Lawrence Patchett Explained

Lawrence Patchett is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and editor.[1] [2] His book of short stories, I Got His Blood on Me, won the Best First Book award at the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards.[3] Following this Patchett released his debut novel, The Burning River in 2019.[4] [5] Patchett has held several writing residencies in New Zealand,[6] [7] [8] including the Michael King Emerging Writer's Residency.[9] [10] [11]

Biography

Lawrence Patchett was born in Canterbury, New Zealand.[12] He is Pākehā with ancestors from Shetland, Ireland and the UK. He studied English at the University of Canterbury and completed a Masters, and then a PhD, in Creative Writing at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, finishing in 2012.[13] He is a member of the Institute of Professional Editors and the New Zealand Society of Authors.[14]

Awards and prizes

Bibliography

Critical reception

I Got His Blood on Me received positive reviews[15] [16] and Michael Larson in the New Zealand Herald described it as a "remarkable collection".[17] Reviews of The Burning River at the time of publication were generally favorable,[18] [19] [20] although one critic's viewpoint was that it did not go far enough to address issues of colonisation in New Zealand.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Find an Editor . 31 August 2023 . Institute of Professional Editors Limited . en.
  2. Web site: Lawrence Patchett Products – Te Herenga Waka University Press . 31 August 2023 . teherengawakapress.co.nz.
  3. Web site: Past Winners New Zealand Book Awards Trust . 31 August 2023 . www.nzbookawards.nz.
  4. Web site: The Burning River . 31 August 2023 . Te Herenga Waka University Press . en.
  5. Web site: Woulfe . Catherine . 2019-11-16 . Welcome to the jungle: The Burning River, reviewed . 2023-10-26 . The Spinoff . en.
  6. Web site: 2017-11-24 . Recognition for Creative Writing graduates International Institute of Modern Letters . 2023-10-26 . Victoria University of Wellington . en.
  7. Web site: Q&A with UC 'Writer in Residence' Lawrence Patchett . 31 August 2023 . The University of Canterbury . en-nz . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205080500/https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/library/uc-library-news/archive/2019/lawrence-patchett-q-and-a.html . 5 February 2023 . dead.
  8. Web site: Lawrence Patchett – Writer New Zealand . 31 August 2023 . NZ Pacific Studio . en.
  9. Web site: Michael King Writers' Centre 2018 Residency Recipients Announced : Booksellers Aotearoa . 2023-10-26 . www.booksellers.co.nz.
  10. Web site: Writers Owen Marshall and Lawrence Patchett at the National Library – Randell Cottage Writers Trust . 2023-10-26 . en.
  11. Web site: 11 July 2018 . Lawrence Patchett: 2018 Emerging Writers Residency . 31 August 2023 . Michael King Writers Centre . en-NZ.
  12. Web site: Q&A with UC 'Writer in Residence' Lawrence Patchett . 19 October 2023 . The University of Canterbury . en-nz.
  13. Web site: LAWRENCE PATCHETT . 14 September 2023 . LAWRENCE PATCHETT . en-NZ.
  14. Web site: 2020 NZSA Writer Mentorships announced New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa . 19 October 2023 . en-US.
  15. Web site: Books . N. Z. . 1 September 2012 . That foreign country the past, Nicholas Reid . 19 October 2023 . New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa . en-US.
  16. Web site: 28 February 2013 . Blood on the Tracks . 19 October 2023 . Landfall . en-NZ.
  17. Web site: 19 October 2023 . Book Review: I Got His Blood On Me . 18 October 2023 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  18. Web site: 31 March 2020 . Ko Wai Tātou? . 19 October 2023 . Landfall . en-NZ.
  19. Web site: Woulfe . Catherine . 16 November 2019 . Welcome to the jungle: The Burning River, reviewed . 19 October 2023 . The Spinoff . en.
  20. Web site: 30 April 2020 . Book review – The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett . 19 October 2023 . RNZ . en-nz.
  21. Web site: 7 December 2020 . Good intentions are not enough: Pākehā writing on Māori . 19 October 2023 . Newsroom . en-AU.

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