J.P. Pomare

Guest 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.

By J.P. Pomare | 2nd May, 2021

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

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.

By J.P. Pomare | 2nd February, 2020