pav. Is this what being an adult feels like? #asmallmeringuemiracle
November 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Finally. I have made a Pav. Is this what being an adult feels like? #asmallmeringuemiracle
Most days I spend a good amount of time thinking about what it would be like to work in a writer’s room for TV.
November 26, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Most days I spend a good amount of time thinking about what it would be like to work in a writer’s room for TV.
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Just a reminder to all you writers out there who published books this year: ‘best of the year’ lists are subjective and their creators can only include books they’ve actually read so it could be that they just haven’t got to yours yet but it’s on their groaning TBR pile.
November 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Just a reminder to all you writers out there who published books this year: ‘best of the year’ lists are subjective and their creators can only include books they’ve actually read so it could be that they just haven’t got to yours yet but it’s on their groaning TBR pile.
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Don't forget that signed books make excellent Xmas gifts.
Don't forget that a lot of authors sell signed books directly via their websites.
😃👍
Don't forget that a lot of authors sell signed books directly via their websites.
😃👍
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Don't forget that signed books make excellent Xmas gifts.
Don't forget that a lot of authors sell signed books directly via their websites.
😃👍
Don't forget that a lot of authors sell signed books directly via their websites.
😃👍
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Announcing the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2024 longlist!
With huge thanks to judge Renee Liang 梁文蔚 for her enthusiastic and careful consideration, and to every poet who entered for entrusting takahē with your work.
With huge thanks to judge Renee Liang 梁文蔚 for her enthusiastic and careful consideration, and to every poet who entered for entrusting takahē with your work.
November 22, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Announcing the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2024 longlist!
With huge thanks to judge Renee Liang 梁文蔚 for her enthusiastic and careful consideration, and to every poet who entered for entrusting takahē with your work.
With huge thanks to judge Renee Liang 梁文蔚 for her enthusiastic and careful consideration, and to every poet who entered for entrusting takahē with your work.
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A starter pack for our amazing whānau!
Contributors and guest editors, if we missed you, please tag us so we can add you 🩵
Contributors and guest editors, if we missed you, please tag us so we can add you 🩵
November 22, 2024 at 1:19 AM
A starter pack for our amazing whānau!
Contributors and guest editors, if we missed you, please tag us so we can add you 🩵
Contributors and guest editors, if we missed you, please tag us so we can add you 🩵
This is Scout. Scout doesn’t mind that I haven’t written a word for 6 weeks. She only asks that I open the hallway door so she can go and lie in the sun patch please and thank you. 🐾
November 20, 2024 at 11:29 PM
This is Scout. Scout doesn’t mind that I haven’t written a word for 6 weeks. She only asks that I open the hallway door so she can go and lie in the sun patch please and thank you. 🐾
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Exciting to see that the Writers Vic workshop "Writing your memoir when you are a ghost or other spectral being" is so well attended
November 20, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Exciting to see that the Writers Vic workshop "Writing your memoir when you are a ghost or other spectral being" is so well attended
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New interview up!
Fiction writer Cassie Hart talks self publishing, the smell of lavender, and inspiration versus perspiration 😅
Read for free at: www.takahe.org.nz/cassie-hart/
Fiction writer Cassie Hart talks self publishing, the smell of lavender, and inspiration versus perspiration 😅
Read for free at: www.takahe.org.nz/cassie-hart/
November 17, 2024 at 4:48 AM
New interview up!
Fiction writer Cassie Hart talks self publishing, the smell of lavender, and inspiration versus perspiration 😅
Read for free at: www.takahe.org.nz/cassie-hart/
Fiction writer Cassie Hart talks self publishing, the smell of lavender, and inspiration versus perspiration 😅
Read for free at: www.takahe.org.nz/cassie-hart/
NZ writers. Here it is ⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 10:55 PM
NZ writers. Here it is ⬇️
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November 10, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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this flash & short fiction writers starter pack filled up incredibly quickly (150 is the max, and I guess there are a lot of us). Anyway share if you're into short and flash fiction!
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
November 15, 2024 at 2:40 AM
this flash & short fiction writers starter pack filled up incredibly quickly (150 is the max, and I guess there are a lot of us). Anyway share if you're into short and flash fiction!
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
go.bsky.app/53R6ziA
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Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity
November 14, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity
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Creative writers: come work with us at ASU! We're currently running a search for an Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergrad CW in-person and online, and to oversee online curriculum development as their service component. More info here: english.asu.edu/about/employ...
November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Creative writers: come work with us at ASU! We're currently running a search for an Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergrad CW in-person and online, and to oversee online curriculum development as their service component. More info here: english.asu.edu/about/employ...
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Maddie Ballard made a dress (of course!) with 100 or more separate panels for the launch of her sewing memoir, Bound, at Unity Books last night. Rose Lu gave the launch speech in a simple bright green suit!
November 15, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Maddie Ballard made a dress (of course!) with 100 or more separate panels for the launch of her sewing memoir, Bound, at Unity Books last night. Rose Lu gave the launch speech in a simple bright green suit!
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I'm delighted to teach CREW254 Short Fiction | He Kōrero Paki for @modernletters.bsky.social again in 2025 — not once, but twice!
Join me to explore the art of the short story in T1 or T2. The application deadline for T1 is the 1st of December, so get writing! ✍️💚
www.wgtn.ac.nz/courses/CREW...
Join me to explore the art of the short story in T1 or T2. The application deadline for T1 is the 1st of December, so get writing! ✍️💚
www.wgtn.ac.nz/courses/CREW...
![ANTHONY LAPWOOD
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Pākehā
[Photo of Anthony wearing a red shirt and brown coat.]
Course Convenor
CREW 254 Short Fiction | He Kōrero Paki
2025 T1 & T2](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:govcttkwhwqgfmg67ru5lob3/bafkreibxugsl243mb2zzcfs3mx4y3o2p73kbefsvwm42zse2unchbrdnt4@jpeg)
November 15, 2024 at 3:24 AM
I'm delighted to teach CREW254 Short Fiction | He Kōrero Paki for @modernletters.bsky.social again in 2025 — not once, but twice!
Join me to explore the art of the short story in T1 or T2. The application deadline for T1 is the 1st of December, so get writing! ✍️💚
www.wgtn.ac.nz/courses/CREW...
Join me to explore the art of the short story in T1 or T2. The application deadline for T1 is the 1st of December, so get writing! ✍️💚
www.wgtn.ac.nz/courses/CREW...