Dominic Hoey
Dominic Hoey is a poet, author and playwright based in Auckland, New Zealand. Both of his novels, Iceland and Poor People With Money, were New Zealand bestsellers, with Iceland being long-listed for the 2018 Ockham Book Award.
Dominic has released four successful poetry collections, including I Thought We'd Be Famous and most recently The Dead Are Always Laughing at Us. In 2019 he co-founded Dead Bid Books (DBB), a small press publishing writers who sit on the margins of the New Zealand publishing industry. To date DBB has published 13 books and become a mainstay of the New Zealand independent publishing industry.
Dominic is also the founder of Learn To Write Good, a creative writing program teaching craft to people who don't have access to formal education. Since 2017 he's taught thousands of students across New Zealand and overseas. He's performed his poetry in Australia, Europe, England, Japan, Canada and America. He is currently working on his third novel, 1985, due out with Penguin in March 2025.
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