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Duncan Sarkies

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Duncan Sarkies is the writer of Scarfies (film), Two Little Boys (novel and film), The Demolition of the Century (novel) and various plays and television. He lives in Wellington.

Duncan Sarkies with alpacas. (Photo: Adam Joseph Browne / Image design: Claire Mabey)

Eleven things I learnt while writing a novel about alpaca breeders

Which is more unsettling: the noise a male alpaca makes when mating, or the noise a human makes when imitating it?

By Duncan Sarkies | 18th February, 2025

Alpacas failed to respond to a request for comment by deadline. Photo: Getty

I am writing an allegorical novel about alpaca breeders and democracy

Critics of public funding for the arts during the Covid crisis have alighted in recent weeks on a grant for a novel about alpaca breeders. Its writer responds.

By Duncan Sarkies | 28th September, 2021