John Summers

John Summers is a Wellington-based writer and the author of non-fiction collection The Mermaid Boy (Hue & Cry Press) and essay collection The Commercial Hotel (VUP).

John Summers

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A collage that includes a black and white photo of a cemetery; mounds of instant coffee, a coffee mug spilling over; bones; and a photo of writer John Summers.
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Haunting Barbadoes Street: John Summers’ lost Christchurch

John Summers
27 Sep 2026
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Society

The Sunday Essay: Mrs Chippy, the polar-exploring tom cat

John Summers
25 Feb 2024
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Society

The big snow: Christchurch, 1992

John Summers
05 Oct 2022
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Society

The Sunday Essay: Letter from Dadland

John Summers
04 Sep 2022
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Society

Sunday Essay: The winter wonder land

John Summers
16 May 2021
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Society

The agapanthus city

John Summers
21 Feb 2021

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