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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

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

'A Counter of Moons' by Iona Winter

Purchase your copy now

Posted: Wednesday Jun 11, 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

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

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

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

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

So much is chance - Owen Marshall

Listen here

Posted: Monday Dec 09, 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

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