Our Book of the Week, Bug Week by Airini Beautrais, has just been awarded New Zealand's premiere fiction prize, the Jann Meddlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. On awarding the prize, the judges said, "Casting a devastating and witty eye on humanity at its most fallible and wonky, this is a tightly wound and remarkably assured collection. Atmospheric and refined, these stories evoke a strong sense of quiet unease, slow burning rage and the absurdly comic." We agree!

>>Judge Kiran Dass on Beautrais's book. 

>>Nowhere to hide. 

>>The anger of Airini Beautrais. 

>>Thirteen unlucky tales. 

>>Insects can say a lot. 
>>On using dialogue in short fiction. 

>>Narrativity and segmentivity. 

>>Find out about the other winners in this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. 

>>Your copy of Bug Week. 
>>Poetry collections by Airini Beautrais.