Neale has taken over the reins from award-winning poet and critic David Eggleton, who had one of the longest tenures of any Landfall editor (2009-17). Otago University Press publisher Rachel Scott said the role of Landfall editor was one that was at the heart of New Zealand arts and literature. ''Otago University Press is pleased to entrust this position to a writer and editor of such distinction and talent,'' she said. When it comes to literary submissions, she is much more confident, given her background in fiction and non-fiction writing since about 2000. With much of the daily administration carried by University Press, she is able to concentrate on putting together the issues.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 20, 2017 16:18 UTC