Author(s): Marco Sonzogni (Edited by) , Sydney J Shep (Edited by) , Daniel K Brown (Edited by) , William du Toit (Illustrated by)

Short Stories | Aotearoa Fiction

The celebrated Italian writer Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities explores the intersection of reality and imagination through 11 startling themes, from 'Cities and Desire' to 'Trading Cities' to 'Cities and the Dead'. A hundred years after his birth, 11 emerging writers from Aotearoa have each taken a city from their own country and written a short story that pays tribute to Calvino's work while addressing the themes that besiege our cities in the twenty-first century.

Stories from:
Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor – Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Russell Boey – Ōtautahi Christchurch
Dinithi Nelum Bowatte – Te Papaioea Palmerston North
Jack Remiel Cottrell – Ōtepoti Dunedin
Erin Donohue – Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Madison Hamill – Ōtepoti Dunedin
Melanie Kwang – Ōtautahi Christchurch
Marlon Moala-Knox – Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Nkhaya Paulsen-More – Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
William Pigott – Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Elsie Uini – Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Author Biography: Marco Sonzogni is a reader in translation studies and intercultural communication at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. A widely published scholar, he is also an award-winning translator, poet, editor and cultural activist. Sydney Shep is a reader in book history and the printer at Wai-te-ata Press, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. A widely published scholar, she is also a practising letterpress printer, exhibiting book artist and designer bookbinder.