Kapiti author gets NZ’s top literary prize

Friday, 8 November 2013, 2:49 pm
Press Release: Kapiti Independent News

Kapiti author gets NZ’s top literary prize

By Alan Tristram

Acclaimed Kapiti writer – and KIN columnist — Mandy Hager has just been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for 2014...

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