Angela Pope

Angela has had short stories published in Takahe, Catalyst and Landfall, and broadcast on Radio New Zealand. In 2020, she won the Sargeson Prize, and was longlisted for the Commonwealth Prize in 2021. She has also had short plays produced in festivals including Short + Sweet in Sydney and Melbourne. 

Angela's latest play, 'Lessons Learned from Hannibal Lecter' is an adaptation of her Sargeson Prize winning short story, 'Lies'. It was developed during the Ōtepoti Theatre Lab in 2022 and received a play reading at the Dunedin Arts Festival. It is currently being produced for this year's Dunedin Fringe Festival.

Last year, Angela completed a graduate diploma in Creative Writing through Massey University and self-published a romantic comedy, ‘The Seven Mistakes of Alfie Murtagh’ as a project for one of her papers. She is currently editing her novel, 'Gabby Stringer's Recipe for Disaster' which was assessed under the NZSA Complete MS Assessment programme in 2022.


Genre:

  • Fiction
  • Plays
  • Short Stories

Skills:

  • Playwriting
  • Short Story Writing

Branch:

Otago/Southland

Location: