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Creative writing collection and 2025 competition launched
Entries close Wednesday 10 September 2025.
Posted: Friday Jul 25, 2025
Welby Ings: Kids are being labelled 'dumb' when they're not
Welby Ings had a fascinating conversation with Kathryn Ryan this morning on Nine to Noon, RNZ, talking about his new boo...
Posted: Friday Jul 25, 2025
From Tartan Noir to Yeah Noir: Kiwi Scot crime author inks deal
Life is good for Kiwi Scot crime writer Liam McIlvanney - he’s on a world book tour promoting his latest thriller, and i...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
Liam McIlvanney on football, calling NZ home and his new crime novel
Liam McIlvanney joins Emile Donovan to talk about his fifth novel, The Good Father.
Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Kete Interview
'100 authors – 100 voices': Kiri Piahana-Wong and Michelle Elvy
Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Poetry Shelf review, reading and interview: The Anatomy of Sand by Mikaela Nyman
Posted: Friday Jul 18, 2025
A wonderful night out!
Thank you Erik Kennedy - and Michelle Elvy, Megan Kitching, and Rushi Vyas
Posted: Friday Jul 18, 2025
University Book Shop Otago Book of the Month
The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney - The book everyone is talking about!
Posted: Friday Jul 18, 2025
Landfall 249 by Lynley Edmeades and David Eggleton
Chris Reed reviews Landfall 249: Autumn 2025 for NZ Booklovers
Posted: Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Poetry Shelf launch series: Lynley Edmeades launches Mikaela Nyman’s new book
In order to widen the reach of new poetry books, Poetry Shelf is posting a series of launch speeches and photographs. Do...
Posted: Monday Jul 14, 2025
The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley, 2nd Edition
Red Reading Hub on The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley, newly illustrated by Miho Satake
Posted: Friday Jul 11, 2025
Review: The Good Father, by Liam McIlvanney
Clare Travaglia can't put down Liam McIlvanney's latest thriller, THE GOOD FATHER.
Posted: Tuesday Jul 08, 2025
Happy Publication Day to Owele by Sihle Ntuli!
Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Stories from the heartwood
A new collection of short writing doubles down on language, Tom McKinlay writes.
Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
A New Zealand man has had his memoirs published
My father’s happy place by Pete Reid from Dunedin details Pete’s love affair with Vietnam.
Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Treats from 30 cultures showcased in new Good Bitches Baking cookbook
The diverse and comforting recipes in Familiar Foods: Treats of Aotearoa include Persian Chicken Stew and Sri Lankan Mil...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Finnish-Kiwi poet Mikaela Nyman on her new poetry collection
Mikaela joins Mark Leishman
Posted: Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
Review: Short | Poto
'The bilingual presentation creates a unique reading experience. Stories appear numerically from 1-100, side by side in ...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Emma Neale's collection Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit has landed in USAs Shenandoah Literary Magazine's 75th anniversary edition!
Congratulations Emma!
Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Book review: Te Moana o Reo: Ocean of Languages
Elizabeth Heritage reviews Te Moana o Reo: Ocean of Languages Edited by Michelle Elvy & Vaughan Rapatahana published by ...
Posted: Tuesday May 13, 2025
Landfall Review Online
Gill South reviews: The Pets We Have Killed by Barbara Else (Quentin Wilson Publishing)
Posted: Monday May 12, 2025
Book Launch - Peter Cleverley: Between Transience and Eternity by Alistair Fox
Join Alistair Fox and Peter Cleverly for the launch of Between Transcience and Eternity Friday 30 May 5-7pm, RDS Gallery...
Posted: Wednesday May 07, 2025
Book Review: Twigs and Stones by Joy Cowley
Posted: Monday May 05, 2025
Familiar Foods: Treats of Aotearoa
Hannah Molloy from Good Bitches Baking shares the story behind GBB's beautiful new multicultural cookbook, Familiar Food...
Posted: Monday Apr 28, 2025
Review: Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages
Anuja Mitra explores the kaleidoscopic collection TE MOANA O REO and its 'melody stitching together a number of voices; ...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Book explores chapter of New Zealand fashion history
Posted: Friday Apr 04, 2025
Landfall Review Online April 2025 Reviews
Sally Blundell reviews: The Defiance of Frances Dickinson by Wendy Parkins (Affirm Press)
Posted: Friday Apr 04, 2025
Today on Write Spot - Laurence Fearnley - At The Grand Glacier Hotel
Laurence Fearnley's book At The Grand Glacier Hotel has been shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Laurenc...
Posted: Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
The 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Finalists
Explore the finalists in these digital samplers, with extracts from all sixteen shortlisted books including our very own...
Posted: Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Poetry Shelf review and readings: Koe: An Aotearoa ecopoetry anthology
To celebrate the anthology, five poets read a poem and Janet Newman answers five questions
Posted: Friday Mar 21, 2025
Review: Books of Mana edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira
Posted: Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Interview: the BOOKS OF MANA editors speak with Kete
Posted: Monday Feb 24, 2025
Jacinta Ruru: Books of Mana
Listen to this incredible interview between co-editor Jacinta Ruru and Mihingarangi Forbes about Books of Mana for Satur...
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Today on Write Spot - Books of Mana - 180 Māori Authored Books of Significance
Books of Mana celebrates the rich tradition of Māori authorship in Aotearoa New Zealand. Co-editors Angela Wanhalla and ...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Learnings from Nepal subject of new book
Associate Professor Susan Heydon’s new book ‘Implementing a global health programme’ will be published this February.
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Poetry Shelf celebrates the Mary and Peter Biggs long list
Alison Glenny (2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident)
Posted: Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
‘My story with taonga begins in 1984’: an excerpt from Books of Mana
Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance, edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira ha...
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
Tuned In to All the Sounds
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb reviews: At the Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley (Penguin Books NZ, 2024)
Posted: Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Review: Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit by Emma Neale
Anuja Mitra admires the empathy and reminder of our shared humanity within Emma Neale's new poetry collection, LIAR, LIA...
Posted: Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection
A fascinating record of high-end New Zealand fashion and an enigmatic collector.
Posted: Monday Jan 27, 2025
Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira
Out on 3 February 2025
Posted: Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Book Review: The Pets We Have Killed by Barbara Else
Posted: Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
NZ Booklovers Review - Landfall 248
The spring 2024 edition of Landfall reaffirms its place as Aotearoa New Zealand’s preeminent arts and literary journal, ...
Posted: Friday Jan 10, 2025
Medical experience informs novel
Mira Harrison’s first novel, One In Three, deals with the challenges of being a new doctor
Posted: Monday Jan 06, 2025
Today on Write Spot: Mira Harrison - Doctor and Writer
Mira Harrison has released her first novel, One In Three, based on her experiences as a junior doctor in NHS hospitals i...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Book review: Perch edited by Michelle Elvy
Ash Davida Jane reviews Perch edited by Michelle Elvy published by At the Bay | I te Kokoru
Posted: Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Landfall 248: Spring 248 is here!
Landfall 248: Spring 2024 is dedicated to the late Vincent O’Sullivan, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential wr...
Posted: Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Reducing sickness anxiety for children
Demystifying the world of bacteria for children is the goal for one Dunedin medical laboratorist.
Posted: Friday Dec 06, 2024
My Sore Throat – Demystifying Medical Laboratory Science for Children
Manu Scripts Publishing announces with great pride the launch of its second book, My Sore Throat, written by Dr Heather ...
Posted: Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
David Hill reviews Owen Marshall's new collection of short stories, NEW STORIES, published by Penguin
David Hill considers the masterful writing and predominantly male protagonists in Owen Marshall's latest book, the lacon...
Posted: Friday Nov 29, 2024
Ōtepoti Writers Lab – it’s been a HOOT!
Final meeting of the Octagon Poets Collective for 2024 and Book Launch!
Posted: Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
A 'masterclass in the art of the short story'
Sally Blundell reviews NEW STORIES by Owen Marshall
Posted: Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Māori on the home front
Listen: Lachy Paterson and Angela Walhalla, editors of Te Hau Kāinga and Raupanga, companion books that explore the tran...
Posted: Monday Nov 18, 2024
Pre-order Cultures of Sustainable Peace: Conflict Transformation, Gender-Based Violence, Decolonial Praxes - Edited by: Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes, Alison Phipps, Tawona Sitholé
50% discount code: CSP50 - Expires: 31 December 2024
Posted: Friday Nov 15, 2024
Keep Telling Of Gaza by Khawla Badwan and Alison Phipps is out now!
Find links on how to purchase the print version or the ebook here.
Posted: Friday Nov 15, 2024
Implementing a global health programme: Smallpox and Nepal by Susan Heydon
Get 30% off this title when you order through the Manchester University Press website - pre-orders available now!
Posted: Monday Nov 11, 2024
Poetry Shelf review
Faces and Flowers Poems to Patricia France by Dinah Hawken (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024)
Posted: Thursday Nov 07, 2024