John Summers is the author of the essay collection, The Commercial Hotel, published in July 2021 by Victoria University Press, and The Mermaid Boy, a collection of non-fiction stories published in 2015 by Hue & Cry Press. His work has appeared in many publications, including The Spinoff, North and South, Landfall, Newsroom and Sport. He was a finalist in the 2019 Voyager Media Awards and won the nonfiction category in the 2016 Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition. He lives in Wellington with his family.

Verb Festival 2021 Appearances
The Commercial Hotel: John Summers, Sun 7 Nov, 2pm. (Newtown Sunday Stroll).

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