Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

Māori and Coast Salish writer

Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall is a Māori and Coast Salish writer, whose debut novel Tauhou was published in 2023.[1]

The daughter of New Zealand writer Tina Makereti and a Salish father from Canada, she lived in both New Zealand and British Columbia in childhood.[2]

Tauhou, an exploration of her heritage as a member of two distinct indigenous peoples from opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean, is written as an alternate reality in which New Zealand and Vancouver Island are much closer together than they are in reality.[3] The book was shortlisted for the 2024 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall". CBC Books, 6 February 2023.
  2. ^ Ataria Sharman, "'It's an indigenous thing to decide to write in every kind of genre and form'". Stuff, 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ Malaika Mitra, "The fantastical geographies of Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall". The Varsity, September 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "2024 Amazon First Novel Award shortlist revealed". Quill & Quire, May 9, 2024.
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