Pacific

'A Breath, a Bunk, a Land, a Sky' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

I was on the news again – the first time in more than a decade. My girlfriend and I were…

‘The Art of Waving’ was the Pacific regional winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   I was seven…

‘Screaming’ was the Pacific regional winner of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   My old friend Mere stands with me…

Joseph chewed a mouthful of tepid poached egg. There was no one else down this end of the room, and…

Years ago, travelling across America on a Greyhound bus, I found myself astounded when we came upon big inland cities.…

‘Bluey’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

My roots are in Manila — that's above Bali and    to the right of Bangkok. You might know the area. …

‘Nightfall’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘Holding On, Letting Go’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

Saving Japan’s Heritage Farmhouses

'Chicken Boy' was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   The seagull watches the children crawling up the…

‘Neighbourhood Watch’ was longlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

'Matalasi' won the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Pacific. Read more about the Prize here.

We gather here and feel the weight of the world on our shoulders. It does not feel like we’ve inherited…

At 11.42 p.m., on 1 November, 2016, Peter Abraham Stanhope sat at his family’s old mahogany dining table and slit…