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Tom Doig Tom Doig i(A101506 works by)
Born: Established: Wellington, Wellington (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Something Very Old i "Inner monologues are set forth in North America from deserts to mountaintops", Tom Doig , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 August no. 92 2019;
1 A Flash Flood of Hailstones Tom Doig , 2014 single work prose extract travel
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2014;

Extract from Moron to Moron.
1 1 y separately published work icon Moron to Moron : Two Men, Two Bikes, One Mongolian Misadventure Tom Doig , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013 Z1936753 2013 single work prose travel 'In July 2010, Tom Doig and his best mate Tama Pugsley cycled 1487 kilometres across northern Mongolia from a small town called Moron to a smaller town also called Moron. Why? Because it was there. Armed with spandex unitards, Chinese steel-frame mountain bikes, unidentifiable meat product and a woefully inadequate phrasebook, these two morons blunder into some of the world's most remote and beautiful wilderness--and triumph. Sort of.

For 23 brutalising days--two days longer than the Tour de France--Tom and Tama slog their way over muddy mountains and across desolate steppes, all the time struggling to avoid Mongolia's legendary hospitality. This hilarious, thoroughly shonky odyssey overflows with sweat, miscommunication and torrents of Chinggis Khaan vodka--named after Genghis Khan, the greatest warrior who ever lived. Moron to Moron is a travel book like none other. It has it all: pleasure, pain, heartache, heartburn and the dried fermented milk of a horse.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Four Plays About the End of the World Tom Doig , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 10 2011; (p. 26, 31)
1 If It's So Excellent Why Do You All Come to Melbourne? Tom Doig , 2010 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 6 2010; (p. 232-233)
1 Aotearoa Tom Doig , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 6 2010; (p. 231)
1 Hysterical Necrophobia! Tom Doig , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Herding Kites : A Celebration of Australian Writing 2008; (p. 201-204)
1 y separately published work icon Incommunicado : Uncommon Book_Map, Tales from Across the Empire Tom Doig (editor), North Melbourne : Express Media , 2006 Z1343304 2006 anthology poetry prose short story Incommunicado is a collection of writing from young Commonwealth writers, published in a unique foldable book-map format.
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