Book Launch: Offshore Service and Other Stories by Craig Cliff

Craig Cliff, Otago University Press, Dunedin City Library and Paper Plus Dunedin warmly invite you to the book launch of Offshore Service and Other Stories by Craig Cliff.  

Arrive at 5:30pm for a 6pm start

Please RSVP to: publicity@otago.ac.nz by Friday 14th.

About the book

Offshore Service explores the emotional, economic, cultural and climatic forces that drive our where-to-live decisions. Farmers search for purpose on holiday in Fiji. A well-heeled Dunedin suburb receives an influx of refugees. Tensions flare at an Anzac Day barbecue in Perth. Playing out in recognisable settings these stories follow characters who find themselves beyond familiar shores, struggling to reconcile the passage of time, thwarted aspirations and unexpected responsibilities. What unfolds is a wild yet thoroughly readable collection of stories told with humour, heart and hopefulness.

About Craig Cliff

Craig Cliff is the author of the novels Nailing Down the Saint and The Mannequin Makers, and the story collection A Man Melting, which won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. His work has been translated into German, Spanish and Romanian. Craig reviews books for a range of New Zealand publications and was the convenor of the judging panel for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction in the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. He was Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago in 2017 and subsequently returned to live in Ōtepoti Dunedin and work in the University's Sustainability Office.