Ruby Porter

Guest writer

Ruby Porter is the author of Attraction, which won the inaugural Michael Gifkins Prize in 2018. Attraction was written during her Masters of Creative Writing at the University of Auckland under supervisor Paula Morris, and published in 2019 by Melbourne-based Text Publishing. Ruby tutors creative writing at the University of Auckland, and in high schools.

Little girl throwing beach ball in sea at Sullivans Bay, Mahurangi Regional Park.

Predicting the future of New Zealand with the rising sea

Ruby Porter looks into New Zealand's future when the sea level rises 10, 25 and 80 metres, and finds out how much of Auckland will be left.

By Ruby Porter | 22nd September, 2019

Ocean Vuong and his debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.

A poetic truth, a love letter: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, reviewed

Ruby Porter on the first novel by acclaimed Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong.

By Ruby Porter | 26th August, 2019

On Levin, and grandmothers: an essay by Ruby Porter

On Levin, and grandmothers: an essay by Ruby Porter

Ruby Porter writes about her grandmother – who is not like the grandmother in her book – and Levin, and how the two are at the centre of her writing.

By Ruby Porter | 22nd July, 2019

Books: Franz Kafka Was a Sharemilker – Ruby Porter on Murray Edmond

Books: Franz Kafka Was a Sharemilker – Ruby Porter on Murray Edmond

Ruby Porter reviews the wild visions of Murray Edmond, poet turned prose experimentalist.

By Ruby Porter | 20th January, 2016