J.P. Pomare

Contributing writer

J.P. (Joshua) Pomare is an award-winning writer, and host of the On Writing podcast. His first novel, Call Me Evie, was critically acclaimed and won Best First Novel at the Ngaio Marsh Awards. His second, In the Clearing, is out now.

Illustration: Daniel Ido

The Sunday Essay: Scattershots

An attack. A home invasion. And their ghosts.

January 4, 2020: Lake Jindabyne, New South Wales (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images)

2nd February, 2020

Notes on burning: a stunning, apocalyptic essay by Kiwi crime writer JP Pomare

JP Pomare's new thriller In the Clearing is set in the Australian bush, with fire forever licking the horizon. He writes here about the view from over there.