Moata McNamara talks with Suzanne and Ben Hanly In St. Faith’s Anglican Church, Ohinemutu, a Māori Christ in...
Art feature: Mataaho Ōpure – Stained glass windows
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Interviews
New book: Michelle Elvy talks with Robert Shapard about his award-winning collection Bare Ana and other stories – plus flash around the world
This month, Michelle Elvy talked with the 2025 Best Small Fictions Guest Editor Robert Shapard, whose new collection,...
Introducing our new editors, Moata McNamara & Neema Singh
We are thrilled to welcome Moata McNamara and Neema Singh to our editing team. As Features Editor, Neema will bring...
Interview: Neema Singh talks with NFFD Youth Judge Shilo Kino
The National Flash Fiction Day youth competition is open! Details are on the NFFD website. Flash Frontier Editor Neema...
TE MOANA O REO | OCEAN OF LANGUAGES
Edited by Michelle Elvy and Vaughan Rapatahanapublished by The Cuba Press Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages launched...
Micro Madness: Introducing the 2025 judges Renee Liang and Nuala O’Connor
We are thrilled to speak with the judges for the 2025 Micro Madness competition, award-winning writers Renee Liang and...
Interview: Rachel Smith talks with NFFD judges Brannavan Gnanalingam and Vana Manasiadis
The National Flash Fiction Day competition is open! Details are on the NFFD website. Flash Frontier Editor Rachel...
Author interview: Jeff Friedman – ‘the world we live in is comic and absurd’
Michelle Elvy: You are the author of several collections. How do you go about pulling together a set of stories into a...
Art feature: Moata McNamara’s circles cycles
Moata McNamara, TwiningCircles on the screensaver of my phoneOutside on a wild wind circling seagulls soarA circle of...
Feature interview: Rachel Smith and the ‘non-linear process’ of writing for screen
Here at Flash Frontier, we know Rachel Smith as one of our careful and insightful editors – and of course writer of...
Kōrero since 2019
For the last five years, we’ve been running the Kōrero series. Vaughan Rapatahana has interviewed leading Aotearoa New...
Sins of omission: Alex Reece Abbott in conversation with Iona Winter
Alex Reece Abbott is an award-winning NZ-Irish writer, who currently resides in the UK, with work that has been...
New book: Sharni Wilson’s One to many and other experiments
Launched in August 2024, Sharni Wilson’s hybrid collection, One to many and other experiments, won the At The Bay 2023 flash manuscript award for hybrid writing.
‘Stifled by the truth’: Tina Barry in conversation with Michelle Elvy
‘Stifled by the truth’: Tina Barry in conversation with Michelle Elvy about her imaginative new collection, I Tell...
Kōrero: Vaughan Rapatahana and Ruby Solly
Vaughan Rapatahana: Ngā pātai. Can you please tell us your tribal affiliation(s)? Ruby Solly: Ko Kāi Tahu rātou ko...
Kōrero: Vaughan Rapatahana and Arihia Latham
In this issue’s Kōrero, Vaughan Rapatahana talks with Arihia Latham, author of poetry collection Birdspeak, which was published last year by Anahera Press.
Art feature: Nod Ghosh and rock art
We invited former Flash Frontier editor Nod Ghosh to tell us about her recent adventures in rock art.
Ekphrastic micros: emerging voices from Ōtepoti
In June, the Dunedin National Flash Fiction Day community contributed to the year-long UNESCO City of Literature...
Gail Ingram: anthology (n.) a collection of flowers
On July 25, former Flash Frontier editor Gail Ingram launched her third poetry collection. We had a long chat with her...
New book: Madeleine Slavick’s Town
This month, we are pleased to feature Town, a beautiful, subtly powerful collection from Madeleine Slavick.
Feature editor: Welcome, Mikaela Nyman!
This year, Mikaela Nyman joins our team of editors. We sat down to talk briefly with her as a way of introducing her...
Interview: National Flash Fiction Day 2024 Judges Lynn Jenner and Rachel O’Neill
The National Flash Fiction Day competition is open! Details are on the website. Flash Frontier Editor Rachel Smith...
Micro Madness 2024 Judges: Mikaela Nyman talks with Christopher Allen and Courtney Sina Meredith
We are excited to present this year’s Micro Madness judges, who between them hold such a range of experience and...
Kōrero: Vaughan Rapatahana and Mere Taito
Vaughan Rapatahana: Can you please tell us about your background, i.e., where you are from and so on… of course...
Writing the last taboo: Alex Reece Abbott talks with Iona Winter
An introduction from Alex Reece Abbott We first met through flash fiction, and across the waves, and in my night/her...
Feature Artist: Rod Eales
Let’s begin with your new exhibition, ‘Rod Eales: Art of the Flower – currently featured at the Eastern Southland Gallery. Gardens and flowers.
Book feature: Nod Ghosh and two new novellas
This month we talk with former associate editor of Flash Frontier and frequent flash writer Nod Ghosh and hear about...
Celebrating Mansfield 2023: Redmer Yska, on getting to know KM
We are delighted to welcome Redmer Yska, who shares his adventure Katherine Mansfield and his new book Katherine...
Kōrero: Vaughan Rapatahana and Ben Brown
This month’s Flash Frontier featured author is Ben Brown, award-winning children’s author, poet and storyteller – and,...
Nature at the centre of everything: Rachel Smith talks with featured artist Dr Tabatha Forbes
Nature at the centre of everything: Rachel Smith talks with featured artist Dr Tabatha Forbes.