Philip Temple

Philip Temple is an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children, often on the subjects of New Zealand history and the natural world. His anthropomorphic novels, such as Beak of the Moon, are unique in New Zealand literature. His biography of the Wakefield family, A Sort of Conscience, earned several awards, including Melbourne University’s Ernest Scott History Prize. In his editorial career, he was the first features editor for the New Zealand Listener  and associate editor of Landfall from 1972 to 1975. Philip was the recipient of the 2003 Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency and, earlier, held both the Menton Katherine Mansfield Fellowship and the Robert Burns Fellowship. He received a Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in 2005 and was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his services to literature. www.philiptemple.com

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Philip Temple at DWRF 2017
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Landfall at 70