Keri Hulme Our Kuru Pounamu

A celebration of Keri Hulme (1947-2021) the first novelist from Aotearoa New Zealand to win the Booker Prize, for 'the bone people'. Keri Hulme: Our Kuru Pounamu, from the group that first published 'the bone people' includes tributes, essays, poems, interviews, ephemera, art works and photographs. These come from Keri's family — her whānau was always at the centre of her life; from her tahu-tuhituhi, her beloved writing associates; and from her neighbours and friends. To include her in the kōrero — she loved conversation! — Keri is represented by poems, art works, a long essay about Te Wāhipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area, shorter essays, and extracts from her letters. The title comes from a letter that the late Dr Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie wrote to Spiral. The cover is by Kāi Tahu artist Madison Kelly. Keri Hulme: Our Kuru Pounamu is in seven parts — Kā Tahu-Tuhituhi Arapera Blank, Bill Manhire, Brian Potiki, Cathie Dunsford, Fergus Barrowman, Gaylene Preston, Janet Charman, Keri Hulme, Maclean Barker, Madison Kelly, Patricia Grace, Philip Tremewan, Renée, Rowley Habib, Sandi Hall, Sharon Murphy Moeraki — The Black Bach Keri Hulme, Siobhan McNulty Te Tai Poutini — Kā Naybore Andris Apse, David Alexander, Keri Hulme, Sonja Worthington Spiral & The Women's Gallery Bridie Lonie, Keri Hulme, Marian Evans the bone people Arapera Blank, Dulcie Smart, Erihapeti Murchie, Irihapeti Ramsden, Keri Hulme, Lynne Ciochetto, Mark Cubey, Sylvia Mary Bowen, Vicki McDonald Te Whānau Tommy Rangikino Miller, Mary Miller, Kate Salmons, Matthew Salmons The book ends with a waiata composed by the late Miriama Evans of Spiral and sung at the launch of the bone people.