Talia Marshall

Talia Marshall (Ngāti Kuia/Rangitāne o Wairau/Ngāti Rārua/Ngāti Takihiku),[1] born 1978,[2] is a New Zealand writer of Māori descent who writes essays, poetry and short stories. She lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin.

Biography

Marshall affiliates to the Māori nations of Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Takihiku.[1] She lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin.[1]

Marshall has written stories, essays, and poems for Takahē, The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch,[3] in North & South magazine, and the Otago Daily Times.[4][5] Marshall has also written multiple in memoriam poems for Newsroom.[6][7] Emma Espiner described her as "one of [New Zealand's] greatest essayists".[8]

In 2020 Marshall was announced as the inaugural Emerging Māori Writer in Residence for the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), Victoria University of Wellington.[9] Professor Damien Wilkins described her as having an "astonishing voice".[9] In 2021 she won the Surrey-Hotel writers residency[10] and appeared in the VERB Festival in Wellington,[11] writing for the series Art History is a Mother.[12] She has run guest workshops for Prospect Park Productions.[13] In 2023 she ran a successful crowdfunding campaign for travel costs to help her complete a manuscript for Te Herenga Waka University Press.[14] Her work has been published in the anthology Tell You What (Great New Zealand Nonfiction 2017).[15]

Personal life

Previously she worked as a caregiver in a rest home.[16]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c "Talia Marshall 2020 – ŌRONGOHAU | BEST NEW ZEALAND POEMS". Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  2. ^ Marshall, Talia (2016-11-09). "Talia Marshall". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  3. ^ "Talia Marshall". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. ^ "In suburbia". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  5. ^ "Dreaming of Ravensbourne". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  6. ^ "Talia on Sinéad, and other deaths". Newsroom. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  7. ^ "You'll never fly alone, by Talia Marshall". Newsroom. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  8. ^ Espiner, Emma (2023-05-09). There's a Cure for This: A Memoir. Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-377686-4.
  9. ^ a b "Talia Marshall named as first Emerging Māori Writer in Residence". creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  10. ^ "Talia Marshall wins Surrey Hotel writers residency". Newsroom. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  11. ^ "Talia Marshall". Verb Wellington. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  12. ^ "My Lucky, Unlucky Book by Talia Marshall". Verb Wellington. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  13. ^ "Guest Workshop Series". Prospect Park Productions. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  14. ^ "The Queen of Kō". The Queen of Kō. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  15. ^ Andrew, Susanna (2016-11-07). Tell You What: Great New Zealand Nonfiction 2017. Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-77558-903-7.
  16. ^ "Dunedin poet and writer Talia Marshall". RNZ. 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2023-09-10.