Through the form of fables, autobiographical memories, and poems, Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall envisions an alternate reality where versions of Vancouver Island and Aotearoa New Zealand sit side by side in the ocean. In this world, Coast Salish and Māori work together in understanding and forgiveness to heal that which has been forced upon them by colonialism.
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Type: Fiction
Sponsored by Pace Accounting
Moderator: David Geary
Reader: Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall, Tauhou (House of Anansi)
About The Moderator
David Geary is of Māori, English, Irish and Scottish blood. His iwi/tribe in New Zealand is the Taranaki. He grew up immersed in the Polynesian trickster tales of Maui and is now honoured to live, work and play in the lands of the Coyote and Raven tricksters of Turtle Island/Canada. He is an award-winning playwright, dramaturg, director, screenwriter, fiction writer and poet. At Capilano University, David teaches screenwriting in the IDF Indigenous Digital Filmmaking and ASAS programs, documentary, and playwriting. David’s recent work includes short plays for Climate Change Theatre Action http://www.climatechangetheatreaction.com/. David also teaches playwrighting and dramaturgy for PTC Playwrights Theatre Centre. The Māori word ako means both to teach and to learn, and he finds he learns as much from his students as they do from him. David's recent fiction work can be found in the Penguin Random House collection Purakau: https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/purakau-9780143772965 and Bawaajigan: Stories of Power from Exile. He's a member of LMDA Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and does script consultation for theatre, TV, and Film, most recently with WIFTV - Women in Film and Television. He writes haiku on twitter: @gearsgeary and lives by the yogic mantra: Life is short, stretch it.
About The Reader
Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, W̱SÁNEĆ) holds an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters. She won the 2020 Adam Foundation Prize and is a current PhD candidate at the IIML. She is based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa New Zealand.
