Enigmas and Arrivals

To mark ten years of the Commonwealth Writers Prize in April 1997, Alastair Niven and Michael Schmidt have assembled an anthology of work by winners and runners up. This volume presents English-language writing chosen by the authors themselves. The editors provide biographical and bibliograpical notes. Writers who have received the award or been runners-up include: Olive Senior; Witi Ihimaera; Festus Iyayi; George Turner; Janet Frame; Bonnie Burnard; Mordecai Richler; John Cranna; David Malouf; Pauline Melville; Rohinton Mistry; Robert Antoni; Alex Miller; Githa Hariharan; Vikram Seth; Keith Oatley; Louis de Bernieres; and Adib Khan.