Rugby does not perhaps feature as much as one would expect in New Zealand creative writing, from my observation. Leading writers who have delved into the sport include Lloyd Jones with his prize-winning novel about the 1905 all blacks 'The Book of Fame' and he has also edited a book of New Zealand sports writing. Short story writer Owen Marshall and poet Brian Turner have written about sport, but I can not immediately remember rugby amongst that. Our greatest novelist Maurice Gee wrote 'The Big season' early in his career. There have been some good plays, particularly the award-winning 'Foreskin's Lament' by Greg McGee (a former junior all black) and David Geary's comedy "A Pack of girls". In the non-fiction area, leaving aside the world of hack sports journalism, Warwick Roger's book about the 1956 springbok tour stands out. 

But are any of these living in Europe? Not that I know of.  Lloyd Jones's latest novel 'Mr  Pip" has been taken up by overseas publishers, so he might be doing a bit of promotion over there about now.

Not much help, I know, but I cannot resist expounding on a subject that interests me...



David Colquhoun
Curator of Manuscripts and Archives
Alexander Turnbull Library
National Library of New Zealand
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Dear Lara,
I have been approached by a literary association in Bordeaux to ask if I know of any Australian or New Zealand writers who have written about rugby and who are living in London (or Europe). They don't have to have written a whole book about rugby - it can just be a passage in a novel or one poem (or whatever). Is this the sort of question I can post on the mailing list? 
Thanks
Regards
Susan Barrett




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