Writer
Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize 2026
Alex Reece Abbott
Ned Kelly in 1871 while in custody at Kyneton, arrested for associating with bushranger Harry Power and charged with armed robbery. (Source: National Museum of Australia)
Shut Your Mouth
Crew / Kāhui
Iona Winter's groundbreaking new book, A Counter of Moons, starts a conversation none of us want to have.
cover art – credit: Kirstie McKinnon
Photo: Alex Reece Abbott. Title: Spoiler Alert: One Thousand and One Nights.
Happy Birthday Katherine Mansfield
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I kōrero with Iona Winter, the Elixir and Star publisher and writer about being here and there as a diasporic writer.
Photo: Alex Reece Abbott
My flash fiction Wishing Tree [53°49′40″N 0°59′51″W] about a curious international phenomenon.