The West Coast is no stranger to the literary arts, many of New Zealands novels and novelists have a connection here.
The most recent winner of the esteemed British literary event, the Mann Booker Prize was new Zealander Elanor Catton set her book The Luminaries in Hokitika.
Previous Booker Prize winner Keri Hulme and author of The Bone People lives and whitebaits on the coast. An eccentirc and outspoek character, she vaues her privacy and is not open for arndom visitors!
Even Janet Frame spent some time here, albiet in a mental home where she was being treated for 'depression' before her first book was published.
The most recent winner of the esteemed British literary event, the Mann Booker Prize was new Zealander Elanor Catton set her book The Luminaries in Hokitika.
Previous Booker Prize winner Keri Hulme and author of The Bone People lives and whitebaits on the coast. An eccentirc and outspoek character, she vaues her privacy and is not open for arndom visitors!
Even Janet Frame spent some time here, albiet in a mental home where she was being treated for 'depression' before her first book was published.
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