Powles named 2010 Robert Burns Fellow

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 Books+Publishing

Auckland novelist Michele Powles has been named the 2010 Robert Burns Fellow. Powles, the director of New Zealand Book Month, which kicked off last week, is the author of Weathered Bones (Penguin NZ). The Burns Fellowship provides the recipient with a year-long paid residency at the University of Dunedin, which Powles...