Talia Marshall
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Talia Marshall (Ngāti Kuia/Rangitāne o Wairau/Ngāti Rārua/Ngāti Takihiku)[1], born 1978[2], is a New Zealand writer of Māori descent known for her essays, poetry and short stories. She lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Background
Talia Marshall's essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Takahē, Newsroom, The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, in North & South magazine, and elsewhere. In the early 2020s she was the 'in suburbia' editor for the Otago Daily Times[3].
In 2020 Talia was announced as the inaugural Emerging Māori Writer in Residence for the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), Victoria University of Wellington[4]. Professor Damien Wilkins described her as having an "astonishing voice"[4].
She appeared in the VERB Festival in Wellington in 2021[5], and has run guest workshops for Prospect Park Productions[6].
In 2023 she ran a successful crowdfunding campaign for travel costs to help her complete a manuscript for Te Herenga Waka University Press[7].
Previously she worked as a caregiver in a rest home[8].
Awards
- Surrey Hotel-Newsroom writers residency award, 2021[9]
- Emerging Māori Writer in Residence, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020[4]
Further reading
- The Queen of Swords (Newsroom, 2023), short story
- You'll Never Fly Alone (Newsroom, 2022), essay
- My Lucky, Unlucky Book (City Gallery Wellington), essay
- A View from the Gorge (Otago Daily Times, 2022), essay
- Not Just Any Port (Otago Daily Times, 2022), 'in suburbia' essay
- Please take the rope from my throat so that I may sing (Pantograph Punch, 2017), essay
- On the Marae (The Spinoff, 2016), essay
- Being Active (Best New Zealand Poems)
- Laughter makes the river rise better than her rain (Best New Zealand Poems)
- Selected poems (Turbine Kapohau, 2005), poems
References
- ^ "Talia Marshall 2020 – ŌRONGOHAU | BEST NEW ZEALAND POEMS". Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ Marshall, Talia (2016-11-09). "Talia Marshall". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ "In suburbia". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ a b c "Talia Marshall named as first Emerging Māori Writer in Residence". creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ "Talia Marshall". Verb Wellington. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ "Guest Workshop Series". Prospect Park Productions. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ "The Queen of Kō". The Queen of Kō. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ "Dunedin poet and writer Talia Marshall". RNZ. 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ "Talia Marshall wins Surrey Hotel writers residency". Newsroom. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2023-09-10.