We invite essay submissions for a special feature section in Antipodes, journal of the American
Association for Australasian Studies (AAALS) examining the work of Māori author Patricia Grace,
of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa and Te Āti Awa descent, and affiliated to Ngāti Porou by marriage.

In 1978, with Mutuwhenua, Patricia Grace was the first Māori woman to publish a novel. In the
decades since, Grace has published seven novels, including Potiki, Baby No-Eyes, Dogside Story,
Tu, and most recently Chappy, most of which have been translated into several languages. In
addition, she has produced several short-story collections, childrenʻs literature, including Te
Kuia me te Pungawerewere [The Kuia and the Spider], and books focused on Māori arts and
culture as well as an autobiography. She has been an advocate for her community and won a
land rights case in Hongoeka Bay. Grace was honored with the Prime Minister’s Award for
Literary Achievement in 2006 and recognized as a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand
Order of Merit (CNZM) in 2007. Baby No-Eyes is the only work by a writer from Aotearora New
Zealand to win the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2008), a biennial
prize sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and World Literature Today.

Antipodes is excited to sponsor a special issue topic focused on any and all of the work of
Patricia Grace, a living treasure of Aotearoa New Zealand. Antipodes seeks a wide range of new
critical essays on particular works or combinations and comparisons, or on her community
activism. Essays addressing the value of contributions that Grace has made not only to the
literary tradition of Aotearoa New Zealand but to world literature and the growing canon of
Indigenous works are also welcome.

The submission deadline is 30 April 2022 (or earlier!)

Essays should be 5500-7000 words in length and follow the latest MLA citation style and Antipodes guidelines. We will consider essays written in te reo Māori with accompanying English translation. Please contact Antipodes editor Brenda Machosky (antipode@hawaii.edu or machosky@hawaii.edu) with inquiries.

All essays should be submitted through the journal’s website and will undergo double-blind peer review and editorial evaluation per the journal’s standing policy. Antipodes is published by Wayne State University Press. More information about the journal HERE. Submission HERE.