Kia ora! My name is Madison Hamill (she/her) and I am an author and editor based in Pōneke/Wellington, Aotearoa. I am also currently a creative writing PhD student, working on a novel at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington.
My book, Specimen: Personal Essays won the Best First Book Award for General Non-fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in 2021.
You can listen to my essay about book editing, ‘Roald Dahl and the Big Fat Fuss’, on RNZ, or read it at Newsroom.
You can find my writing online at The Pantograph Punch, Scum, The Spinoff, 4th Floor Literary Journal, Turbine Kapohau, Sweet Mammalian, NZ Herald and Newsroom or listen in on RNZ for an excerpt of my personal essay collection, Specimen: Personal Essays.
Besides Specimen, you can also find my writing in print, in Visible Cities, Annual 3 and Everything I Know About Books.
Media:
- Unity Books Counter Culture Interview
- Victoria University Press Q&A
- Interview with Pip Adam for Better Off Read
- Interview with Plains FM
- Review by David Herkt in Stuff/Sunday Star Times
- Review by Sarah Lang in the Listener
- Review by Emma Gattey in Landfall Review
Contact me at madisonhamill@outlook.co.nz