Talia Marshall Explained

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. She lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin.

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". 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

Notes and References

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

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